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Welcome
Class of
2014
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-prdUJyw8c
2011-2012
PLAN Score Report
Side 1
Your Scores
Test scores are based on the number of questions you answered correctly. (In other words,
you were not penalized for guessing.)
Each test score provides a useful estimate of your educational development in the area
tested. Remember: It is an estimate, not an exact measure.
You notice there are four subscores in English and mathematics. These scores may indicate
specific areas that need improvement.
Each column represents a comparison group: the college bound 10th is a nationally
representative group of college-bound tenth graders. Percents at or below are given for
each test score, subscore, and the composite.
(5 + 3)  2  4
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REVIEW YOUR ANSWERS
Your Estimated ACT
Composite
Score Range
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Your High School Course Plans
Compared to Core
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College Readiness
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AP Helps Students Graduate on
Time
•Students who take AP courses and exams are much more likely than
their peers to complete a college degree on time in four years.
• Only one in four students who enter college will complete their
bachelor’s degree on schedule in four years.
• Research consistently shows that students taking AP courses and exams
have a much higher likelihood of earning their college degree on
schedule in four years. Example:
– A 2008 study conducted by researchers from the Texas Higher Education
Coordinating Board found that AP English Literature students had fouryear college graduation rates that were 62 percent higher than students
who had not taken AP English Literature.
• Students who take five years or more could spend $8,000-$27,000 for
each additional year needed to complete their degree.
• Full study can be found at: www.collegeboard.org/research
AP Student Performance in College
• Keng, Dodd study conducted by University
of Texas found:
– AP students earn higher GPAs in the advanced
college courses into which their AP credit
allowed them to place, compared to students
with the same high school class rank and SAT
scores who did not earn AP credit and who did
not skip the entry-level college course.
AP COURSES PREPARE STUDENTS MAJORING IN
ENGINEERING, BIOCHEMISTRY, AND OTHER STEM
MAJORS IN COLLEGE
• Twenty-seven prestigious colleges and universities participated in a
study comparing the degree to which AP science, math and technology
students chose to pursue STEM majors, in comparison to students who
did not receive exposure to these disciplines via AP.
• The sort of student who participates in AP science, math and technology
course work in high school is far more likely than other students to
proceed to major in a related STEM discipline.
• This relationship between the AP course and the choice of a STEM
major holds true across several groups of students most underrepresented in STEM majors today: women and minorities.
• Full study can be found at: www.collegeboard.org/research. Rick
Morgan and John Klaric, “AP Students in College: An Analysis of FiveYear Academic Careers.”
RECENT STEM FINDINGS PUBLISHED BY HARVARD
EDUCATION PRESS
•Taking into account relevant control variables (e.g., prior academic
achievement, gender, ethnicity, parental education, socioeconomic status),
results of a new study showed that:
•Students who took an AP Calculus Exam were more likely to earn
degrees in physical science and engineering concentrations compared to
students who did not take any AP Calculus exams.
•Students who took an exam in AP Biology, Chemistry or Physics were
more likely to earn degrees in life science concentrations than students
who did not take any AP science exams.
•Robert H. Tai , Christine Qi Liu, John T. Almarode and Xitao Fan:
“Advanced Placement Course Enrollment and Long-Range Educational
Outcomes.” To learn more about this study, visit the Harvard Education
Press website.
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Profile for Success
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HUH?
In other words, it’s
time to start putting
the pieces together
… looking ahead to
college
Your Career Possibilities
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Investigate
how you can
put it all
together!!!
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