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Athens Named to Academic Honor Roll
< < Back to athens-named-to-academic-honor-rollAthens High School has been named to the College Board’s 6th Annual AP® District Honor Roll. The Honor Roll recognizes 425 school districts in the U.S. and Canada that have increased access to Advanced Placement (AP) course work while maintaining or increasing the percentage of students earning scores of 3 or higher on AP Exams.
According to the College Board’s website, inclusion on the 6th Annual AP® District Honor Roll is based on the examination of three years of AP data, from 2013 to 2015, for the following criteria:
- Increased participation/access to AP by at least 4 percent in large districts, at least 6 percent in medium districts, and at least 11 percent in small districts;
- Increased or maintained the percentage of exams taken by African American, Hispanic/Latino, and American Indian/Alaska Native students, and;
- Improved performance levels when comparing the percentage of students in 2015 scoring a 3 or higher to those in 2013, unless the district has already attained a performance level at which more than 70 percent of its AP students are scoring a 3 or higher.
When these outcomes have been achieved among an AP student population in which 30 percent or more are underrepresented minority students (Black/African American, Hispanic/Latino, American Indian/Alaska Native) and/or 30 percent or more are low-income students (students who qualify for free or reduced-price lunch), a symbol has been affixed to the district name to highlight this work.
The complete 6th Annual AP District Honor Roll can be found here.