More Latino students take AP test in 2007 than ever before - Utah

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Posted on: February 13th, 2008
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“White students still accounted for most AP tests taken - 85.5 percent - and Latino students, who make up 8.9 percent of Utah high school students, accounted for 5.4 percent of exams taken.

But the College Board noted that while the state’s Latino student population grew 29 percent over the past five years, their participation rate in AP testing rose 50 percent, from 237 in 2002 to 476 in 2007, a finding Utah Office of Education officials consider good news. “*

*From: http://www.sltrib.com
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