MILLBROOK, Ala. (AP) — Alabama has led the nation for the last five years in the percentage growth of high school students who qualify on Advanced Placement exams and for the increase in minority students in AP courses, state education officials said Monday.

Gov. Robert Bentley, state school Superintendent Tommy Bice and supporters of the A Plus College Ready program announced that the percentage of students who make qualifying scores for all Alabama students have gone up 102 percent on math, science and English courses in the last five years. Enrollment of minority students in AP courses has increased 318 percent in the same period.

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