BOLIVAR, MO --Dr. Kevin Hopkins, professor and department chair of the mathematics program, and Dr. Shelley Kilpatrick, associate professor of psychology, at Southwest Baptist University, were selected to participate in the annual reading and scoring of the College Board’s Advanced Placement (AP) Examinations this June. Dr. Hopkins read and scored in AP Calculus, and Dr. Kilpatrick read and scored in AP Statistics.
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 and, based on their exam performance, to receive credit and/or advanced placement when they enter college.
Approximately 2.8 million examinations in 22 disciplines were evaluated by over 10,000 readers from universities and high schools. Representing many of the finest academic institutions in the world, these men and women are some of the best high school and college educators 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 to teaching. We are very grateful for the contributions of talented educators like Dr. Kevin Hopkins and Dr. Shelley Kilpatrick.”
Southwest Baptist University enables students to employ the use of mathematics and statistics from a Christian perspective as technological servant leaders within their chosen careers. For more information, visit www.SBUniv.edu.
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