Topics 1. About the Advanced Placement (AP) Program 2. A Look at AP in North Carolina 3. Myths & Facts about AP U.S. History 4. Challenges with the Prior AP U.S. History Program 5. College Board Actions 6. Summary and Attestations 1
About the Advanced Placement Program • The College Board’s Advanced Placement Program has a 60-year history of delivering excellence in education to millions of students across the country. • AP courses are college-level courses offered in high school. • Courses reflect what is taught in top introductory college courses. • Students take AP Exams at the end of the course, measuring their mastery of college-level work. • A score of 3 or higher on an AP Exam can typically earn students college credit and/or placement into advanced courses in college. • 17,000 high schools and 3,900 colleges and universities participate in the program. 2
A Look at AP in North Carolina • Based on the May 2013 administration, North Carolina students qualified for $ 42,539,026 in college credit through their AP scores • The majority of college admissions officers indicate that seeing AP coursework on student transcripts will positively influence admission decisions • 79% of North Carolina’s AP students submitted their AP scores to North Carolina colleges and universities; 21% used these scores to gain admission/credit/ placement outside of North Carolina. • UNC-Chapel Hill and NCSU-Raleigh are both among the top 25 institutions in the world for number of AP scores received 3
Professors from 80+ NC colleges/universities created and/or scored AP Exams in 2014 American Public University Systems Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Peace College Appalachian State University Pfeiffer University Fayetteville State University Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College Princeton University Forsyth Technical Community College Barton College Queens University Of Charlotte Gardner-Webb University Baylor University Rockingham Community College Gaston College Belmont Abbey College Salem College Grand Canyon University Bennett College Shaw University Greensboro College Blue Ridge Community College Shepherd University Guilford College Brevard College Southeastern College At Wake Forest Guilford Tech Community College Brewton Parker College St. Andrews Presbyterian College Halifax Community College Brunswick Community College St. Augustines College High Point University Bryant University Strayer University Isothermal Community College Caldwell Community College & Technical Institute Surry Community College Itt Technical Institute Campbell University University Of Georgia Johnson & Wales University Cape Fear Community College University Of North Carolina - Wilmington Johnson C. Smith University Catawba College University Of North Carolina - Chapel Hill Lenoir Comm College Catawba Valley Community College University Of North Carolina - Charlotte Lenoir-Rhyne University Central Carolina Community College University Of North Carolina - Pembroke Mars Hill College Central Piedmont Community College University Of North Carolina - School Of The Arts Meredith College Chowan University University Of North Carolina At Asheville Methodist University Cleveland Community College University Of North Carolina At Greensboro Methodist University College Of The Albemarle Wake Forest University Montreat College Craven Community College Wake Technical Community College Montreat College Davidson College Walden University Mount Olive College Drake University Warren Wilson College North Carolina A&T State University Duke University Western Carolina University North Carolina Central University Durham Technical Community College Wilkes Community College North Carolina State University East Carolina University William Peace University North Carolina Wesleyan College Elizabeth City State University Wingate University Elon University Northland International University Winston-Salem State University 4
Teachers from 190+ NC schools created and/or scored the AP Exams in 2014 A.L. Brown High School Duplin County Schools Middle Creek High School Seventy-First High School Shelby High School Apex High School Durham Academy Millbrook High School Asheville Christian Academy E.A. Laney High School Mooresville Senior High School Smithfield Selma High School Asheville School E.E. Smith High School Morehead High School South Brunswick High School South Central High School Ashley High School E.E. Waddell High School Mount Tabor High School South Johnson High School Athens Drive High School East Chapel Hill High School Mountain Heritage High School South Lenoir High School Avery County High School East Mecklenburg High School Mt. Tabor High School South Mecklenburg High School Bishop Mcguinness High School Eastern Guilford High School Myers Park High School South Point Senior High Burlington Christian Academy Eastern Wayne High School Needham B. Broughton High School Southeast Guilford High School Butler High School Enloe Magnet High School North Brunswick High School Southeast Raleigh High School Cabarrus County School Eugene Ashley High School North Buncombe High School Southeast Raleigh Magnet High School Caldwell Academy First Flight High School North Carolina School Of Science And Math Southern Guilford High School Calvary Baptist Day School Forestview High School North Carolina Virtual Public School Southlake Christian Academy Cannon School Forsyth Country Day School North Davidson High School Southwest Guilford High School Cape Fear Academy Franklin Academy North Henderson Southwestern Randolph High School Cardinal Gibbons High School Franklin High School Northeast Guilford High School St. Stephens High School Career Center High School Freedom High School Northeastern High School Stuart W. Cramer High School Carolina Day School Fuquay-Varina High School Northern High School Sun Valley High School Carrboro High School Garner Magnet High School Northside Christian Academy Swain County High School Carry High School Gaston Day School Northwest Cabarrus High School Swansboro High School Cary Academy Goldsboro High School Northwest Guilford High School Terry Sanford High School Cedar Ridge High School Grace Christian School Northwest High School The Asheville School Central Cabarus High School Graham High School Northwood High School The Oakwood School Central Davidson High School Greensboro College Middle College Page High School Thomas Jefferson Academy Chapel Hill High School Greensboro Day School Pamlico County High School Tuscola High School Charles D. Owen High School Grimsley High School Panther Creek High School Union Pines High School Charles Jordan Sr. High School Hawbridge School Parkwood High School Veritas Christian Academy Charlotte Catholic High School Heide Trask High School Person High School Village Christian Academy Charlotte Christian School Heritage High School Piedmont High School W.G. Enloe High School Charlotte Country Day School Hickory Grove Christian Pine Lake Preparatory Waccamaw Academy Charlotte Latin School Hickory High School Pinecrest High School Wakefield High School Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools Hickory Ridge High School Pitt Community College Walter Hine Page High School Christ The King Catholic High School Hillside High School Porter Ridge High School Walter Williams High School City Of Medicine Academy Hopewell High School Princeton High School Washington High School Clayton High School Jacksonville High School Providence Day School Watauga High School Cleveland High School Jay M. Robinson High School Providence Senior High School Weaver Education Center Clinton High School John A. Holmes High School Raleigh Charter High School Weddington High School Clyde A. Erwin High School Junius H. Rose High School Ravenscroft School Wesleyan Christian Academy Covenant Day School Kings Mountain High School Research Triangle High School Wesleyan Education Center Cumberland Couny School Kinston High School Riverside High School West Forsyth High School Currituck County High School Lake Norman High School Riverside High School West Johnston High School Cuthbertson High School Lee County High School Robert B. Glenn High Scool West Stanly High School Dalton L. Mcmichael High School Leesville Road High School Rocky Mount Academy Westchester Country Day School David W. Butler High School Lejeune High School Saint David's School Western Guilford High School Davidson County Schools Lincoln Charter School Saint Mary's School William A. Hough High School Davidson Day School Mallard Creek High School Salem Academy William G. Enloe High School Davie County High School Manteo High School Salisbury High School Winston/Salem Forsyth County Schools Dudley High School Marvin Ridge High School School Of Inquiry And Life Science Youngker High School 5
Founding Principles Act – HB 588 Requires semester course on key elements of America’s founding principles, such as due process and equal justice under the law At DPI’s request, College Board prepared an alignment document between AP U.S. History and HB 588: • Instruction in these principles can be fulfilled within the AP U.S. History course • Data shows that 21 additional days are now available in the AP U.S. History course for teaching state and local priorities AP U.S. History is the most popular exam taken among North Carolina’s class of 2013 (10,903) AP U.S. History is recognized toward graduation requirements in neighboring states such as Virginia and South Carolina 6
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