“It’s super important we do this.”ĮTHS considers its student body’s high participation rate in AP courses and exams a point of pride – literally, it’s the first item listed on the school’s “Points of Pride” webpage. “We’re hitting reset on all the expectations,” Bavis said. Latino students also saw larger losses in participation and scores. The data also indicated the number of students receiving a 3 or higher on the exams also declined to lows not seen in a decade.Īccording to ETHS data, Black students saw a 40% decrease in exam participation and a 51% decrease in scores of 3 or higher. In 2021, the fewest ETHS students sat for AP exams since the 2012-2013 school year, school documents showed, a drop that held across all racial and ethnic groups. The exams are scored on a 1 to 5 scale, and scores of 3 or higher are required to get college credit for the course. After taking specific courses in a school year, students can sit for an AP exam which assess mastery of the subject, according to the website. “I don’t want to call it a crisis in the making, but I want to come very close to calling it a crisis in the making,” Bavis said.Īdvanced Placement classes offer students an opportunity to take courses that give them college credit. 7, which showed a sustained drop in the number of students both taking AP classes and sitting for the exams since the COVID-19 pandemic closed school buildings in March 2020. At a school board meeting earlier this month, an Evanston Township High School assistant superintendent raised concern about enrollment in Advanced Placement courses, while board members looked to larger disparities in the school’s AP programs.Ī sense of urgency drove Assistant Superintendent Pete Bavis’ presentation to the board Feb.
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