Students At High School In Connecticut Earn $12,800 For Passing AP Exams

Connecticut's Courant (10/21, Drury) reports that "75 checks totaling $12,800 was handed out Wednesday to Windsor High School students who had scored a passing grade on an advanced placement exam last spring." The rewards came as part of "the school's first year of participation in Project Opening Doors." Students received $100 for each passing AP test score. Of the Windsor students who took the tests in May, 71 percent passed. In addition to "the high percentage of passing scores, the high school AP program had a dramatic increase in the participation and success of minority students, with 68 percent" passing the May tests. "School administrators say last spring's success was built upon a foundation laid four years ago, when a committee of AP teachers was formed to find ways to improve student test scores and broaden participation."