Report: AP Exams, Scores Increase in MCPS

Montgomery County public school students took a record number of Advanced Placement exams in 2012, according to an MCPS report.

Montgomery County Public Schools students took a record number of Advanced Placement exams in 2012, according to a MCPS statement. The percentage of exams earning a score of 3 or higher—a "college-ready score"—also increased, the statement added.  MCPS students took 32,974 AP exams in 2012—1,240 more than in 2011. It was the most exams taken in any year in MCPS history. Seventy-five percent of the exams received a score of 3 or better—up 3 percentage points from 2011 and the highest percentage since 2006, the statement added. Statewide, the percentage of AP exams earning a score of 3 or higher in 2012 was 61.4 percent. Nationwide, that number was 57.3 percent, the statement added. "These results show that our efforts to provide students …

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