A record number of city high-school students took and passed at least-one college advanced-placement test last spring — although the percentage of those passing fell slightly from 2016, according to the Department of Education.
Yawning racial achievement gaps also ꦏpersist between the black and Hispanic students taking the tests and their white and Asian peers, figures show.
A total of 49,364 kids sat for the exams, and 25,815 notched what is generally cꦺonsidered a passing grade of at least 3 out of a possible 5 points.
Those figures ﷺare ꦗup from 44,906 and 24,066 respectively from 2016, according to the DOE.
But the percentage of students who passed declined from 53.5 percent in 2016♓ to 52.2 percent, or 1.3 percent, in 2017, according to the data.
The DOE celebrated ♏AP advances for black and Hispanic kids la⭕st year.
Black par🍬ticipation rose by 8.9 percent, from 14,120 in 2016 to 15,373 last year, while the number of Hispanic test-takers increased by 13.9 percent, from 12,660 in 2016 to 14,328 in 2017, according to the figures.
The number of black students who passed at least one AP exam jumped by 6.5 percent, from 2,352 in 2016 to 2,504 last year, while Hispanic kids saw a bump🀅 of 4.3 percent, from 5,973 in 2016 to 6,232 last year.
“The gains that students are making today show that we’re moving toward achieving equity and excellence for all,” said Mayor de Blasio is a statement.
Still𝐆, despit🦋e the gains, racial disparity persisted.
Asian students once again dominated all phases of AP test-taking last year – from participation to the number of passing students to overall passage rate.
A total of 15,373 Asi🉐an city kids sat for AP examsꦏ, and 10,361 passed at least one, for a 67.3 percent passage rate. Asians posted the highest increase in the number of kids who passed an AP last year with a 10.1 percent spike.
Nearly 9,250 whitꦉe kids took the test, and 6,138 passed, for a 66.3 pe🐠rcent passing clip.
The Hispanic passage rate was 43.4 percent, while 27.1 percent of b🍸lack test takers hit the mark.
The city credited a raft of initiatives aimed at increasing student participatio🐻n and passage for boos𝓡ting figures.