Program Doles Out Cash To Students Who Pass AP Exams
First, there's the promise of college credit. Then there's the satisfaction of notching a top test score. But for students at Skyline High School, in the heart of working-class east Dallas, there's another, even more immediate incentive for passing their Advanced Placement exams: pocketfuls of cash.
Hitting the magical "3" score on the college-level tests will earn them $100. The more exams they pass, the bigger the paycheck. At schools across town, and in several other Texas cities, the payout is even greater.
The pass-for-pay system is the product of Advanced Placement Strategies Inc., a Dallas nonprofit organization that tries to encourage students, teachers, principals, and whole districts to make AP classes exams a more integral part...
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