USD 116 Placed on College Board's 2nd Annual AP District Honor Roll

For the second year in a row, Urbana School District is one of fewer than 400 public school districts in the nation being honored by the College Board with a place on the 2nd Annual AP Honor Roll, for simultaneously increasing access to Advanced Placement coursework while maintaining or increasing the percentage of students earning scores of 3 or higher on AP exams. Achieving both of these goals is the ideal scenario for a district’s Advanced Placement program, because it indicates that the district is successfully identifying motivated, academically-prepared students who are likely to benefit most from AP coursework. Since 2009 Urbana School District almost doubled the number of students participating in AP courses from 45 students to 86 students while maintaining the percentage of students earning AP Exam scores of 3 or higher. The majority of U.S. colleges and universities grant college credit or advanced placement for a score of 3 or above on AP exams.

The 2nd Annual AP Honor Roll is made up of only those public school districts that are simultaneously expanding opportunity and improving performance. The list includes 367 school districts across 43 states and Canada. Pennsylvania led all states with 34 public school districts named to the 2nd Annual AP Honor Roll, followed by Massachusetts and New York, both with 30. Urbana School District was one of less than 30 districts in the state of Illinois to receive recognition on the AP Honor Roll.

The complete 2nd Annual AP District Honor Roll can be found at www.collegeboard.org.

Information provided by the Urbana School District.