The Florida Partnership for Minority and Underrepresented Student Achievement

A Partnership Between the College Board and the State of Florida

The College Board

Mission-Driven

• The College Board’s mission is to connect students to college success and opportunity. We are a not-for-profit membership organization committed to excellence and equity in education.

National Model

The Florida Partnership

Florida Statute 1007.35 Minority and Underrepresented Students

Building a College Readiness System for all students

The Florida Partnership

• Pre-AP Workshops

•Counselor Leadership Conference• SAT Readiness Program

• CollegeEd

• PSAT/NMSQT for ALL 10th Graders

• Scholarships to AP Summer Institutes

• Academic Summer Camps

Success in Florida• There was a 9.6% increase of SAT test takers in Florida

• Florida continues to outpace the nation

• Florida’s African American students outperformed their counterparts nationwide on the Critical Reading and math sections of the SAT

• FL CR +3 US -2

• FL Math +1 US -1

More success

• 20.7% increase of Hispanic students taking the SAT compared to 14.8% nationwide

• Florida’s Hispanic students continue to outperform their counterparts in all sections of the SAT

Advanced Placement Success

• For the second year in a row, Florida experienced the greatest one year increase of AP Exam Test Takers.

• For the second year in a row, Florida had the largest one year increase for African American AP Test Takers.

• For the second year in a row, Florida had the largest one year increase for Hispanic AP Test Takers.

Advanced Placement• The number of African American test takers increased 29.1% compared to 17.% in the US.

• The number of 3-5 increased 22.7% compared to 16% nationwide.

Out of 100 9th Graders…

70 will graduate from high school on time…39 will enter college immediately after high school…27 will remain in college through a second year…18 will graduate from college within 5 years.

Did You Know?• 28% of all college

freshmen are enrolled in one or more remedial courses.

• 42% of freshmen enrolled in two-year institutions are enrolled in remedial courses.

• 20% of freshmen enrolled in four-year institutions are enrolled in remedial courses.

Source: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Fall 2000–2001