MIT: The AP Under Fire

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<p>Obviously, this a thread that is close to my heart!</p>

<p>Regarding the incentive program in Texas, there are more mechanisms such as the incentives offered by Texas Instruments. </p>

<p><a href="http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/public/program/initiatives/49042.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/public/program/initiatives/49042.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p><a href="http://www.highereducation.org/crosstalk/ct0203/news0203-pushing.shtml%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.highereducation.org/crosstalk/ct0203/news0203-pushing.shtml&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p><a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/02/20060203-13.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/02/20060203-13.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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Spurred originally by the O'Donnell Foundation, others, including the Texas Instruments Foundation and retired PepsiCo president Roger Enrico, have joined the effort. </p>

<p>Last year 62 Jefferson students took courses to prepare for AP calculus, which, like other advanced placement classes, is a college-level course. Forty now take AP calculus. Trevino has a self-imposed goal: to see ten students pass the test. He is confident they can do the work. Each Jefferson student who passes an AP math or English test will receive $500 per test and could qualify for a $10,000 college scholarship, all donated by Enrico. Trevino would also receive $500 for each passing score. He and his fellow teachers, and ultimately their students, are also benefiting from extra training.

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<p>For the record, the Dallas magnet schools led the country in the number of AP tests --at least as it was reported. </p>

<p>In Texas, cash still talks. :)</p>