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Shelby County High School:
Success with AP scores
Presented by Mary Louise Pozaric
& Jennifer LaRue
Shelby County has shown a dramatic
increase in the number of students
enrolled in AP courses.
2008 enrollment
328 students enrolled in AP courses*
7% of 12th grade in an AP course
13% of 11th grade in an AP course
19% of 10th grade in an AP course
No courses available to 9th grade
81% took corresponding exam
*Includes duplicate students if student is taking more than 1 course
2011 enrollment
470 students enrolled in AP courses*
41% of 12th grade in an AP course
40% of 11th grade in an AP course
14% of 10th grade in an AP course
11% of 9th grade in an AP course
90% took corresponding exam
*Includes duplicate students if student is taking more than 1 course
2012 enrollment
604 students enrolled in AP courses*
41% of 12th grade in an AP course
46% of 11th grade in an AP course
36% of 10th grade in an AP course
30% of 9th grade in an AP course
*Includes duplicate students if student is taking more than 1 course
How and why did this happen?
Shelby County created a
climate that emphasizes AP
courses.
Advance KY/NMSI grant
National Math Science Initiative grant administered by Advance Kentucky
Goal is to increase enrollment and qualifying scores in Math, Science and English AP courses
Shelby County is a member of the first Cohort of the grant, which began in 2008-2009 school year
NMSI Grant’s element
s of success
Results of Grant
Note: SCPS split high schools in 2011. Enrollment reduced by 50%
College & Career Readiness Awareness
AP Night Invite 8th grade students to encourage
them to enroll in AP as freshman
Power Point presentation available at: http://www.collegeboard.com/html/ap/docs/AP-Parents-Night-Presentation-2010-11.ppt
CCR Awareness
Benchmarks and goal of increasing CCR by 10% are posted throughout school
Students know benefits of AP courses and college tuition
Students know that enrollment in AP courses in high school leads to greater success in college
Resources for informing students are available at: http://www.advanceky.com/College%20Board.aspx
Eliminated Honors classes
Eliminated Honors level courses for English in 2011, all courses for 2012 school year
Assumption is that Honors students are college bound
These students should be in courses that prepare them the most for college
College recognize AP, no standard for Honors
Students given Honors credit if they don’t take AP exam
KEES weighting for all courses
Training for teachers
Advance Kentucky sent MSE teachers to Advanced Placement Summer Institutes for first three years of grant
SCPS worked with OVEC and UofL to send all AP teachers who had not been trained to APSI in 2011
Laying the Foundation Pre-AP training
Send as many teachers as possible!
Scheduling
Accelerated Academy New initiative of SCPS
Students selected through application process
Students will move through as a cohort
Students take an extra “zero-hour” course before school
Opportunity for 15 AP courses throughout high school
Scheduling
AP drives Master Schedule Schedule AP courses first to prevent
conflicts
SCHS on 7-period day
All Science courses last two periods
Calculus has optional lab course for those students needing extra help
We actively recruit students for AP
courses DATA
PLAN Report correlates PLAN scores and success
in AP courses
SCHS paid for 9th graders to take PLAN in May
Used scores to place students in pre-AP Physics course
Use data from 10th grade PLAN to identify students that did not sign up for AP
http://www.act.org/research/policymakers/pdf/UsingPlan.pdf
More Data
PSAT Plan to give PSAT to Accelerated Academy
students
Optional for juniors
Use AP Potential to identify more students
Teacher recruitment Gave rosters to teachers after scheduling
to check for level changes
New classes
Created new classes based on student interest Statistics 2008
Comparative Government 2009
Human Geography 2011
Computer Science 2013
District Goals
Our district has identified THREE BIG Goals: Send every elementary student to middle
school on grade level by 2012
Send every middle school student to high school on grade level by 2014
Graduate every senior with college/career readiness skills by 2016
Beyond the AP Classroom
AP Courses prepare students for college and/or their chosen careers: Exposure to rigorous content
Instruction by highly trained teachers
Access to after-school resources/tutoring
Removal of potential barriers to higher education
Unprecedented support at the classroom, building, district and state levels
Questions?
Mary Louise Pozaric Mary.Pozaric@shelby.kyschools.us
Jennifer LaRue Jennifer.LaRue@shelby.kyschools.us
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