This is from The Core, a newsletter sent out to private schools from the Florida Dept. of Education
Florida’s AP and SAT Participation on the Rise
Florida saw increases in both participation and performance on the SAT this year according to information released on Aug. 25 by the College Board. The state’s combined SAT reading and math score climbed two points to 995 in 2009, with a record 100,179 students taking the college entrance exam.
The results also indicate that Florida’s Hispanic and African-American students are outperforming their national counterparts on the reading and mathematics sections of the SAT by 42 points and seven points, respectively. Florida’s participation on the SAT continues to outpace the nation with 58 percent of graduates having taken the test compared to 46 percent nationally. Minority student participation also continues to be high, representing 48 percent of all test takers, compared to 40 percent for the nation.
For the fourth year in a row, Florida had the greatest one-year increase in the number of public school Advanced Placement (AP) exam-takers when compared to all other states. In addition to large increases in the number of test takers, the state also experienced a 13.7 percent increase in the number of AP exams being scored 3-5 (passing range) compared to a 9.4 increase for the nation, according to the College Board.
Minority student participation has helped to fuel our state’s growing AP success. Florida continues to have the greatest number of African-American AP test takers and the greatest number of AP exams scored 3-5 when compared to all other states. Florida also ranks third among all states in the number of Hispanic AP test takers and the number of test takers scoring a 3-5.
For more details on Florida’s performance on the SAT and AP, visitwww.fldoe.org/evaluation.
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