02/12/2009
from the Kennebec Journal
FAIRPOINT PLAN TARGETS DEBT
Wind project off Mass. meets strong resistance
Three bills seek tougher rules for petitioners
New rules for special education debated
Happy apples
AUGUSTA: Cuts to French curriculum run into opposition
HIGH SCHOOL BOYS BASKETBALL: Hall-Dale drops MVC title game to Mountain Valley
HIGH SCHOOL HOCKEY NOTEBOOK: Different stakes in Gardiner-Winslow rivalry
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'At the time ... he was psychotic'
Man answers door, is attacked with Mace and then robbed
FairPoint reorganization plan aims to slash company's debt
Concerns over special-education changes aired
FAIRFIELD: Clinton man, 21, arrested on rape, assault charges
Stun gun, arrest of suspect end high-speed, 2-town chase
HIGH SCHOOL HOCKEY NOTEBOOK: Gardiner, Winslow take to ice again
GIRLS BASKETBALL: Skowhegan wins KVAC A title game
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Maine saw a 13.5 percent year-over-year jump in the percentage of students earning a score of 3 or better on the exams. Nationally, 5.6 percent more students in 2008 met the benchmark than in 2007, according to numbers from the College Board's "AP Report to the Nation."
Advanced Placement exams are college-level tests scored on a five-point scale. Colleges commonly award students credit for earning scores of 3 or better.
The most common placement exam in Maine was the English literature test, followed by the U.S. history and English language exams, according to the Department of Education.
According to the College Board report, 19.3 percent of Maine students in the class of 2008 earned a score of 3 or better on an AP exam. Seventeen percent of Maine students in the class of 2007 met that mark.
Nationally, 15.2 percent of students from the class of 2008 earned scores of 3 or better, compared with 14.4 percent of class of 2007 students.
According to the Maine Department of Education, 31.9 percent of Maine's public school students last year took at least one AP exam. Nationally, a quarter of students took at least one of the tests.
"The increase in students scoring well in Maine is great news, but the scores alone are not what's important," Maine Education Commissioner Susan Gendron said in a statement. "It's about the rigor of the courses and more students taking AP courses.
"Students who take AP courses are better prepared for college," she said.
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