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There ought to be better ways to motivate high school students to take Advanced Placement tests than to pay them $100 for every one they pass. But it's hard to argue with statistics showing that the $100 prize has increased the number of students passing AP exams more than nine-fold over 12 years.

So we welcome the controversial Project Opening Doors to Connecticut.

The program, funded by ExxonMobil and the National Math and Science Initiative, is being introduced in nine high schools throughout the state: Ansonia, Bulkeley High School in Hartford, Coventry, East Hartford, New Britain, New London, Putnam, Westhill High School in Stamford and Wilby High School in Waterbury.

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