"Advanced Placement courses and earning college credit. Albert.io has been integral to our growth and success; it's a versatile tool that can be used for authentic practice of AP-style questions complete with feedback and can also be used as an assessment tool. All of our AP teachers, from math and science to history, ELA, and foreign languages, utilize this program and have seen students' test scores increase. Albert.io is a must-have for schools looking to improve student success." John Crawford - Teacher at Forest High School
Forest High School (FHS) has partnered with Albert.io since 2016. Initially adopted by the AP® social studies team as an optional tool, FHS switched to a school-wide license in 2018 after positive feedback. In 2021, the administration encouraged other subjects to use the platform and purchased a three-year contract to ensure its long-term presence. By 2024, FHS had renewed its contract due to significant gains in student achievement. A key factor in this success is the flexibility teachers have in using Albert.io for both informal and formal assessments, including in-class activities, homework sets, and optional practice opportunities.
Forest High School provided AP® test scores for three years (2022, 2023, 2024), which were used to analyze the effectiveness of using Albert.io to prepare for AP® exams:
The proportion of AP® students at Forest High School who used Albert.io to prepare for their exams increased each year, from 85% in 2022 to 94% in 2024. The pass rates among students using Albert.io also increased by 10-points, from 61% in 2022 to 71% in 2024.
As Forest High School increased its use of Albert.io, some AP® subjects with significant increases in usage also had significantly higher pass rates, suggesting an increase in use of Albert.io directly supports higher AP exam pass rates.
In all three years, pass rates for students at Forest High School using Albert.io in AP® European History, AP® United States History, and AP® World History: Modern were significantly higher than national pass rates. These subjects also saw consistent high usage of Albert.io, with an average number of attempts per student of 872 for AP® European History, 1,167 for AP® U.S. History, and 379 for AP® World History: Modern in the 2023-2024 school year.
We also found moderate positive correlations between the number of attempts on Albert.io and AP® test scores in many subjects in all three years, which means there’s a positive relationship between more attempts on Albert.io and higher scores on the AP® exam.
Forest High School used Albert.io’s rigorous AP® content to successfully prepare students for AP® exams and consistently achieve pass rates well above the national average.
Among students who used Albert.io at Forest High School for 2022 AP® exams, pass rates for AP® Computer Science Principles, AP® English Literature and Composition, AP® European History, AP® United States History, and AP® World History: Modern were significantly higher than the national pass rate.
The largest difference was in AP® Computer Science Principles, where the pass rate for students who used Albert.io was 30-points higher than the national rate, and the average number of attempts per student on Albert.io was 82.
Among students who used Albert.io at Forest High School for 2023 AP® exams, pass rates for AP® Computer Science Principles, AP® English Language and Composition, AP® English Literature and Composition, AP® Environmental Science, AP® European History, AP® United States Government and Politics, AP® United States History, and AP® World History: Modern were significantly higher than the national pass rate. The largest difference was in AP® European History, where the pass rate for students who used Albert.io was 35-points higher than the national rate, and the average number of attempts per student on Albert.io was 817.
Among students who used Albert.io at Forest High School for 2024 AP® exams, pass rates for AP® Calculus AB, AP® European History, AP® Microeconomics, AP® United States Government and Politics, AP® United States History, and AP® World History: Modern were significantly higher than the national pass rate.
The largest difference was in AP® Calculus AB, where the pass rate for students who used Albert.io was 30-points higher than the national rate, and the average number of attempts per student on Albert.io was 1,141.
When we compared students at Forest High School who used Albert.io to prepare for AP® World History: Modern in 2022 and AP® Computer Science Principles in 2023 to those who did not, we found that pass rates and scores were statistically higher among the students using Albert.io.
In 2022, 71 students who took the AP® World History: Modern exam used Albert.io and 54 students did not. Among students who used Albert.io, the pass rate for AP® World History: Modern was 79% and the average score was 3.25. Among students who did not use Albert.io, the pass rate was 48% and the average score was 2.50.
Using Albert.io to prepare for their exam improved pass rates and scores on the AP® World History: Modern exam for students at Forest High School in 2022.
In 2023, 16 students who took the AP® Computer Science Principles exam used Albert.io and 21 students did not. Among the students who used Albert, the pass rate for AP® Computer Science Principles was 94% and the average score was 3.44. Among students who did not use Albert, the pass rate was 71% and the average score was 3.10.
Using Albert.io to prepare for their exam improved pass rates and scores for the AP® Computer Science Principles exam for students at Forest High School in 2023, although the difference in score was not found to be statistically significant.
When compared to Forest High School’s 2022 AP® exams and use of Albert.io, there were significant increases in pass rates as well as significant increases in usage for several exams in 2023 and 2024. The largest improvements in pass rates among students who used Albert.io are highlighted below:
