The bethlehem area school district

The AP Program of the BASD will demonstrate its success by increasing its AP Excellence and Equity Score each of the next three years—by doing so it will:

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  Increase the number of students taking AP courses
  

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  Increase the number of students taking AP Exams
  

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  Increase the number of students scoring at levels 3, 4, or 5 on the AP Exams.
  

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   Does the BASD offer the most appropriate AP courses, both in type and number, to allow students to demonstrate their college readiness and competitiveness?
   

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   Are enough students involved in our AP program? Is a conscientious effort made to identify and recruit students who are potentially-qualified for AP study?
   

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   Do we have school-wide and course-based practices that act as obstacles to AP participation and success? Do we systematically act to remove obstacles and support successful practices?
   

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   Are specific goals for BASD students’ AP participation and achievement known by all stakeholders?
   

Previous years’ AP enrollments (school and department)

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Completion Dates

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   Maintain the number and variety of AP courses in the Program of Studies.
   

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  Language Arts: AP Language & Literature
  
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  Language Arts: AP Language & Composition
  
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  Social Studies: AP United States History
  
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  Social Studies: AP Macroeconomics
  
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  Social Studies: AP Psychology
  
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  Social Studies: AP World History
  
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  Social Studies: AP American Government & Politics
  
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  Social Studies: AP Comparative Government & Politics
  
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  Science: AP Biology
  
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  Science: AP Chemistry
  
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  Science AP Physics B
  
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  Science: AP Physics C—Electricity & Magnetism
  
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  Science: AP Physics C—Mechanics
  
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  Science: AP Environmental Science
  
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  Math: AP Calculus AB
  
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  Math: AP Calculus BC
  
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  Math: AP Probability & Statistics
  
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  World Language: AP Spanish Language
  
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  World Language: AP French Language
  
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  World Language: AP German Language
  

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   Create a separate and specific section in the Program of Studies explaining AP offerings/pathways.
   

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Completion Dates

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1. Publicly set an increase in Advanced Placement Equity & Excellence Index as department goal (in the aggregate and in subgroups)
2. Provide administrators and AP teachers the needed professional development to implement AP strategies and strengthen AP instruction.
3. Create and circulate publication, “Introduction to the BASD Advanced Placement Program” among all BASD stakeholders.
4. Plant seed of potential college attendance with all students and parents in Grade 5. Explain AP programming and/or dual enrollment as an important step(s) in attending college.
5. Make Grade 8 students, teachers/counselors, and parents aware of the specifics of AP programming and AP participation and performance goals as part of the transition to high school process.
6. Use Grade 8 PSSA data and/or the PSAT’s Advanced Placement -Potential data to identify and recruit “high potential” 9^th and 10^th graders into AP courses.
7. Increase the number of students registered to take AP courses in Grade 10.

Annually/On-Going

Dept. Chairs

Asst. Supt/ MSPrincipals

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1. Identify/Develop multi-year “AP Course Paths” within departments that support AP

participation.

classes/students.

APs/POS

Principal/APs

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