Los Angeles Unified School District
COORDINATOR/COUNSELOR/
GUIDANCE STAFF SUPPORT
“College and Career
Readiness Support”
LAUSD, CDE and College Board
LA Chamber of Commerce
February 7, 2014
In 1954, Ruby Bridges Deserved a Rigorous and
High Quality Education. In 2014, Each & Everyone of
LAUSD Students Deserves The Same!
What Role is The College Board
Taking To Address Issues of Access
and Equity in Promoting a College and
Career Readiness Pathway
For All Students?
www.collegeboard.com
The Path to
College Readiness
College Admission
SAT®
College Visits
AP® Courses
AP Potential™
PSAT/NMSQT®
ReadiStep™
CollegeEd®
SpringBoard® ELA
and Mathematics
Sixth Grade
College Board Support
Access & Equity
Professional Development
CLEP
Accuplacer
Hoxby Research
4 or More Campaign
US Dept. of Ed & 50 States
Young Men of Color Research™
CAPE 1&2, Google AP STEM
and Dell AP STEM
rSAT & rPSAT & revised AP
Research access & equity
Providing Access and Equity
In 1979, High-Income Students College
Attendance Rates
63%
Source: NCES, The Condition of Education 2010 (Table A-20-1) and The Condition of Education 2011
(Table A-21-1). Additional Source: The Education Trust, 2012.
In 2009, Low-Income Students College
Attendance Rates
54%
Source: NCES, The Condition of Education 2010 (Table A-20-1) and The Condition of Education 2011
(Table A-21-1). Additional Source Educational Trust, 2012.
GOOGLE/COLLEGE BOARD AP STEM PROJECT
Program Partners and Roles:
Google
• $5 million grant to
DonorsChoose.org
and the College
Board
• Global Impact
Awards
DonorsChoose.org
• Started 500 AP
STEM courses
• Teachers used
DonorsChoose.org
platform to request
AP textbooks and
classroom
materials
The College Board
• Assisted in the
implementation of
the program
• Focus on
underrepresented
and female
students
• Acts as primary
contact for schools
and teachers for
training and
support
Benefits for the School
START-UP FUNDING FOR NEW AP STEM COURSES
Course
Total
Biology
$7,840
Chemistry
$9,000
Environmental Science
$7,100
Physics B
$8,000
Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism
$6,100
Physics C: Mechanics
$6,100
Calculus AB
$3,200
Calculus BC
$3,200
Computer Science A
$1,200
Statistics
$3,200
DELL/COLLEGE BOARD AP PROJECT
Program Partners and Roles:
Google
DonorsChoose.org
• $1.2 million grant
to
DonorsChoose.org
and the College
Board
• To promote new
AP courses
• Start 80 NEW AP
courses
• Teachers used
DonorsChoose.org
platform to request
AP summer
training, classroom
materials from
$1,200-9,000 per
classroom and
incentives for
teachers ($100 per
qualifying score)
The College Board
• Assisted in the
implementation of
the program
• Focus on
underrepresented
students
• Acts as primary
contact for schools
and teachers for
training and
support
Rigorous Courses Can Open The Door
To Academic Success!
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Partner Talk
What factors do you use in
recommending a student
to enroll in an AP course?
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What factors do you use in recommending a student
to enroll in an AP course?
Source: 2012 AP Participation Survey: 13,262 respondents
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A Deeper Look
PSAT (.56 correlation) stronger
correlation than cumulative GPA (.28
correlation)
PSAT (.56 correlation) stronger
correlation than relevant course grades
(.25 correlation)
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Can Taking AP Courses Help Students Get Into College?
1. Stand out in the college admission process
2. Earn academic scholarships and awards from
colleges and universities
3. Save time and money once they get to college,
providing them with more study options and
allowing them to move directly into upper-level
courses in their field of interest
4. Earn AP Scholar Awards, an academic
distinction granted each September by the
College Board to students with exemplary
AP Exam scores
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“One of the best standard predictors
of academic success at Harvard
University is performance on Advanced
Placement Examinations.”
William Fitzsimmons, Dean of Admissions & Financial Aid,
Harvard University
The Challenge: Equitable Access to
AP Courses
58%
42%
Asian
38%
62%
White
30%
70%
Hispanic/Latino
20%
80%
Black/African American
Took Recommended AP
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Did Not Take Recommended AP
How Does Promoting Rigor Support
the LAUSD Strategic Plan?
1. To provide access and equity for all students
2. To help 100% of LAUSD students graduate
from high school and succeed in college
3. To eliminate gaps between underrepresented
and low-income students thus promoting
proficiency
for all
What Resources are
Available for
Guidance Staff?
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AP Potential Identifies Students Who Can Be
Successful in 25 of the 34 AP Courses
AP Potential
Overview
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1. AP Potential is a free, web-based tool
that allows schools to generate rosters
of students who are likely to score a “3”
or higher on a given AP® Exam
2.
Research based with strong correlations
between ReadiStep and PSAT/NMSQT®
scores and AP Exam results
3.
AP Potential is designed to help you
increase access to AP and to ensure
that no student who has the chance
of succeeding in AP is overlooked
http://collegeboard.org/appotential
My AP Potential
Report legend
See shading of the step
icons
Choosing a major
shows students which
courses are related to
majors.
Students can see if
their school likely offers
a course (based on AP
exams given last year)
Ideal scenario
AP Potential
Expectancy Tables
Expectancy
Tables
See the scores
that correlate to
probabilities of
success in AP
Biology.
E.g. students
who score 114 in
Critical Reading
and Math have
60% chance or
greater of
earning 3 or
better in AP
Biology.
AP Potential
Select PSAT/NMSQT Administration Year
Step 1 of 4
Select the
PSAT/NMSQ
T
administratio
n year for
which you’d
like to
generate a
roster.
AP Potential
Select Subjects
Step 2 of 4
If you chose to
generate your
roster manually,
you’ll continue
onto Step 2:
Select the AP
courses you’d like
to identify students
for.
AP Potential
Select Pool
Step 3 of 4
Choose a grade level
and define your
pool.
AP Potential
Student Roster
Step 4 of 4
Read the
instructions for
using the roster
and see your list
of students at
the bottom of the
screen.
AP Potential
Tips
Export data into an Excel
spreadsheet to make it easy
to read and use.
Create letters to parents.
AP Potential provides
sample letters in English
and Spanish.
My College QuickStart
New in
2012!
My Major & Career Matches
Connect to the
Possibilities
– Major a
student chose
– Related majors
– Related careers
My Major & Career Matches
Research Majors
– Description
of majors
– Courses
students can
take in high
school to
prepare
– Courses
they can
expect to
take in
college
– Jobs
students can
expect with
different
degree
levels
My College Matches
Start the College
Search
– Starter list of
colleges
– Criteria to
customize
search
My College Matches
Get the Facts
– Full college
profiles
– Cost and financial
aid
My College QuickStart Tips
Arrange for a computer lab
session to introduce students
to My College QuickStart
Use free lesson
plans to guide students
through structured activities
Check out the demo for educators
http://professionals.collegeboard.com/k-12/prepare/quickstart
Belief System: Open Access
NO CHILD wanting to take rigorous classes and
willing to work hard should be left out!
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Students in AP Graduate From College at Higher Rates
Than Non-AP Students
Group
Passed Exam
Took, Did Not
Pass
Took AP course,
No Exam
African
American
28%
22%
16%
Hispanic
28%
12%
10%
White
33%
22%
20%
Low Income
26%
17%
12%
Non-Low Income
34%
23%
19%
Source: Chrys Dougherty, Lynn Mellor, and Shuling Jian, The Relationship Between Advanced
Placement and College Graduation (National Center for Educational Accountability, 2006)
Credit and Placement for Qualifying AP
Scores
94% of four-year U.S.
colleges and
universities grant
credit or advanced
placement. Policies
vary widely between
(and sometimes within)
institutions.
For more information:
www.collegeboard.com/
ap/creditpolicy
SAMPLE Source: University of Florida
(http://www.registrar.ufl.edu/catalog/policies/advisingcreditap.html)
Institutions Participating in AP College
Comparability Studies
Not everything that is faced can be
changed, but nothing can be changed
until it is faced!
James Baldwin, Poet/Playwright
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Expanding AP Access and Opportunity
Expanding access to more schools is
needed, but if every school with an existing
AP program focused on finding its own
“missing students,” we could almost
entirely eliminate participation gaps.
Christina Theokas and Reid Saaris. “Finding America’s Missing
AP and IB Students.” The Education Trust: Shattering
Expectation Series, June 2013
Promoting Academic Success
Remember, You Hold The Key!
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Developing a Sense of Urgency!
“Many things we need can wait, the child
cannot. Now is the time his bones are being
developed.
To him, we cannot say, tomorrow.
His name is today.”
Gabriella Mistral, Chilean Poet
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Thank You!
Coordinators, Counselors,
Testing Coordinators,
You ROCK!
Questions
Don Mitchell
Senior Educational Manager
College Board
Phone: 213-416-2122
Cell: 213-514-4027
E-mail: dmitchell@collegeboard.org
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