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Eligibility Criteria

• Student must have a score of high Proficient and/or Advanced on state assessments
• Student must have an 80 end-of-term grade average in at least four core content areas to be considered for the high school program.
• Student must have a passing score on student response exam(s) to be administered in the winter or spring of each year (December – March). All students applying for program placement are required to complete an assessment to be scored by the district’s program assessment review committee.

For entry into an AP® course, a student must:

1. Provide a letter of commitment signed by the student and his/her parents;
2. Have a high degree of commitment to academic work demonstrated in previous courses; and
3. Have passed the prerequisite/recommended core course(s) as well as passed the state’s Subject Area Test(s). Exception: AP® U.S. History is not offered until grade 11.

JPS strongly recommends that in addition to the above-mentioned requirements, students should have:

4. Demonstrated a history of achievement within the content area for which they plan to take an AP® course by passing the recommended core course(s) with grade(s) no lower than a 90 in regular courses, as well as passing the state’s Subject Area Test(s), scoring proficient or advanced for those core course(s).
5. Performed well on the PSAT/NMSQT® exam, administered during grade 10.

To remain in an AP® course, students must meet the following minimum requirements:

1. Maintain at least a “C” for each nine weeks term.
   • Once a student, parent, and teacher recognize that the level of difficulty of the AP® course(s) is such that the student may not be successful, a course change should occur immediately. Please see the school counselor for the AP Schedule Change Guidelines.
2. Continuously demonstrate a high degree of ongoing commitment to rigorous, academic coursework.