GHS named to 7th annual District Honor Roll

December 15, 2016
LANSING – Twenty-three Michigan school districts are among 433 school districts in the U.S. and Canada honored today by the College Board with placement on the 7th Annual AP® District Honor Roll.  

To be included on the 7th Annual Honor Roll, districts had to, since 2014, increase the number of students participating in AP while also increasing or maintaining the percentage of students earning AP Exam scores of 3 or higher.

“Reaching these goals shows that these districts are successfully identifying motivated, academically prepared students who are ready for AP,” said State Superintendent Brian Whiston.

“In our goal to make Michigan a Top 10 education state in 10 years, we need to promote greater access to AP opportunities for all students,” Whiston said. “Every student should graduate from high school with up to 60 transferable college credits or a recognized industry credential/certificate through access to quality dual enrollment, early middle colleges, and/or career/technical education. AP credits are one avenue to get there.”

The Michigan school districts earning this Honor Roll distinction are: Anchor Bay School District, Bloomfield Hills Schools, Cedar Springs Public School District, Crawford AuSable School District, Davison Community School District, East Lansing Public School District, Forest Hills Public Schools, Grosse Ile Township School District, Hamtramck Public School District, Hastings Area School District, Leland Public School District, Livonia Public Schools, Muskegon Public Schools, Pewamo-Westphalia Community Schools, Plymouth-Canton Community Schools, Portland Public School District, Rochester Community Schools, Rockford Public School District, Saugatuck Public Schools, Swartz Creek Community School District, Tecumseh Public School District, Vicksburg Community School District and Williamston Community School District.

“Congratulations to all the teachers and administrators in these districts who have worked so tirelessly to both expand access to AP and also to help students succeed on the AP Exams,” said Trevor Packer, the College Board’s head of AP and Instruction. “These teachers and administrators are delivering real opportunity in their schools and classrooms, and students are rising to the challenge.”

According to the College Board, in 2016, more than 4,000 colleges and universities around the world received AP scores for college credit, advanced placement, or both, and/or consideration in the admission process.

Inclusion on the 7th Annual AP District Honor Roll is based on a review of three years of AP data, from 2014 to 2016, looking across 37 AP Exams, including world language and culture. The following criteria were used.

Districts must:

• Increase participation/access to AP by at least 4% in large districts, at least 6 % in medium districts, and at least 11% in small districts;
• Increase or maintain the percentage of exams taken by black/African American, Hispanic/Latino, and American Indian/Alaska Native students;
• Improve or maintain performance levels when comparing the 2016 percentage of students scoring a 3 or higher to the 2014 percentage, unless the district has already attained a performance level at which more than 70% of its AP students earn a 3 or higher.

The complete 7th Annual AP District Honor Roll can be found at:  http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/public/score_reports_data/awards/232608.html 

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