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The Relationship of PSAT/NMSQT Scores and AP Examination Grades
Research Notes Office of Research and Development RN-02, November 1997 The Relationship of PSAT/NMSQT Scores and AP® Examination Grades he PSAT/NMSQT, which measures devel- Recent analyses have shown that student per- oped verbal and quantitative reasoning, as formance on the PSAT/NMSQT can be useful in Twell as writing skills generally associated identifying additional students who may be suc- with academic achievement in college, is adminis- cessful in AP courses. PSAT/NMSQT scores can tered each October to nearly two million students, identify students who may not have been initially the vast majority of whom are high school juniors considered for an AP course through teacher or and sophomores. PSAT/NMSQT information has self-nomination or other local procedures. For been used by high school counselors to assist in many AP courses, students with moderate scores advising students in college planning, high school on the PSAT/NMSQT have a high probability of suc- course selection, and for scholarship awards. In- cess on the examinations. For example, a majority formation from the PSAT/NMSQT can also be very of students with PSAT/NMSQT verbal scores of useful for high schools in identifying additional 46–50 received grades of 3 or above on nearly all of students who may be successful in Advanced the 29 AP Examinations studied, while over one- Placement courses, and assisting schools in deter- third of students with scores of 41–45 achieved mining whether to offer additional Advanced grades of 3 or above on five AP Examinations. Placement courses. There are substantial variations across AP subjects that must be considered. -
Advanced Placement (AP) Programs (Students)
Advanced Placement (AP) HOW MANY AP Programs COURSES ARE OFFERED? The AP Program cur- rently offers more than 30 courses across mul- tiple subject areas. Each course connects directly to a wide variety of col- WHAT IS lege majors and careers. Contact your school’s ADVANCED counselor to learn what © Thinkstock © Thinkstock Photos AP Courses are being PLACEMENT? offered. WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO SUCCEED IN AN AP COURSE? ] ACADEMIC PREPARATION Academic You don’t need to be top of your class to be Preparation an AP student, but you’ll want to be pre- and pared for the AP course you choose. Some Commitment AP courses have recommended courses you should take first, and all AP courses ask that you come willing to do your best work. ] MOTIVATION You show your determination when you do © Thinkstock © Thinkstock Photos the things that matter to you. Think about when you’ve learned or accomplished some- The Advanced Placement thing you’re really passionate about. You practice until you get it right. You try harder Program enables willing when it’s not easy the first time. The efforts pay off, and you feel a huge sense of accom- and academically prepared plishment when you see how much you can students to pursue college- do when you try. That is the kind of commit- ment that is sought out and rewarded in AP level studies. Students may courses. earn college credit, advanced WHY TAKE AN AP COURSE? placement credit, or both ] Stand out in college admissions while still in high school. ] Earn college credit ] Skip college introductory courses ] Build college skills STUDENT INFORMATION ock Photos © ock Photos ADA Compliant October 2020 Thinkst WHAT ARE AP EXAMS? AP Human Geography AP Macroeconomics Each AP course has a corresponding exam through which students may earn college AP Microeconomics credit. -
AP Potential Expectancy Tables Based on PSAT/NMSQT And
AP Potential Expectancy Tables based on PSAT/NMSQT and SAT Scores on the 2015-16 Redesigned Scales Using Final Concordance Tables Maureen Ewing and Jeff Wyatt January 2017 COLLEGE BOARD RESEARCH RESEARCH Introduction Historically, AP Potential™ has used PSAT/NMSQT® scores to identify students who are likely to earn a 3 or higher on a specific AP Exam based on research showing moderate to strong relationships between PSAT/NMSQT scores and AP Exam scores (Camara & Millsap, 1998; Ewing, Camara, & Millsap, 2006; Zhang, Patel, & Ewing, 2014a). For most subjects, AP Potential expectancy tables have been derived by combining tenth and eleventh grade PSAT/NMSQT data with scores from AP Exams taken as either eleventh or twelfth graders during the following academic year. For AP European History and AP World History, ninth grade PSAT/NMSQT scores and tenth grade AP Exam scores were also recently included in the expectancy table calculations (Zhang, Patel, & Ewing, 2014b). Starting with the launch of the redesigned SAT® Suite of Assessments (i.e., PSAT 8/9, PSAT 10, PSAT/NMSQT, and SAT) in the 2015-16 academic year, AP Potential will also be reported based on scores from additional PSAT tests (depending on the student’s grade level) as well as be extended to reporting based on SAT scores. The purpose of this report is (1) to describe how we created blended AP Potential tables that include PSAT/NMSQT and SAT data and (2) to present these new tables on the 2015-16 redesigned scale for the SAT Suite of Assessments. Methodology and Results To create blended AP Potential tables that include PSAT/NMSQT and SAT scores, analyses were conducted using data from the following students/years1: • Students who took the PSAT/NMSQT in fall of October 2007 and/or October 2008 as sophomores or juniors and then completed one or more AP Exams during the following academic year in May 2009 or May 2010, respectively2. -
The AP® Program: Resources for Parents and Families I Chose to Take AP Courses Because I Love to Challenge Myself
The AP® Program: Resources for Parents and Families I chose to take AP courses because I love to challenge myself ... I feel thoroughly prepared for college because of the rigor of my AP classes. Anica, Senior, Denver In 2013, over 1 million U.S. public high school graduates took at least one AP Exam.1 What Is AP? The College Board’s Advanced Placement Program® (AP®) enables willing and academically prepared students to pursue college-level studies — with the opportunity to earn college credit, advanced placement or both — while still in high school. AP Exams are given each year in May. A score of 3 or higher on an AP Exam can typically earn students college credit and/or placement into advanced courses in college. Myth Reality AP is for students who always get AP courses are for any student who is academically good grades. prepared and motivated to take on college-level courses. Many schools use GPA weighting to acknowledge the additional effort required by AP. In addition, a decision Taking AP courses could hurt my to take an AP course shows admission officers a child’s GPA. willingness to take on the academic challenge of college-level course work and expectations. It’s no secret that AP courses are challenging, but the AP courses are too stressful. support students receive from their classmates and teachers can help ease their worries. I don’t know if my child will score You don’t need to score a 5. Many colleges grant credit high enough on the AP Exam to get — and placement as well — based on a 3 or better on college credit. -
AP® Physics 2 Course Overview
AP® PHYSICS 2 About the Advanced Placement Program® (AP®) The Advanced Placement Program® has enabled millions of students to take college-level courses and earn college credit, advanced placement, or both, while still in high school. AP Exams are given each year in May. Students who earn a qualifying score on an AP Exam are typically eligible, in college, to receive credit, placement into advanced courses, or both. Every aspect of AP course and exam development is the result of collaboration between AP teachers and college faculty. They work together to develop AP courses and exams, set scoring standards, and score the exams. College faculty review every AP teacher’s course syllabus. AP Physics Program AP Physics 2: Algebra-Based Course Content The AP Program offers four physics courses. Students explore principles of fluids, thermodynamics, electricity, AP Physics 1 is a full-year course that is the equivalent of a first- magnetism, optics, and topics in modern physics. The course semester introductory college course in algebra-based physics. is based on seven big ideas, which encompass core scientific The course covers kinematics; dynamics; circular motion and principles, theories, and processes that cut across traditional gravitation; energy; momentum; simple harmonic motion; torque boundaries and provide a broad way of thinking about the physical and rotational motion; electric charge and electric force; DC circuits; world. The following are the big ideas: and mechanical waves and sound. • Objects and systems have properties such as mass and charge. AP Physics 2 is a full-year course, equivalent to a second-semester Systems may have internal structure. -
AP Economics/ 10Th - 12Th Grade ______
SCHOOL DISTRICT OF THE CHATHAMS CURRICULUM ______________________________________________________________________________ CONTENT AREA(S): Social Studies COURSE/GRADE LEVEL(S): AP Economics/ 10th - 12th Grade ______________________________________________________________________________ I. Course Overview Advanced Placement Economics provides students with a thorough understanding of the principles and applications of microeconomics and macroeconomics. This rigorous, college-level course, prepares students for both the AP Microeconomics exam and AP Macroeconomics exam. The purpose of microeconomics is to give students a thorough understanding of the principles of economics that apply to the functions of individual decision makers, both consumers and producers, within the economic system. It places primary emphasis on the nature and functions of product markets and includes the study of factor markets and the role of government in promoting greater efficiency and equity in the economy. The purpose of macroeconomics is to give students a greater understanding of the principles of economics that apply to an economic system as a whole. The course places particular emphasis on the study of national income and price-level determination, and also develops students’ familiarity with economic performance measures, the financial sector, stabilization policies, economic growth, and international economics. Advanced Placement Economics students will be challenged to master economic theory in order to analyze and evaluate current economic issues using supply and demand analysis. II. Units of Study Microeconomics Unit 1: Basic Economic Concepts (1.5 weeks) [SC1, SC8, SC9] a. Scarcity b. Three Fundamental Economic Questions c. Factors of Production d. Opportunity Cost and Trade-offs e. Benefits of trade versus being self-sufficient f. Import versus export g. Different Types of Economic Systems h. -
Ap® Macroeconomics
AP® MACROECONOMICS About the Advanced Placement Program® (AP®) The Advanced Placement Program® has enabled millions of students to take college-level courses and earn college credit, advanced placement, or both, while still in high school. AP Exams are given each year in May. Students who earn a qualifying score on an AP Exam are typically eligible to receive college credit and/or placement into advanced courses in college. Every aspect of AP course and exam development is the result of collaboration between AP teachers and college faculty. They work together to develop AP courses and exams, set scoring standards, and score the exams. College faculty review every AP teacher’s course syllabus. AP Economics Program AP Macroeconomics Course Content The AP Macroeconomics course provides students with a thorough The AP Program offers two courses in economics: AP understanding of the principles of economics and how economists Macroeconomics and AP Microeconomics. Each course corresponds use those principles to examine aggregate economic behavior. to one semester of a typical introductory college course in Students learn how the measures of economic performance, such economics. AP Macroeconomics focuses on the principles that as gross domestic product (GDP), inflation, and unemployment are apply to an economic system as a whole. AP Microeconomics constructed and how to apply them to evaluate the macroeconomic focuses on the principles of economics that apply to the functions conditions of an economy. The course recognizes the global nature of individual decision-makers, both consumers and producers, of economics and provides ample opportunities to examine the within the economic system. impact of international trade and finance on national economies. -
Artistic Design and Production
Career pathway for: FINE ART, MUSIC PERFORMANCE & PRODUCTION, DRAMATIC PERFORMANCE & PRODUCTION, FILM PRODUCTION, COMMERCIAL DESIGN, GAME/ANIMATION DESIGN 10TH 11TH & 12TH Digital Art Honors Digital Art 2 Honors Painting Honors Printmaking 1, 2 AP Art History AP Art Drawing Portfolio AP Studio Art 2D Drawing 1 or Drawing 2 AP Studio Art 3D Introduction to Band, Honors Rock Ensemble 2 Honors Concert Band 2,3,4,5 Artistic Design and Honors Concert Band 1 or Rock Ensemble 1 Music Tech. Sound Production Engineering Drama 1 Introduction to Film Introduction to Art History & Criticism TV/Film Production Introduction to Screen & Playwriting Honors Film 2 Visual Computer Modeling Graphics Animation & Special Effects Drama 2, 3 Jazz Ensemble, Drama Club, Film Club, Digital Art & Cartoon Enrichment Club Recognition Art Honor Society, Thespians Honor Society 8 Career pathway for: STEM related fields, MEDICINE & HEALTH SCIENCES 9TH & 10TH 11TH & 12TH AP Biology* AP Chemistry* Principles of Biomedical Sciences* Human Body Systems* Honors Biology, Biology Honors Medical Interventions Biomedical Sciences Honors Chemistry, Chemistry EMT Hon Human Anatomy & Honors Physics Physiology or Human AP Physics 1 Anatomy and Physiology AP Physics C: Mechanics, Electricity & Magnetism Honors Organic Chemistry Honors Forensic Chemistry Hon Experimental Science 1 Enrichment Pre-Med Club Recognition Science Honor Society, PLTW Certification* Career pathway for: BROADCASTING, JOURNALISM, WRITING, TV PRODUCTION 10TH 11TH & 12TH Introduction to Screen & Playwriting Honors -
AP Physics 2
AP® PHYSICS 2 BEGINNING 2014-15 ACADEMIC YEAR About the Advanced Placement Program® (AP®) The Advanced Placement Program® enables willing and academically prepared students to pursue college-level studies — with the opportunity to earn college credit, advanced placement, or both — while still in high school. AP Exams are given each year in May. Students who earn a qualifying score on an AP Exam are typically eligible, in college, to receive credit, placement into advanced courses, or both. Every aspect of AP course and exam development is the result of collaboration between AP teachers and college faculty. They work together to develop AP courses and exams, set scoring standards, and score the exams. College faculty review every AP teacher’s course syllabus. AP Physics Program AP Physics 2: Algebra-Based Course Content Students explore principles of fluids, thermodynamics, electricity, The AP Program offers four physics courses: AP Physics 1: Algebra- magnetism, optics, and topics in modern physics. The course based, AP Physics 2: Algebra-based, AP Physics C: Mechanics, and is based on seven Big Ideas, which encompass core scientific AP Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism. principles, theories, and processes that cut across traditional Guided by the National Research Council and National Science boundaries and provide a broad way of thinking about the physical Foundation, the AP Program collaborated with college and world. The following are Big Ideas: university educators and AP teachers to develop two, yearlong AP • Objects and systems have properties such as mass and charge. Physics courses to replace AP Physics B. Systems may have internal structure. AP Physics 1: Algebra-based and AP Physics 2: Algebra-based are • Fields existing in space can be used to explain interactions. -
AP® STEM Participation and Postsecondary STEM Outcomes: Focus on Underrepresented Minority, First-Generation, and Female Students
AP® STEM Participation and Postsecondary STEM Outcomes: Focus on Underrepresented Minority, First-Generation, and Female Students Kara Smith, senior director at Macmillan Learning Sanja Jagesic, assistant research scientist at the College Board Jeff Wyatt, research scientist at the College Board Maureen Ewing, senior director at the College Board Visit © 2018 The College Board collegeboard.org Executive Summary Projections by the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (2012) point to a need for approximately one million more STEM professionals than the U.S. will be able to produce considering the current rate of STEM postsecondary degree completions (Executive Office of the President of the United States, 2012). Do Advanced Placement® (AP®) courses in STEM complement the desire for more students completing STEM majors? In this study we ask if participation and performance in Advanced Placement STEM Exams in high school is predictive of a student’s performance in STEM courses in the first year of college and the likelihood that a student will graduate with a STEM major, particularly for traditionally underrepresented populations in STEM fields—first generation, underrepresented minority, and female students. We find that AP STEM examinees had 7% higher first-year STEM grades and a 13% higher probability of STEM major completion than matched non-AP STEM peers. Nearly all of these positive results held for first-generation, underrepresented minority, and female students. 2 Contents Introduction ...............................................................................................................6 -
SCHEDULING INFORMATION Course Selection for 2014-15
SCHEDULING INFORMATION Course Selection for 2014-15 Course Selection Worksheet and Course Planner Instructions Course Selection Through Course Planner You can access Course Planner through the district website – select South Lyon East High School. The link “Career Cruising/Course Planner” is on the left. Instructions for entering into and submitting your courses through Course Planner are included in your packet and are also available on SLEHS’s website or in Student Services. English: 4 credits One course must be taken each year. 10th Grade 11th Grade •English 10 •World Literature th •English 10 Honors •20 Century Perspectives •Classical Literature & Thought •British Literature 12th Grade •Any Literature Course not already taken All students should •Reading/Writing for the College Bound consult with their current •AP English English teacher for course •Journalism selection. Sophomore English - Required • English 10 • English 10 Honors Junior English - Required • World Literature • 20th Century Perspectives • Classical Literature & Thought • British Literature Senior English - Required • Any Literature Course not already taken • Reading/Writing for the College Bound • AP English • Journalism SCIENCE: 3 credits All students should consult with their current Science teacher for course selection. Chemistry *Analytical Chemistry Geophysical requires Algebra 2 (not Science Workplace). Analytical Biology Chemistry* Analytical Chemistry* Options for qualifying Juniors Physics & Seniors Options for ANY Junior or Senior AP Biology AP Chemistry -
Advanced Placement & Dual Enrollment Programs
MIDDLETOWN TOWNSHIP PUBLIC SCHOOLS ADVANCED PLACEMENT & DUAL ENROLLMENT PROGRAMS What are Advanced Placement courses? ● College-level curricula approved by the College Board to be offered at the high school level. ● Participating students experience the rigors of college-level studies with the support of the high school environment. ● Offer students the opportunity to earn college credit while in high school. “How do I know if a college gives college credit or course placement for AP scores?” - For Parents & Guardians - The College Board CLICK HERE Why should my child consider taking an AP course? Reasons Associated With Taking Advanced Placement Courses The Right Reasons Other Reasons 1. Students have a love of the 1. It looks good on a student’s subject. high school transcript. 2. Students want to learn more 2. Many of a student’s friends about the subject. may be taking the course. 3. Students have a strong desire 3. Students feel pressured to to go into more depth in this take the course. subject. 4. Students want to be challenged in the subject. What is Middletown’s philosophy regarding Advanced Placement? The Middletown Township School District believes that all students can benefit from the rigor of Advanced Placement coursework. We believe that access to our very best curricula should be open to all students willing to put forth the effort to succeed in college-level courses. By making our Advanced Placement program more inclusive, we believe that Middletown students will be part of a college-going culture that will help to ensure his or her readiness to succeed at the post-secondary level.