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Local Educator Participates in Advanced Placement Program Reading 

Janice Lee Jayes, an adjunct instructor in the College of Arts and Sciences at Dakota State University, was the only person from South Dakota chosen to participate in the annual Reading and scoring of the College Board’s Advanced Placement (AP) Examinations this June in AP Government and Politics. 

 Each year the AP program, sponsored by the College Board, gives more than one million capable high school students an opportunity to take rigorous college-level courses and examinations. Based on their exam performance, the students are able to receive credit and/or advanced placement when they enter college.

 Approximately 2.3 million examinations in 20 disciplines were evaluated by over 8,000 Readers from universities and high schools in the United States, Canada and abroad.

 The AP Reading is a unique forum in which academic dialogue between secondary school and college educators is fostered and strongly encouraged.  “The Reading draws upon the talents of some of the finest teachers and professors that the world has to offer,” said Trevor Packer, Executive Director of the Advanced Placement Program at the College Board. “It fosters professionalism, allows for the exchange of ideas, and strengthens the commitment to students and teaching. We are grateful for the contributions of talented educators like Dr. Jayes.”