Sacred Heart High School graduates appear at a 2013 ceremony. The Archdiocese of Hartford, which includes Sacred Heart, is among 13 districts in the state recognized for significant increases in students taking advanced placement exams between 2012 and 2014. (Photo Credit: Republican-American)
Archdiocese of Hartford schools are among 13 Connecticut districts recently named to the College Board’s AP Honor Roll. The honor recognizes districts that manage to increase numbers of students taking Advanced Placement exams by at least 4 percent between 2012 and 2014, while also managing to maintain the percentage of students scoring high enough to gain college credit.
Dale R. Hoyt, school superintendent for the Archdiocese of Hartford, was pleased, but not surprised, according to a news release. Attempts to reach a representative of the archdiocese schools Wednesday were unsuccessful.
“As a network of schools, we are committed to challenging students with AP courses, in order to prepare them as effectively as possible for collegiate success,” Hoyt said, according to the release.
There are five high schools in the archdiocese, including Sacred Heart High School in Waterbury.
To earn the honor, large school districts of more than 50,000 students must increase AP test takers by 4 percent.
A medium sized district of 8,000 to 50,000 would have to increase by 6 percent. Smaller districts would need to increase test takers by 11 percent.
Districts must also maintain, or increase, the percentage of exams taken by minority students.
Districts must also increase their overall performance, unless more than 70 percent of students are already scoring high enough to achieve college credit.
(Source: Michael Puffer, Republican-American Newspaper, December 11, 2014)
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