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* Press release…

The Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) today announced that Illinois’ Class of 2021 ranked third in the nation and topped all Midwestern states for the
largest 10-year increase in the percentage of public high school graduates scoring a 3 or higher on an Advanced Placement (AP) Exam during high school.

While 26.9% of the Class of 2021 scored a 3 or higher on an AP Exam during high school — giving them college credit at any public college or university in Illinois — not all students in the state have access to AP opportunities. Two-thirds of school districts in Illinois did not enroll any students in AP courses last year.

The AP Course Implementation Grant aims to change that by giving school districts extra resources to expand access to AP courses. Research by The College Board shows that students who take AP courses and exams are much more likely to save money on college tuition costs and complete a degree on time.

* Map…

posted by Rich Miller
Thursday, Apr 7, 22 @ 2:28 pm

Comments

The map legend could have just as easily used blue instead of green, as there seems to be a high degree of overlap between this map of educational attainment and the typical red/blue political map.

Comment by cover Thursday, Apr 7, 22 @ 2:31 pm
Even more than a partisan map it’s just a map of where people live. Small districts have a hard time running AP classes without sufficient students.

Comment by ArchPundit Thursday, Apr 7, 22 @ 2:37 pm
My daughter got a year’s college credit for her AP classes. Saves me a ton of money.

Now we just need to get these smart kids to work and live in Illinois.

Comment by Steve Rogers Thursday, Apr 7, 22 @ 3:01 pm
Keeping bright kids in Illinois should be a piece of cake. At my kid’s college night, the live for UIUC went to the back of the gym. The most popular school, bar none. UIUC needs to give in-state kids an advantage with admissions.

Comment by Stacey Thursday, Apr 7, 22 @ 3:13 pm
*line

Comment by Stacey Thursday, Apr 7, 22 @ 3:14 pm
===At my kid’s college night, the (line) for UIUC went to the back of the gym. The most popular school, bar none. UIUC needs to give in-state kids an advantage with admissions.===

Now do academic scholarships

Kids are leaving for the monetary advantages as much as admissions

Comment by Oswego Willy Thursday, Apr 7, 22 @ 3:18 pm
I grew up in a small town where I had to take Calculus at a college because they couldn’t teach it at the high school. Grateful for the resources big school districts can provide my kids and hopeful that the rest of the state can gear up to do likewise. Maybe the pandemic can teach us some lessons on how remote learning can lever up some of these extra services.

Comment by NotSoCivilEngineer Thursday, Apr 7, 22 @ 3:34 pm
How many of the red districts are offering dual credit instead of AP courses? This would provide the same outcome - college credit.

Comment by no relation Thursday, Apr 7, 22 @ 3:49 pm
Would be fascinating to do correlations between district household income as well as highest level of education achieved by parents with percentage of students taking AP courses.

Comment by Jim Nowlan Thursday, Apr 7, 22 @ 3:55 pm
===Would be fascinating to do correlations between district household income as well as highest level of education achieved by parents with percentage of students taking AP courses===

It’s not like you don’t have time on your hands, - Jim Nowlan -

Report back what you find, include cross tabs.

Take your time.

Comment by Oswego Willy Thursday, Apr 7, 22 @ 3:59 pm
== Keeping bright kids in Illinois should be a piece of cake. At my kid’s college night, the live for UIUC went to the back of the gym. The most popular school, bar none. UIUC needs to give in-state kids an advantage with admissions.==

For both of my kids, they were top 10% in their HS class, so we got invited to a diner to celebrate and they got recognized for their achievements and where they were going to school was mentioned. U of I barely beat out Iowa for the number of students (the joke is that Iowa is Oswego West).

Both of mine ended up at Kansas, a better basketball school.

Comment by OneMan Thursday, Apr 7, 22 @ 4:30 pm
==How many of the red districts are offering dual credit instead of AP courses? This would provide the same outcome - college credit. ==

My thought as well. Dual credit is better for many students because AP comes down to performance on a single, standardized test (which is not a very good way to assess students’ abilities), while dual credit courses typically have a variety of assessments (homework, class work, exams, quizzes, etc) that result in a final grade which then transfers.

Comment by Pot calling kettle Thursday, Apr 7, 22 @ 5:34 pm
Smart suburban high schools move the kids who don’t perform well in an AP test to dual-credit classes and discourage them from taking any further APs. Within many suburban school districts, average AP scores overall have actually been decreasing since 2018.

Comment by Mary Thursday, Apr 7, 22 @ 6:04 pm

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