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Speaker 1: The report from the College Board says almost thirty six

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Speaker 1: percent of students who graduated from Massachusetts public high schools

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Speaker 1: last year scored a three or higher on at least

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Speaker 1: one advanced placement exam. The report also showed relatively high

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Speaker 1: participation rates among black and Latino students, though disparities still exist.

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Speaker 1: Education Commissioner Pedro Martinez says the state is working to

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Speaker 1: address those disparities by increasing accessibility.

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Speaker 2: The skate keepers to get into these courses. What we're

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Speaker 2: doing in Massachusetts is all of our students are rising. Yes,

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Speaker 2: there's some gaps there, but if we keep doing this

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Speaker 2: and we keep going forward, and you combined this with

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Speaker 2: early college courses, you now have this magic formul that

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Speaker 2: I've seen in my career where you have these students

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Speaker 2: now being able to be successful in both.

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Speaker 1: Governor Hewley said the state is focused on funding school

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Speaker 1: districts so that students don't have to miss out on

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Speaker 1: ap classes because of financial barriers at the State House.

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Speaker 1: Jeremy Russ WBZ Boston's News Radio