Packard Selected To Participate In Advanced Placement Program Reading

Dr. Earl Packard, assistant professor and chair, Mathematics and Physics Department at Alfred State College, was selected, for the third consecutive year, to participate in the annual reading and scoring of the College Board's AP Examinations this June in calculus.

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.

More than 2.7 million examinations from 37 AP courses were evaluated by over 10,000 AP 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, according to officials at the College Board.

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, vice president 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 Earl Packard."

Packard, who joined the ASC faculty in 2003, holds a PhD in mathematics from Tulane University, a bachelor of science of education (BSE) in mathematics from Mansfield University, and a bachelor of science degree in music education from Mansfield State College.  Prior to joining the ASC faculty, Packard taught at Kutztown University (PA) and the University of Arkansas, Monticello.