Wayland Patch 2/13/11: Massachusetts Students Taking More, Doing Better on AP Tests. The Patrick-Murray Administration and the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education announced Feb. 9 new national results from the College Board showing overall gains in participation and performance by Massachusetts students on the 2010 AP exams. The results showed that 23.1% of the class of 2010 (14,122 out of 61,220 students) scored a 3 or higher – a solid indicator of potential success in college – on at least one exam during high school, up from one year ago (+1.0), five years ago (+4.2), and 10 years ago (+8.5). Statewide, 33.2% of students in the class of 2010 took at least one AP exam in high school. Details on the score distribution in Wayland are available online here. In 2010, 168 students took just over 2 APs per person with 88% of scores 3 or better.