Marshfield Public School District Placed on the College Board’s 9th
Annual AP® District Honor Roll for Significant Gains in Student
Access and Success
373 School Districts Across the U.S.
and Canada Are Honored
The Marshfield
Public School District (MPSD) is one of 373 school districts in the U.S.
and Canada being honored by the College Board with placement on the 9th Annual
AP® District Honor Roll. To be included on the 9th Annual Honor Roll, the
MPSD had to, since 2016, increase the number of students participating in AP
while also increasing or maintaining the percentage of students earning AP Exam
scores of 3 or higher. Reaching these goals shows that this district is
successfully identifying motivated, academically prepared students who are
ready for AP.
“I am extremely proud of our students and staff,” exclaimed
Superintendent of Schools, Jeffrey Granatino.
“This honor is a testament to the hard work put in by our students on a
daily basis, and it also reflects the effort and academic leadership provided
by our teachers and administrators at all levels. This was a team effort.” Marshfield High School Principal, Robert
Keuther shared, “We are excited by our students’ results and it reinforces our
focus on creating classroom experiences that are rigorous, engaging and fun.”
National data from 2018 show that among American
Indian/Alaska Native, Black/African American, Hispanic/Latino, and Native
Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander students with a high degree of readiness for
AP, only about half are participating. The first step to getting more of these
students to participate is to give them access. Courses must be made available,
gatekeeping must stop, and doors must be equitably opened. The MPSD is committed
to expanding the availability of AP courses among prepared and motivated
students of all backgrounds.
“Success in Advanced Placement is a combination of students’
own motivation and the opportunities educators provide for them,” said Trevor
Packer, senior vice president of AP and Instruction at the College Board. “I’m
inspired by the teachers and administrators in this district who have worked to
clear a path for more students of all backgrounds to earn college credit during
high school.”
Helping more students learn at a higher level and earn higher AP scores is an objective
of all members of the AP community, from AP teachers to district and school
administrators to college professors. Many districts are experimenting with
initiatives and strategies to see how they can expand access and improve student
performance at the same time.
In 2018, more than 4,000 colleges and universities around
the world received AP scores for college credit, advanced placement, or both, and/or
consideration in the admissions process. Inclusion in the 9th Annual AP District
Honor Roll is based on a review of three years of AP data, from 2016 to 2018, looking
across 38 AP Exams, including world language and culture. The following
criteria were used.
Districts must:
Increase participation/access to AP
by at least 4% in large districts, at least 6% in medium districts, and at
least 11% in small districts;
Increased or maintained the
percentage of American Indian/Alaska Native, Black/African American,
Hispanic/Latino, and Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander students taking
exams and increased or maintained the percentage of American Indian/Alaska
Native, Black/African American, Hispanic/Latino, and Native Hawaiian/Other
Pacific Islander students scoring 3+ on at least one AP Exam; and
Improve or maintain performance levels
when comparing the 2018 percentage of students scoring a 3 or higher to the 2016
percentage, unless the district has
already attained a performance level at which more than 70% of its AP students earn
a 3 or higher.
When these outcomes have been achieved among an AP student
population in which 30% or more are underrepresented minority students (American
Indian/Alaska Native, Black/African American, Hispanic/Latino and Native
Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander) and/or 30% or more are low-income students (students who qualify for free or reduced-price lunch), a symbol has been
affixed to the district name to highlight this work.
The complete 9th Annual AP District Honor Roll can be found here: https://apcentral.collegeboard.org/score-reports-data/awards/honor-roll
