AKRON — The College Board has named the Tippecanoe Valley School Corporation to the 2015 Gaston Caperton Opportunity Honor Roll, a list of 130 school districts across the United States that are being recognized for creating opportunities for traditionally underrepresented students.

Traditionally underrepresented students refer to black, Hispanic/Latino, American Indian/Alaska Native and low-income and first-generation students of all races/ethnicities. The districts featured on the Opportunity Honor Roll have expanded access to higher education by providing students with rigorous academic offerings and innovative college-preparation programs.

Districts on the Opportunity Honor Roll demonstrate significant and consistent growth in the number of underrepresented and low-income students taking college-level courses and applying to four or more colleges.

There is no application process to be on the honor roll; instead the College Board looks across multiple data sets to identify recipients. To be included in the Honor Roll, districts must have:

• Increased the number of underrepresented students who took the SAT
• Increased the number of underrepresented students who took an AP course and exam
• Increased the number of underrepresented students who were on track for college, as demonstrated by scoring 1,550 or higher on the SAT
• Increased the number of underrepresented students who scored a 3+ on the AP Exam
• Increased the number of underrepresented students who sent their SAT scores to at least four colleges

Tippecanoe Valley is one of six Indiana school districts named by the College Board to the 2015 Opportunity Honor Roll.