| You live in NC too, astrophysicsmom? My school is about 50% black, 30% Hispanic, and 20% white, but we are doing pretty well with the standardized testing that NC administers. 73% of my schools gets free lunch as well. Our AP scores are pretty pitiful though. All of the teachers are looking at me and my best friend for good scores this year. I feel a lot of pressure to do well on my AP tests (English Language, US History, and Human Geography [self-study]).
Overall, our AP classes are just filled with the "traditional" AIG kids who have been sheltered together since elementary school (I am not apart of that group; I came to my current school system in middle school from the Triad area). Our AP classes have sprinklings of minorities, but most of the minorities drop the AP classes. It's a shame, too. Some of them are pretty smart. |