Lyme-Old Lyme Schools Placed on the College Board’s 4th Annual National AP® District Honor Roll

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AP_Honor_RollLyme-Old Lyme High School and the Region #18 Schools are one of 477 school districts in the U.S. and Canada, and one of only 18 districts in Connecticut, being honored by the College Board with placement on the 4th Annual AP® District Honor Roll for increasing access to AP® coursework while simultaneously maintaining or increasing the percentage of students earning scores of 3 or higher on AP Exams.

Reaching these goals indicates that the district is successfully identifying motivated, academically prepared students who are likely to benefit from rigorous AP coursework.

In 2013, more than 3,300 colleges and universities around the world received AP scores for college credit, advanced placement and/or consideration in the admission process, with many colleges and universities in the United States offering credit in one or more subjects for qualifying AP scores.

“This is a wonderful honor for our students, staff, and communities,” said Ian Neviaser, Superintendent of the Region 18 Schools.  “We are proud to be recognized for this incredible achievement.”

“We applaud the extraordinary efforts of the devoted teachers and administrators in this district who are offering more students the opportunity to engage in rigorous college-level coursework,” said Trevor Packer, the College Board’s Senior Vice President of AP and Instruction.  “These outcomes are a powerful testament to educators’ belief that a more diverse population of students is ready for the sort of rigor that will prepare them for success in college.”

Inclusion on the 4th Annual AP District Honor Roll is based on the examination of three years of AP data, from 2011 to 2013, for the following criteria.

Districts must:

  • Increase participation/access to AP by at least 4 percent in large districts, at least 6 percent in medium districts, and at least 11 percent in small districts;
  • Increase or maintain the percentage of exams taken by African American, Hispanic/Latino, and American Indian/Alaska Native students, and;
  • Improve performance levels when comparing the percentage of students in 2013 scoring a 3 or higher to those in 2011, unless the district has already attained a performance level at which more than 70 percent of its AP students are scoring a 3 or higher.

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