Advanced Placement

AP courses areoffered at 14 high school sites. As the Advanced Placement program in Fort Worth continues to expand, the academic coordinators work with their high schools’ Advanced Placement teachers to ensure that each course fits the framework of a college course. The AP Audit, conducted for the first time in 2007, has provided each Advanced Placement teacher in Fort Worth ISD the opportunity to review his/her current content by comparing what he/she teaches to college level requirements. By writing a professional syllabus according to College Board guidelines, students are assured they will receive instruction equal to a college survey course while still in a supportive high school environment.

PSAT

Fort Worth ISD offers PSAT released tests to all 8th and 9th graders for preperation and placement purposes, PSAT test to all 10th graders for AP potential, and the opportunity for all 11th graders to take the PSAT/NMSQT to qualify for college scholarships.