The Advanced Placement* Training and Incentive Program:
The Advanced Placement Training and Incentive Program (APTIP) is a comprehensive approach that increases teacher effectiveness and student achievement in rigorous math and science courses through training, teacher and student support, vertical teaming, open enrollment, and incentives. The program increases dramatically the number of students taking and passing AP math, science, and English exams, and expands access to traditionally under-represented students.
Program Impact:
The AP training and incentive program also dramatically increases college readiness. Students passing AP exams are three times more likely to earn a college degree than students who do not pass. And African-American and Hispanic students who pass an AP exam are four times more likely to earn a college degree than those who do not pass.
AP students in the U.S. are internationally competitive in math and science, while their non-AP counterparts are not. American AP calculus and physics students’ scores rank at or near the top against all other countries, while their non-AP U.S. counterparts were at or near the bottom.
In a state-wide Texas study, AP success correlated with much greater success in college. Six-year college graduation rates rise from 15 percent for African-American and Hispanic students to 60 percent or higher if they have scored a three or higher on at least one AP exam. Students enrolled in AP courses are also competitive internationally. While the U.S. ranked below the international average on the Trends in International Math and Science Study (TIMSS), students who had taken the AP Calculus exam ranked first in the world in advanced math.
“If an African-American or Latin child passes one AP course, their chances of graduating from college greatly increase. You are not only preparing mathematicians and scientists. You are preparing children to graduate from college. There’s a huge bias that assumes kids in inner-city schools can’t handle AP courses. But this program shows you can triple or quadruple the high school students taking AP courses in one year.”
-Tom Luce, CEO NMSI
Program Replication
In 2007, non-profits from 28 states applied to replicate the APTIP program. NMSI selected non-profit partners in six states for five-year funding and NMSI program management support.
NMSI is replicating APTIP in Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Kentucky, Massachusetts, and Virginia. To sustain long term improvement in math and science education in their public schools, NMSI's state affiliates have built extensive coalitions with strong support from leaders in business, state government, education, and their communities.
Implementation began during the 2008 - 2009 school year and will expand to include a new cohort of public high schools each year over the five-year grant period. In 2008 - 2009, NMSI affiliates implemented the APTIP program in 67 public high schools. This fall, they will be implementing the program in 142 public high schools.
If our NMSI high schools were a state, it would have the 33rd largest student enrollment and the 28th largest African American and Hispanic student enrollment.
NMSI's 2008-2009 School Year Results:
NMSI program results demonstrate that it is possible to rapidly improve student performance in math and science through expanding proven programs.
Highlights
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NMSI's state affiliates partnered with 67 public high schools in 49 local school districts to implement APTIP.
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NMSI trained 478 AP teachers in curriculum development, pedagogy, and content in the following subjects: biology, calculus, chemistry, computer science, English language, English literature, environmental science, physics, and statistics.
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Over 12,500 exams taken by AP students in math, science, and English, which is an 80.1 percent increase over the previous school year.
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51.4 percent increase in AP exams passed in math, science, and English, which is over 9 times the national average.
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134.3 percent increase in AP math, science, and English exams taken for African American and Hispanic students.
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71.2 percent increase in AP exams passed by African American and Hispanic students in math, science, and English.
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54.7 percent increase in AP exams passed by female students in math, science, and English.
State affiliates raised $27 million in state matching funds, outpacing NMSI's matching requirement.
Student performance in NMSI program schools demonstrates the untapped student potential across NMSI program states.
NMSI increases access to college-level work for African American and Hispanic students.
For more information on our 2008-2009 school year results, view the NMSI APTIP Results Presentation
*AP , Advanced Placement Program and SAT are registered trademarks of the College Board, which was not involved in the production of, and does not endorse, this product.
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