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Texas Students Have High Scores on AP Exams

Good news for Texas students! Texas was recently recognized by the College Board as one of 20 states with the greatest percentage of students earning scores of three or higher on Advanced Placement (AP) exams.

Among students in Texas’ high school graduating Class of 2009, 28.7 percent took at least one AP exam during high school, compared to 26.5 percent for the nation. That is a substantial increase from five years ago when 21.8 percent of the state’s graduating seniors took an AP test sometime during their high school career.

In Texas, 14.9 percent of the graduating Class of 2009 earned a score of three or higher on an AP test, compared to 12.5 percent of the Class of 2004 who did so.

Social sciences tests, which include history, government, economics and psychology, were the most popular tests taken by Texas students. They experienced their greatest success on English AP exams.

Information found on the Texas Education website

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