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One hundred sixty students at Ridgewood High School have been named AP Scholars by the College Board

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Ridgewood NJ, one hundred sixty students at Ridgewood High School have been named AP Scholars by the College Board in recognition of their exceptional achievement on the college level Advanced Placement Examinations.

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One hundred thirty six students at Ridgewood High School have been named AP Scholars

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Ridgewood NJ ,One hundred thirty six students at Ridgewood High School have been named AP Scholars by the College Board in recognition of their exceptional achievement on the college level Advanced Placement Examinations.

The College Board recognizes several levels of achievement based on the students’ performance on AP exams. At RHS:

  • Six students qualified for the National AP Scholar Award by earning an average grade of 4.0 or higher on all AP Exams taken, and grades of 4 or higher on eight or more of these exams.
  • Twenty-nine students qualified for the AP Scholar with Honor Award by earning an average grade of at least 3.25 on all AP Exams taken, and grades of 3 or higher on four or more of these exams.
  • Fifty-one students qualified for the AP Scholar Award by completing three or more AP Exams with grades of 3 or higher.
About 18 percent of the more than 1.9 million high school students worldwide who took AP Examinations in May 2016 performed at a sufficiently high level to merit such recognition.

Twenty-one award recipients are juniors. These students have at least one more year in which to do college-level work, and possibly earn another Advanced Placement Award.

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College Board overhaul of SAT makes essay optional, returns to scale of 1,600

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College Board overhaul of SAT makes essay optional, returns to scale of 1,600

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5, 2014    LAST UPDATED: WEDNESDAY MARCH 5, 2014, 10:47 PM
BY  LESLIE BRODY
STAFF WRITER
THE RECORD

The College Board announced on Wednesday that it was overhauling the SAT to make the college admissions test more focused, useful and geared toward what students really need to know to thrive in college.

To debut in spring 2016, the new version will include more “relevant” vocabulary, return to the 1,600-point scale, from 2,400, and make the major essay portion optional. Writing sections will no longer ask students to opine based on their own experiences but will prod them to analyze texts and cite evidence in their arguments.

The announcement inspired an outpouring of questions, concerns and, in some cases, relief about an anxiety-laden test that has long sparked dread among students and complaints from critics who say it gives an unfair advantage to those who can afford expensive test prep instruction. Many also argue that the SAT is a weak predictor of long-term success.

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