Why Support APTIP

Why Support the Advanced Placement Training and Incentive Program?

Ten Reasons for Success

1. Mastering AP coursework helps many more students succeed in college. Students passing AP exams are three times more likely to earn a college degree than students who do not pass.
2. Passing AP courses helps more students graduate on time from college. Most students take five or six years, and sometimes even longer, to earn their bachelor’s degrees at public colleges and universities. Students who take AP courses and exams are much more likely to graduate in four years at no extra cost.
3. Graduating from college in four years saves students and their parents thousands of dollars. Students who take longer to graduate from a public college or university typically pay between $8,000 and $19,000 for each additional year. Students attending a private institution might incur as much as $26,197 for each additional year it takes to earn a bachelor’s degree.
4. Taking AP courses increases eligibility for scholarships and makes candidates more attractive for college admission. Thirty one percent of colleges and universities consider a student’s AP experience when making decisions about which students will receive scholarships. Eighty five percent of selective colleges and universities report that a student’s AP experience favorably impacts admissions decisions.
5. APTIP makes advanced math and science courses more accessible for African-American and Hispanic students, who are often under-represented in science, technology, engineering, and math fields. 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. In its first two years, the 65 Cohort I schools receiving grants from NMSI to provide AP training and incentives saw a 154.6 percent increase in AP exams passed by African-American and Hispanic students, compared to 27.7 percent nationally.
6. APTIP makes advanced math and science courses more accessible for female students, who also are often under-represented in STEM fields. Women contribute 48 percent of the workforce in the U.S., but hold just 24 percent of the jobs in engineering, science, and technology. The 63 Cohort I NMSI program schools saw a 143.8 percent increase in exams passed in AP math, science and English classes by female students from 2008 - 2010.
7. APTIP promotes public/private partnerships and local control. NMSI’s state affiliates have built strong coalitions with leaders in business, government, education and the community to ensure the long term sustainability of the more rigorous coursework. A non-profit organization with a strong board implements the program in each state, which invites community buy-in.
8. The NMSI APTIP program is a comprehensive, multi-faceted approach with interlocking elements that are all essential for success:
   • Open enrollment so all students regardless of income, gender, race or ethnicity have a chance to succeed.
   • More student time-on-task, reinforced by special prep sessions.
   • Exam fee support to make advanced courses affordable for more students.
   • Student recruitment/counseling so more students will have the confidence and support to take advanced courses.
   • Mini-scholarship incentives for success for students.
   • Supplies and equipment provided for the state-of-the-art lab projects essential for exploratory learning.
   • Stipends and bonuses for teachers and administrators who put in extra time and effort for AP instruction.
   • Rigorous content-focused teaching training for AP and Pre-AP courses.
   • Lead teachers who serve as mentors.
   • Vertical teaming so students benefit from a progressive ladder of learning.
9. Receiving college credit for AP courses helps students double major in college or add study abroad without taking extra time to graduate. Because more than 3,200 colleges and universities in the United States offer credit and/or advanced placement for qualifying AP scores, AP students have the flexibility to add a major or study abroad without putting at risk graduation in four years.
10. The APTIP approach works. We multiply success.

    NMSI Advanced Placement Training and Incentive Program (APTIP) schools in Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Kentucky, Massachusetts, and Virginia have continued to deliver remarkable results. Results from the 2009-2010 school year demonstrate dramatic increases in student achievement:

    • From 2008 – 2011, there was a 124 percent increase in math, science and English AP exams passed in cohort I of NMSI program schools.
    • From 2009 – 2011, there was an 126.7 percent increase in math, science and English AP exams passed in cohort II of NMSI program schools.
    • From 2008 – 2011 there was an 215.7 percent increase in math, science and English AP exams passed by African-American and Hispanic students in Cohort I of NMSI program schools.
    • From 2009 – 2011 there was an 191.6 percent increase in math, science and English AP exams passed by African-American and Hispanic students in Cohort II of NMSI program schools.
    • From 2008 – 2011 there was an 143.8 percent increase in math and science AP exams passed by females in Cohort I of NMSI program schools.
    • From 2009 – 2011 there was an 148 percent increase in math and science AP exams passed by females in Cohort II of NMSI program schools.
    • NMSI’s APTIP program has trained over 8,000 AP and Pre-AP teachers in 229 schools in 158 school districts, in the past three years.
    • NMSI is operating the APTIP program in 228 public high schools.