ADVANCED PLACEMENT
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Advanced Placement classes offer high
school students the opportunity to
experience
college-level coursework
.
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Advanced Placement credit on a high school
transcript demonstrates an
academically
rigorous high school experience
.
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Students can receive
college credit
before
entering a university by scoring a 3, 4 or 5 on
Advanced Placement exams.
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Nine hundred thirty
AP exams
were
administered in 2015-2016.
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Thirty-six percent of students who took AP
exams received
college credit
, giving them a
head-start on their college education.
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