PERRYSBURG – Perrysburg Exempted Village School District is one of fewer than 400 school districts in the
nation being honored by the College Board with a place on its AP® Achievement List for opening Advance
Placement classroom doors to a significantly broader pool of students, while maintaining or improving
the percentage of students earning college credit.
From 2008 to 2010, Perrysburg increased the number of students participating in AP from 97 to 142, while
still enabling more than 70 percent of its AP students to earn scores of 3 or higher, the score
typically needed to earn college credit.
"We are very proud of the gains we have achieved," stated Superintendent Thomas L. Hosler.
"Access to AP coursework provides a rigorous experience that better prepares our students for the
challenges of college. Being one of only 388 schools nationwide to earn this honor shows we are on
course to be one of the nation’s top 100 public school districts."
The AP Achievement List is made up of all school districts that are simultaneously expanding opportunity
and improving performance, so even low-performing districts are included if they have been able to
maintain or improve scores while expanding access. The list includes 388 school districts representing
43 states.
Inclusion on the list is based on the following criteria:
¥ Examination of three years of AP data, from 2008 to 2010;
¥ Increase in participation in/access to AP by at least 4 percent in large districts, at least 7 in
medium districts and at least 11 percent in small districts;
¥ A steady or increasing percentage of exams taken by African American, Hispanic/Latino and American
Indian/Alaska Native students; and
¥ Performance levels maintained or improved when comparing the percentage of exams in 2010 scoring a 3 or
higher to those in 2008, or the school has already attained a performance level in which more than 70
percent of the AP students are scoring a 3 or higher.