Welcome
The Iowa Online Advanced Placement Academy (IOAPA) has been established to deliver Advanced Placement (AP®) courses to high school students across the State of Iowa utilizing Apex Learning on-line technology and the Iowa Communications Network (ICN). AP gives students an opportunity to take college-level courses and exams while still in high school. The focus of IOAPA is on accredited rural and small schools in Iowa.
An initial technology grant of $1.6 million was awarded to the Belin-Blank Center in 2001 by the Iowa Department of Education to aid in increasing student participation in AP courses and exams in Iowa high schools. The U.S. Department of Education (U.S. DOE) awarded the Iowa Online Advanced Placement Academy at The University of Iowa's Belin-Blank Center $3.49-million in grant extensions to continue and expand this program through 2006. An additional $1.4-million was awarded to the Belin-Blank Center by the U.S. DOE to help maintain IOAPA support for rural Iowa schools through 2010. U.S. Senator Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) was the leader in securing funds for this program for Iowa's students.
A New Partnership! The Iowa Online AP Academy has formed a new partnership with the Iowa Department of Education’s Iowa Learning Online program. This partnership will sustain opportunities for access to online AP courses for students in Iowa schools.
School administrators/educators, for additional information contact:
Dr. Clar M. Baldus
Project Administrator for the Iowa Online AP Academy
The Connie Belin & Jacqueline N. Blank International Center for Gifted Education and Talent Development
600 Blank Honors Center
The University of Iowa
Iowa City, Iowa 52242-0454
Clar-Baldus@uiowa.edu
Phone: 800/336-6463 FAX: 319/335-5151
http://www.education.uiowa.edu/belinblank/
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"This is an exceptional opportunity for Iowa. Research has indicated that performance on AP courses and exams is the best indicator of preparation and success at select colleges and universities. Now this opportunity to prepare oneself at the advanced level is a reality for all Iowa students." Nicholas Colangelo, Director of the B-BC |
Apex Learning
Find out more about Apex Learning. For assistance, contact us at 1-800-453-6227 or support@apexlearning.com
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