Advanced Placement Training and Incentive Programs™

AP Strategies, established in 2000, is a non-profit organization that works with Texas schools and the private sector to plan and manage Advanced Placement Training and Incentive Programs™ (APTIP®) and Pre-AP® Training and Incentive Programs™ for students, teachers and schools.

To date, AP Strategies has trained almost 900 AP teachers and more than 7,800 pre-AP teachers in more than 230 high schools and 350 middle schools in more than 80 Texas districts.

In 1996, when an AP Incentive Program was started in 10 Dallas schools, the number of students per 1,000 juniors and seniors that scored 3 or higher on mathematics, science and English AP exams was just two-thirds of the national average. Ten years later, these schools are two-thirds above the national average.

To achieve these results, the Advanced Placement Training and Incentive Programs provide rigorous formal and informal training for math, science and English AP teachers currently teaching students. APTIPs also provide: financial incentives based on academic performance; lead teachers to coach less experienced AP and pre-AP teachers; and more time on task for students.

Within five years, NMSI will have an additional 150 districts in 20 states implementing Advanced Placement Training and Incentive Programs with more than 50,000 students scoring 3 or higher on AP exams in math, science and English than otherwise would have.