Not only did we (Loudoun Valley HS, #164 on that list, 2001-2005) offer free tests if you took the class, the class grades were weighted for AP classes. An A-

Not only did we (Loudoun Valley HS, #164 on that list, 2001-2005) offer free tests if you took the class, the class grades were weighted for AP classes. An A- in an AP class was worth an A+ in a regular class, and a B+ was worth an A (+0.7 on your GPA for the class). The elimination of a lot of non-AP honors classes increased AP tests taken even more. I was in 7 APs my senior year, simply because there were two tracks: AP and general. If you had been honors-track in Middle School and early High School, you were basically pushed into taking AP History (World and US), AP Government, and AP English.