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The Rise of the AP

TE CH MAKE A DIFFERENCE NAME: SUBJECT: TEST NUMBER: DATE: *RISE AP THE OF THE More American high school students are taking and excelling at Advance Placement (AP) exams than ever before. In fact, the number of students receiving a passing score on APs today is greater than all of the students who took the exam 10 years ago! But while this progress in AP performance is commendable, there are still places for improvement. WHAT DO THE SCORES MEAN? SCORES ON AP EXAMS RANGE FROM 1 TO 5, WITH 3 BEING THE LOWEST SCORE TO EARN COLLEGE CREDIT. GRADUAȚES WHO TOOK AN AP EXAM GRADUATES WHO SCORED 3 OR HIGHER ON AN AP EXAM 000000 431,573 O000 645,277 00 852,475 2011 0000000000 903,630 2001 0000000000 277,507 2006 0000000000 402,610 000000000 508,378 000000000 540,619 2001 2006 2010 2010 2011 Since 2001, there's been a 7.3 point increase in students earning a 3 or higher on APs. CHANGE IN MATH EXAM PARTICIPATION CHANGE IN SCIENCE EXAM PARTICIPATION EXAM TAKERS EXAM TAKERS 000000 166,624 D0000000O 242,288) 000000 312,504 00000000O 330,296 DO00 134,669 DO00 206,185 D00 288,216 D000 313,452 2001 2001 2006 2006 2010 2010 2011 2011 Includes Calculus AB and BC and Statistics. PERCENTAGE OF GRADUATES SCORING 3 OR HIGHER ON APs 25.5 18.1 MASSACHUSETTS 20.4 UNITED STATES 18.3 NEW HAMPSHIRE 18.4 21.4 WASHINGTON 12.7 8.2 18.3 VERMONT 8.8 MONTANA 15 NORTH DAKOTA MINNESOTA WEST VIRGINA 12.2 19.4 WISCONSIN 26.5 OREGON 12.3 16 9.8 SOUTH DAKOTA MICHIGAN 13.8 12 WYOMING 16.3 8.1 9.7 18.5 PENNSYLVANIA RHODE ISLAND 12.8 LLINOIS 14 OHO NEVADA NEBRASKA 20.7 22.3 25.3 INDIANA 23.4 COLORADO 10.3 25.6 UTAH 8.2 13.7 18.4 16.5 CONNECTICUT CALIFORNIA MISSOURI KENTUCKY 19.9 11.1 10.7 13.5 10.4 TENNESSEE NORTH CAROLINA 9.6 NEW MEXICO OKLAHOMA ARKANSAS 15.5 DELAWARE ARIZONA 9.9 4.5 ALABAMA 19.8 SOUTH CAROLINA 27.9 23.9 16.7 MISSISSIPP GEORGIA 5.6 TEXAS MARYLAND LOU'SANA -6.6 FLORIDA 14 ALASKA 10 HAWAI! DEMOGRAPHICS OF CLASS PERCENT OF STUDENTS RECOMMENDED OF 2011 VS. AP.TAKERS TO TAKE AP WHO CLASS OVERALL EXAM-TAKERS ACTUALLY FOLLOWED American Indian / Alaska Native THROUGH 1.1% American Indian 26.3% 0.6% / Alaska Native Asian / Pacific Islander 5.7% 10.3% 57.9% 20.3% African-American 14.7% Asian / Pacific African Islander -American Hispanic / Latino 17.6% 29.6% 38.4% 17% Hispanic /Latino White White 59.2% If all students who should have taken the exam 57.1% actually did, participation would have surpassed 1.5 million for the class of 2011, according to College Board statistics. CHANGE IN AP SCIENCE LOW PARTICIPATION EXAM PARTICIPATION AFFECTS WHICH TESTS AND SUCCESS ARE OFFERED After the 2008-09 academic year, AP stopped offering courses or exams in Latin literature, French literature and Computer Science AB. AP still offers a Computer Science A exam, which offers less advanced work in algorithms and instead focuses on object-oriented design and problem solving. EXAM TAKERS SCORED 3 OR HIGHER 2001 134,669 77,202 COMPUTER SCIENCE AB 2006 YEAR EXAM-TAKERS 206,185 114,826 5,915 4,163 2001 2006 2010 2,303 2010 2011 641 288,216 143,497 FRENCH LITERATURE 2001 661 2011 2006 934 313,452 327 2010 90 * Last offered in May 2009 O 2011 154,536 LATIN LITERATURE % WHO SCORED 1,262 1,796 3 OR HIGHER 2001 2006 57.3% 2001 e 2010 1,164 111 * Last offered in May 2009 e 2011 55.7% 2006 AP EXAMS ADDED 49.8% IN PAST DECADE 2010 CHINESE JAPANESE 49.3% 2011 STUDIO ART: 2-D DESIGN PORTFOLIO STUDIO ART: 3-D DESIGN PORTFOLIO WORLD HISTORY Percentage of test-takers scoring 3 or higher has dropped to less than half in the past decade. OVERALL GENDER SPLIT GENDER OF EXAM.TAKERS OF ENTIRE U.S. 51% 49% 66% 34% FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE % FEMALE % MALE 74 (72 69 STUDIO ART: DRAWING STUDIO ART: DESIGN FRENCH LANGUAGE 31 66 63 63 63 ART HISTORY 34 37 ENGLISH LITERATURE 37 PSYCHOLOGY SPANISH LANGUAGE 37 63 SPANISH LITERATURE 37 62 ENGLISH LANGUAGE 38 59 BIOLOGY 41 58 CHINESE LANGUAGE 42 58 56 56 55 FRENCH LITERATURE 42 44 44 45 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE JAPANESE WORLD HISTORY 54 54 53 53 52 50 HUMAN GEOGRAPHY 46 U.S. HISTORY 46 EUROPEAN HISTORY 47 U.S. GOVERNMENT 47 48 STATISTICS LATIN 50 49 CALCULUS AB 51 49 48 47 ITALIAN COMPARATIVE GOVERNMENT 52 CHEMISTRY 53 47 46 44 42 41 35 26 23 20 14 GERMAN 53 54 MACROECONOMICS MICROECONOMICS 56 MUSIC THEORY 58 CALCULUS BC 59 PHYSICS B 65 PHYSICS C2 74 PHYSICS C1 77 COMPUTER SCIENCE A COMPUTER SCIENCE AB 86 SCORE DISTRIBUTION SCORE 3% 8.8% 15% 6.4% 21.3% 7.3% 14.9% 12.9% 18.4% 4. з1 21 12.7% 21.3% 21.5% 23.4% 25% 26.3% 22.6% 23.7% 27.2% 20.9% 17.8% 49.8% 36.2% 30.3% 16.7% 16.6% AMERICAN INDIAN / ALASKA NATIVE GRADUATES / PACIFIC ISLANDER ASIAN-AMERICAN HISPANIC / LATINO GRADUATES BLACK / AFRICAN WHITE -AMERICAN GRADUATES GRADUATES 2011 SOURCES: College Board, 8th Annual Repert to the Nation: U.S. Census Bureau TE CH MAKE A DIFFERENCE 81 ||||||||I 2233 333M3A IIII|||||TI

The Rise of the AP

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As the 2012 school year begins to wind down, many students across the country are diligently preparing for Advanced Placement exams in 34 different subject areas. AP courses are designed to help high ...

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