The Wisconsin Advanced Placement Advisory Council (WAPAC) selected East and West High Schools as Level two Advanced Placement Pacesetter schools for impressive Advanced Placement (AP) access and excellence for students’ AP exam scores in the State of Wisconsin during the 2015-16 school year.

Pacesetter schools are recognized for providing impressive student access to AP courses and posted excellent exam results. The WAPAC Pacesetter Award is based on WISEdash data released from the Department of Public Instruction, and allows WAPAC to recognize AP Exam Participation (access) first, and AP Percent of Exams scored three or above (Excellence), second.

WAPAC created a three-level award structure for its Pacesetter recognition.

Level 1: Percent taking exams > 30 percent and percent of scores three or above >70 percent

Level 2: Percent taking exams >20 percent and percent of scores three or above > 65 percent

Level 3: Percent taking exams > 10 percent and percent of scores three or above > 60 percent

Data from 422 school districts in Wisconsin was used to determine the WAPAC Pacesetter schools and is available at http://wise.dpi.wi.gov/about-data-ap-exams.

The Wisconsin Advanced Placement Advisory Council is comprised of Wisconsin secondary and collegiate educators who are dedicated to expanding access to AP coursework and rigorous learning for all college bound students.

The Pacesetter Award is unique to Wisconsin and emerged from WAPAC members who felt that many outstanding school districts in the state lacked recognition for AP excellence. In particular, WAPAC was interested in highlighting districts that are seldom recognized for their excellence in AP.