Cedarcrest High School has announced the results from the 2007 administration of the Advanced Placement Program Exams. The results reflect incredible efforts of the AP students and staff at Cedarcrest. Over the past few years, the overall scores of the exams have been at a very high level, and this year is no exception.

Approximately 1.4 million students took the AP exams in May 2007 after completing challenging college-level courses at their high schools.

AP Exams are assigned the following scores after assessed by the College Board: 5 – Extremely Well Qualified, 4 – Well Qualified, 3 – Qualified, 2 – Possible Qualified, 1 – No Recommendation.

With this scale, a score of 3 or better is generally considered “passing” and is often acceptable for college credit, advanced placement, or both once these students attend a post-secondary school.

Of the 54 exams taken at Cedarcrest in 2007, 45 of them earned a score of 3 or better. This is an overall pass rate in all programs of 83 percent. This is an extremely impressive percentage when you consider that the state composite average is 14.4 percent and the national composite average is 9 percent.

Additionally, Cedarcrest requires all students enrolled in AP courses to take the exam at the end of the year. Most high schools in the state of Washington consider taking the exam to be optional for students.

The three major program offerings at Cedarcrest are English, Biology, and Calculus. The English AP Program saw 24 of 27 students (89 percent) earn a passing grade. 14 students were enrolled in the Calculus program and 9 of those students (64 percent) earned a passing grade.

Of special note is the Biology AP Program which had all 9 students enrolled in the course earn a score of 3 or better for a 100 percent pass rate!

Four students from Cedarcrest High School have earned the designation of AP Scholar by the College Board in recognition of their exceptional achievement on the AP Exams.

About 18 percent of students from the more than 16,000 secondary schools worldwide who took AP exams performed at a sufficiently high level to merit the recognition of AP Scholar.

One student qualified for the AP Scholar with Honor Award in 2007 by earning an average grade of at least 3.25 on all AP Exams taken, and grades of 3 or higher on four or more of these exams. Three other students qualified for the AP Scholar Award by completing three or more AP exams, with grades of 3 or higher.

Congratulations to these students on their remarkable achievements. Most of the nation’s colleges and universities award credit, advanced placement, or both based on successful performance on the AP exams.

Success on these exams, and the programs in which they were involved, has given these Cedarcrest students a significant advantage as they begin their post-secondary education.