1.  Committed to the principle that all students deserve an opportunity to participate in rigorous and academically challenging courses and programs. All students who are willing to accept the challenge of a rigorous academic curriculum should be considered for admission to AP courses.

2.  Schools should make every effort to ensure that their AP classes reflect the diversity of their student population.  The Board encourages the elimination of barriers that restrict access for AP courses to students from ethnic, racial, and socioeconomic groups that have been traditionally underrepresented in the AP Program.

3.  College Board believes that all students should have access to academically challenging coursework before they enroll in AP classes  It is only through a commitment to equitable preparation and access that true equity and excellence can be achieved

4.  AP Govt -equivalent to 1 semester college course  Semester vs. Full year course  Introductory course- don’t go overboard  Scrambling to keep up  Learn from mistakes & victories  Fine tune your course year after year  3 year process  Caring about your kids is most important

5.  - 60 Multiple Choice Questions (45 min) -50% of exam - 4 FRQs (100 minutes) - 12.5% for each FRQ for a total of 50% Time- 2 hr. and 25 min.

6.  91/120 = 5 (76%)  79/90 = 4 (66-75%)  62/78 = 3 (50-65%)  42/61 = 2 (35-51%)  0/41 = 1 (0-25%)

12.  In 2007, 158,885 students took the exam  74,374 Males (46.8%) and 84,511 Females (53.2%)  US exam fits with overall trend: More women taking exams than men

13.  Test takers by race  100,686 Whites took the US Gov’t Exam (64.6%)  58,199 Non-Whites took the exam 19,772 Asians (12.4%) 18,203 Hispanics (11.5%) 9,304 African-Americans (6%) 726 American Indians (.46%) 5,823 Other (3.7%)