Private Schools Outperform on AP Exams

The Council for American Private Education recently obtained the summary data for the 2014 AP exams from the College Board. The data is intriguing, but was is most start is the disproportionate number of exams taken by private school students and the disproportionate number of students from private schools that scored a 3 or higher.*

	Public Schools	Private Schools
Mean Score	2.82	3.24
Percent of Students Scoring 3 or higher	59%	71%

 

Additionally, according to the report, “gaps in AP scores between black students and white students are narrower in private schools than in public schools.”

If your school is one of these Schools of Excellence, add this information to your data dis-aggregation reports for accreditation!

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*Students who attain an AP score of 3 or higher not only earn higher GPAs in college than their peers, but are also more likely to actually graduate.