Westover Students Set New High-Water Mark On AP Exams

96 Percent of Test-Takers Receive "3" or Higher

02/13/2008

MIDDLEBURY, CT -- Traditionally, Westover students who take the Advanced Placement exams each May meet with solid success, with almost nine out of ten of them earning a grade of at least "3" or higher, a score that qualifies for college credit - and the majority of those earning college credit receive honor scores of "4" or "5" on these standardized national exams.

In May 2007, however, Westover students surpassed even their best past results: of the 136 exams taken in 18 different subjects, 131 of them -- an astonishing 96% -- earned a grade of "3" or higher and 68% scored honor scores of "4" or "5". These high results were recorded in all of the 18 exam subjects, but were particularly noteworthy in the math and science exams.

Unlike some schools, Head of School Ann Pollina said, Westover requires all of its students enrolled in an Advanced Placement course to take the national exam in that subject when it is administered in May, so Westover's AP results reflect all of its students enrolled in AP courses.

"We are particularly proud," Ann said, "that 23% -- nine out of the 39 girls in Connecticut who sat for the demanding Advanced Placement Computer Science exam -- were Westover students, most of them as sophomores and juniors rather than seniors as expected. All of our students qualified for college credit on that exam. Three of the seven girls in the state of Connecticut who earned '5,' the highest possible grade, on the exam were from Westover."

Westover School is an independent, college-preparatory, boarding and day school for girls in grades 9 through 12, located at 1237 Whittemore Road (Rt. 188) on The Green in Middlebury, Connecticut. Further information is available at  www.westoverschool.org.