Comments about ‘Utah teens outscore nation in most AP test subjects’

Reading literacy is an absolute necessity. Parents are the key players in this effort. I teach an AP course for sophomores and they have a pass rate of > 85% every year. Why? The parents in my community value literacy and education. They read to/with their children as they grew up. They have firm rules for appropriate behavior and high expectations for academic sucess. They also MODEL learning on a daily basis.

Other communities lack that support and struggle as a result. There are practices that educators can use to promote literacy, but we are always one step behind without parental support.

Once again Utah's education system and families are above the rest!

I would really love to see what we could achieve with better funding but congrats to all involved in the education of our children.....students, parents, and teachers!

From a time when I had only 4 AP tests available in my high school and a tiny number actually took those tests to 27% of students taking them, what wonderful growth! And only in the past 20 years!

I read in the Washington Post this morning that Maryland now leads the nation in the number of students who successfully pass the AP tests. The article also mentioned that 5 years ago, Utah was in the top 5 in numbers of students taking AP. We've now dropped out of that group.

For the sake of our kids' future and their proper preparation for college, I advocate getting rid of concurrent enrollment and pushing more AP in Utah high schools.

Some readers should have studied statistics. All the article states is that Utah students scored above average. This is not the same as leading the nation.

But our legislature says them thar durn teachers urnt doin thar job!!!

There is absolutely nothing wrong with concurrent enrollment. AP tests and Conc. Enroll. are two ways of getting our students into higher ed.

I wonder what could be achieved in public ed with adequate funding and an absolute commitment.