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About the Pre-AP Program

Pre-AP provides teachers and students with instructional resources, classroom-based assessments, high-quality professional learning, and meaningful student practice in five new ninth-grade courses. Participating schools receive an official Pre-AP designation for each course and the chance to bring engaging, meaningful coursework to all their students. This designation signals consistent, high standards in focused courses that help build, strengthen, and reinforce students' content knowledge and skills. Pre-AP courses will get students ready for college-level coursework, including AP courses and exams. And they'll be open to all. The Pre-AP program's objectives are to: ƒ Significantly increase the number of students who are able to access and complete college-level work—like AP—before leaving high school; and ƒ Improve the college readiness of all students. Each Pre-AP course has been developed by committees of expert educators, including middle school, high school, and college faculty. These development committees work with the College Board to design effective frameworks and instructional resources that emphasize and prioritize the content and skills that matter most for later high school coursework and college and career readiness. In addition, assessments and performance tasks situated throughout the year provide regular, actionable feedback. We believe that students and teachers have the right to know how they're progressing—in real time. Participation in Pre-AP courses places students on a path to college readiness. These courses provide students with opportunities to engage deeply with texts, motivating problems to solve and questions to answer, and key concepts that focus on the content and skills central to each discipline. Across the ninth-grade Pre-AP courses, students will experience shared classroom routines that foster and deepen college-readiness skills. Finally, students will take classroom assessments that provide meaningful and actionable feedback on college-readiness indicators.

Grading Guidelines

Classwork - 30%

Quizzes - 20%

Tests/Essays/Projects - 40%

Participation - 10%