Southeast Texas P-16 Council

The College Board is making changes to the AP courses that give more emphasis on what Colleges say they need:  better understanding, better ability to reason and apply knowledge.

The revisions are also designed to accomplish the following broad goals:

• Enable teachers to design curriculum that best serves the needs of each student
• Articulate clearly the connection between the revised course and its corresponding exam
• Prepare AP students for advanced college and university courses
• Continue to reflect the best practices of our talented AP teachers

Changes planned include

“In collaboration with the National Science Foundation, master AP teachers and eminent educators from universities and colleges, the AP Program has spent several years evaluating and revising AP Biology. This collaboration has led to a powerful new course, endorsed enthusiastically by higher education officials, with benefits for all members of the AP community,” the AP site says

There were 1,309 high school students in the Golden Triangle last year taking Dual Credit , AP./IB or Advanced Placement CTE courses.


The data was provided by the Texas Education Agency and the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB).


The data showed a break down of 358 African Americans, 67 Asians, 104 Hispanics, and 780 White students were taking the advanced courses. Of those, nearly a third, 417, were economically disadvantaged students.


THECB supplies data to the regional P-16 councils each year, to help them key track of progress towards Texas’ “Closing the Gaps” goals. The data are also useful for targeting efforts of the P-16 council toward the most critical needs.