SpringBoard Results

  • Academic Performance Indicator  (API) Gains
    At Tetzlaff Middle School in Los Angeles, students  have gained more than 60 points on the California  Academic Performance Index since SpringBoard  was introduced in both mathematics and English  Language Arts for all seventh and eighth graders.
  • Increased AP® Enrollment and  Improved AP Performance
    A recent study in Florida show that high schools  using SpringBoard for 3-5 years had substantially  more students enrolled in AP courses and also had  more students scoring higher on AP exams.*
  • Gains among African American  and Hispanic Students
    In the same Florida study noted above, SpringBoard  schools had a 109% and 52% gain in the number of  Black and Hispanic students, respectively, enrolled in  AP courses. SpringBoard schools also experienced  gains in the numbers of  Black and Hispanic students  scoring a 3 or higher on at least one AP exam.

 

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*Study conducted by the College Board and Fordham University examined Advanced Placement and SAT® participation and performance trends of the graduating cohorts of students who have attended high schools that have purchased SpringBoard. Phase One of the study encompassed 106 SpringBoard high schools in 12 districts in the state of Florida.

Complete details about support research are available at springboardprogram.collegeboard.org/research/ .