Thursday, February 10, 2011

Honolulu Star Advertiser: More Hawaii Students Earning College Credit Through AP Exams

Today's Honolulu Star Advertiser reports that an increasing number of Hawaii students are earning college credit through Advanced Placement (AP) exams. Go to this link to read the entire article by Mary Vorsino.

"Some 1,001 seniors in Hawaii public schools scored high enough on Advanced Placement exams last school year to get college credit, up 60 percent from 2001.

"But Hawaii still ranks well below other states in the percentage of public school seniors earning college credit via AP courses, according to a report released yesterday from the College Board, the nonprofit that administers AP tests."

and:

"In Hawaii, the most popular AP courses for the class of 2010 were English language and composition, English literature and psychology.

"Just one Hawaii senior took an AP physics course that concentrates on electricity and magnetism. Two students took AP Chinese and three took Japanese."

History Education Hawaii strongly encourages more Hawaii students to pursue AP credit through history courses and exams.

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