School Report by State 14. Foreword 1. Program Summary Report AP National Summary Report Tables 2. Appendix AP Program Statistics Graphs 11

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2 CONTENTS FOREWORD Foreword AP Natonal Summary Report Tables 2 Appendx AP Program Statstcs Graphs 11 Program Summary Report 13 School Report by State 14 AP Resources for Admnstrators nsde back cover College Board Regonal Offces back cover , ,++,+,,~. ++.,..+ +,, Founded n 1900, the College Board s a not-forproft educatonal assocaton that supports academc preparaton and transton to hgher educaton for students around the world through the ongong collaboraton of ts member schools, colleges, unverstes, educatonal systems, and organzatons. n all of ts actvtes, the Board promotes equty through unversal access to hgh standards of teachng and learnng and suffcent fnancal resources so that every student has the opportunty to succeed n college and work. The College Board champons - by means of superor research; currcular development; assessment; gudance, placement, and admsson nformaton; professonal development; forums; polcy analyss; and publc outreach - THE COLLEGE BOARD: EDUCATONAL EXCELLENCE FOR ALL STUDENTS. Copyrght 1997 by College Entrance Examnaton Board and Educatonal Testng Servce. All rghts reserved. College Board, Advanced Placement Program, AP, College Explorer, and the acorn logo are regstered trademarks of the College Entrance Examnaton Board. The Advanced Placement (AP ) Program, a cooperatve educatonal endeavor, s based on the premse that college-level materal can be taught successfully to able and wellprepared secondary school students. Partcpatng colleges, n turn, grant credt and/or approprate placement to students who have done well on the AP Examnatons. Approxmately 55 percent of the naton's 21,500 hgh schools offer some college-level AP course work, and more than 550,000 students partcpated n the AP Program ths year. Use by both schools and students has grown steadly n recent years. As an ntermedary agent of the partcpatng nsttutons, the AP Program: provdes conferences, consultants, and currcular materals to help nterested schools establsh college-level courses; furnshes and grades examnatons based on the goals set forth n the AP Course Descrptons; sends examnaton grades to the students, ther schools, and ther desgnated colleges; prepares related publcatons; supports approprate research; and provdes reports to students, schools, school dstrcts, colleges, systems and consorta of colleges and unverstes, and state agences. n response to ncreased nterest n the Advanced Placement Program, the College Board produces, as part of ts reportng process, the followng seres of tables reflectng student partcpaton n the 1997 AP Examnatons. A more detaled understandng of AP trends and related nformaton can be found n the companon publcaton, the 1997 AP Yearbook. The Advanced Placement Program s sponsored by the College Board wth the advce of natonal groups of educators, ts Academc Councl, and ts academc advsory commttees n the dscplnes concerned. The College Board, wth headquarters n New York Cty, s a not-for-proft membershp organzaton of 3,000 colleges and unverstes, schools, school systems, and educaton assocatons. ts regonal offces are dentfed on the back cover of ths publcaton. n the operaton of most of ts testng programs and related servces, the College Board contracts for techncal and operatonal servces wth Educatonal Testng Servce (ETS), an ndependent, nonproft agency wth headquarters n Prnceton, New Jersey.

3 oo , , , , AP NATONAL SUMMARY REPORT TABLES n each table, for each racal/ethnc group (self-reported by students), AP grade dstrbutons, totals, and mean (average) grades for each AP Examnaton are gven. The AP gradng scale should be nterpreted as follows: 5 = extremely well qualfed, 4 = well qualfed, 3 = qualfed, 2 = possbly qualfed, 1 = no recommendaton. The last column n each table summarzes the performance of AP canddates at each grade level. The eght examples below, taken from the natonal summary tables, llustrate ways n whch the data can be used. All Canddates The Natonal Total lne ndcates 566,720 canddates took 899,463 Advanced Placement Examnatons n These canddates represented 11,424 U.S. secondary schools. Total program partcpaton also ncluded 22,138 examnatons (for a global total of 921,601 exams) taken by 14,834 canddates from approxmately 598 schools abroad. Reference Page 3 Males 69,225 or 46 /6 of all AP Unted States Hstory Examnatons were taken by males. Females 51,182 or 47% of all AP Calculus AB Examnatons were taken by females. 12th-Grade Canddates 145,430 or 48% of all 12th-grade canddates took the AP Englsh Lterature and Composton Examnaton. 1 lth-grade Canddates 216,250 or 38% of all canddates takng AP Examnatons were secondary school junors. Reports Desgnated for n-state Colleges 8,055 or 63% of students who dentfed themselves as Black/Afrcan Amercans desgnated n-state colleges to receve ther AP Grade Reports nstead of out-of-state colleges (also see page 9). Reports Desgnated for Out-of-State Colleges Of the 341,233 AP Examnaton grades of 3-5 that were reported to colleges, canddates desgnated 40% of these grades to be sent to out-of-state colleges. Partcpaton by Exam: Publc School Canddates 37,151 or 66% of the publc school canddates takng the AP Bology Examnaton earned grades of 3, 4, or 5. 10

4 Q Advanced Placement Program THE COLLEGE BOARD NATONAL TOTAL : ALL CANDDATES SCHOOL AP GRADE DSTRBUTONS BY TOTAL AND ETHNC GROUP NUMBER OFCANDDAT~ FOREACHEXAMNATON ADMNSTRATON DATE: HAY, 1997 AMER ND./ALASKAN BLACK/AFRO-AMER CHCANO/MEX. AMER ASAN/ASAN AMER PUERTO RCAN OTHER HSPANC" WHTE OTHER NATONAL TOTAL TOTAL { C ~ ( { ] t : (] t /] /] COLL { { OTHER 1213 T { ~ ~ :: ~ TOTAL ? ? 3.1, n { ) , ~ C ~ /] ' ~ 219/ /] Z ( ~ ~ ~ ( ! '4 13 1S 0 3 3~ 22 1 lolz ~ ? ! /]COLL ~ C {~ ~ ' (] 4 0THER 34 T C ~ ~ 218 2/] 7 ~ (] ~ 3 26TOTAL 2520 z ~ 2.9.~ ~ z ~ 2.5~ ~ 2.3.' ~ ~ 2.7~ ~ 3.0c ' ? C 89 18~ ~ ( lo ( { ~ ~ /] 13' { 20~ 20 /, (! 31 3~ C ? ~ 23 77~ t : /] ( t ~ ' ~ t 78C0LL.' C ~ ~ { t /] 5` ~0THER 369 l ? C ] ] 245 ~ 6C ~TOT~L t ] 2.2{ ( (] '~ (] ~ ~ n C 161 3~ 5 ~ { { ~ 40 91] { t t (] 52= : ~ ' /] ~ 2~ COLL ~ C ~ , lot OTHER 315 T (] 17( 92 22? 133~ , ~ /] ( ~ 3] ] 18?TOTAL ~ ~ ] (] ' ! C & ~ ' ~ {] C ~ 9t ~ ] 15' ~ ~ 21C ~ ' ~ 8~ ~ ;~ ] { /] 240~ l~ C ! 60~ 18~ ~ ~ ~ ?6~ { ~ ? 33~ 736 5q 21'4C0LL ~ ~ , t 16 1/] 59t E ] HER 556 T ~ ] ~ ~ { ~ '~T01~L ( ? ~ 2.8? (] 3.4? /] ' ~ 4,~ (] , C ~ ] ` ~ ,'! ~ ? { /] ` ` ' ~ COLL ~ 1 4 8~ Q ~ /] 6 OTHER 43 T f 40(] 16~ 45 ~ 51! ~ ] TOTAL ~ , /] /] 66 1~ ' ' , ~ 16 /] 5( q, 342 6~ ~ { ? , { (] C ~ O 455 3' ~ COLL /] ? ~ ~ ~ ~ OTHER 382 T /] 74? ' ~ ~ TOT/~L ~ ~ { ~, t ~ ,5 2.3~ C ? ] ] ] ( !9/lO /] 56~ ( ( ~ ~ ] ] 332~ ; ] ~ /] 3914t1217/] ~ ~, C 3f ( 590] ~ ) C C0LL ] /] 1408~ 158/] (] 931; OTHER 3455 T ' /]2554/] ~ t t ~ ' TaL t ~ { ~ 3.0~ Or ] ~, ~ 42 26" o u ~ ~ C ~ 8{ ' { ( (] ~ lc { /] l 2~ { ~ 508 loo~ ] (] 2? 40COLL ? 30 4 ( ~ 13( 76 12? ~ ] 5C ~ 34 OTHER 192 T /] z~ 10~ , ~ (] ~ 195TOT~L , ] { ] 2.8, ' ' { > ,'; g 50C (] ~ (] ~ (] /] 4 58~ ~ 451~ ~ /] ~ (].~367~ 5369/]1749{ , n ? /] ~ ' ~ C COLL ~ c c~ { ? (] C 2245~ 293f, '] 88(] ~ 137~OTHER T t ? ~593C ~ > (] ~ 7551 TOTAL ~ ~ ? /] 3.0/] ' ~ ?

5 E3 Advanced Placement Program THE COLLEGE BOARD NOT stated AMER ND.'/ALATKAN 'BLACKAFRO-AMER CHCANOMEX. AMER ASANASAN AMER OTHER HSPANC WHTE OTHER N'ATONAL TOTAL TOTAL ' NATONAL TOTAL : MALES..... SCHOOL AP GRADE DSTRBUTONS BY TOTAL AND ETHNC GROUP ADMNSTRATON DATE: MAY~ NUMBER OF CANDDATES FOR EACH EXAMNATON - J,- ~ NUMBER OF TOTAL > ~ ~ ~ ;~ ~.., ~ N ~ ~ o~ -,,,==,.,..,- u.~.j e,-,,,1. =.,,, ~ o~ ~ { ~ 12] { C ~ , ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ C : C ~ COLL [ ~, ~OTHER 628 T ~ ~ /] ~ TOTAL /] ~] ~ " '~ /] 3.4~ 'q ] ~ { 3,~ ~ 17 ] ] ] { ,~ 10 5 COLL (~ ,~ 13 5, E 6 2 OTHER 11 T C Z ] TOTAL ~ C 2.5( ~ C C f ~ C 9/ ~ 12 2~ C C ~ ~ C { ~ 22 z 51~ ~ ~ lz C T /] COLL ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 7 69~ C 5~ ~. 3 4~!OTHER 169 T , ~ E ~ (] ~, ~ ~, TOTAL , ~ E ] ' ~ C l (] 1 ~, ~ ~ ] ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 22 ~ C ~ ~ (] 36) ] ] COLL ~ ~ ~ 323 4(] ~ 38OTHER 127 T C 5, ~ 62 11~ 59] C C ~ , ~ ~ 89 TOTAL (] 2.5,~ ~ (] (~ 1.3- ~ 2.3(] , " ~ ) { ~ ~ ] / ~ C ~ (] ] ~, ~ = 74 2, e (] 3;~ ~ ~ ~ ~ C C { ~ C 106COLL (] ~ { (] 107 ~ ~ ~, ~ THER 290 T f ,q ~] C ~ ,~ ,~ C TOTAL ; ': E ] 1 3 2~ ~ ~ ~9/ /~ ~ ,: ~ 4 9 3~ 29 7 ~ ~ ~ ~ 4 Z (] ; ] 50 ~ COLL C ~ ] 86 5 l OTHER 19 T /] /] ~ ~ (] 14~ TOTAL (] , (] C (] /] 3.1,~ C /] ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 9/lO " (] 47; ~ , =, 2J zl C ~ ~ C ~ ~ ] ~ ~ COLL , ] OTHER 148 T ! ~ ] 123~ ] 8 1C ~ ~ TOTAL ~ f ] C C E ' ~ , ~ ~ C / ~ C ' (] ~ (] C ~ ,; ~ (] 67; ~ C { ] C0LL { 109 7(] (] ~ ,~ ~ THEe 1560 " ,: ~ '~ /] 110~ ~ ,~ r0al ~ ~ f ]= '~ (] ~ C ,f " 2C ~ ~t / ~ ~ { C /~ (] C ~ ,~ 9 39~ /] 5] = Z (] ~ ~ " ~ { 21 1{ { 18 COLL ~ ] C ] OTHER 80 T C /] 11~ { ~ ~ ~ , TOTAL ~ C 3.5{ /] ~ ~ (] 480~ ~ l63 50:34 197: ~ ~ ~ /] 49~ ~ ~ ] (] 72~ ( ~ C C ~ ] /] 101( lz Q { ~ ~ ] ]COLL ] ] ~. 42{ 1 21(] 22~ ~ ~, ~OTHER 3032 T ~ ~ ' TOTAL (] ~ /] 3.1~ ~ < ] ~

6 NATONAL TOTAL : FEMALES SCHOOL AP GRADE DSTRBUTONS BY TOTAL AND ETHNC GROUP ADMNSTRATON DATE: NAYj 1997 z ~ ~ NUMBER OF Advanced Placement Program ~ EXAMS ~ ~. 3. z ~!.. ~ :~ ~ = ~ EACH LEVEL ! 3(] c' /] ~ (] m 25/] ~ 127 4` (] : 66 ] t `= /] /] = COLL. : `= ~ ~ `= ~ 17 36OTHER 645 T (J (] 152' ! 325,~ ,~ !TOTAL ~ ~ /] , , AMER ND./ALASKAN ~ / /] [ 9 12 '9/ , h ] 3 2E C ~ 6,~ 9 `= ~ ~ ' 1: ,! , ~ /] j [ l 3 COLL = ,1 2 8 /] 34 5' ] 15 1 ; ~ /] ] OTHER 23 T `= 20 1(] 30~ ~ ' ` TOTAL C (] C ! 2.3E /] (]! C ;: /] 1.5(] ! 2.8` BLACK/AFRO-AMER ~ F~ 39/ [ 2] ' , 7/] 39. 5: 5 12]; ] , 90: 9C , ~ , ~ E : /] ; E `= ,: 2131! ' l ~ COLL ~ 4, ~ T , l& 148 7(] 3c OTHER 200~ T t ' (] (] 3E ~'TOTAL , ] , ] CHCANOMEX. AMER , C ' 2'911o " C : ,9 3 1! 102, (] (] ! , `= /] 15 COLL ` ! E 543 2` zl (] OTHER 188, T ~ 17`= [ /] /]TOTAL (] ! , t5 1.St ,9 1.4E : ASAN/ASAN AMER `1 82~ ' ,9 105' 133' 11(] / C [ ~ [ C ~ (] ~ , l] 341; 788 6,1 147 lz ,~ (] ,9 247; ~ 2(] 2C ~ 4(] /] O/]COLL' (] 630~ (~ ~ OTHER ; E j ~ PUERTO RCAN l 2 18,: /lO : ~ /] /] ,:] , ,1 COLL ] ` ~ = OTHER 24 T /] ,9 3]~ ' ~ TOTAL ~ 2.2/] /] '~ '1 2.5C (] ~ `= (] OTHER HSPANC J C 2' 3 ; l] F~ ~ C 35 /] ' zl 1 72 /] ( /] /] 64 1' t ' lz! /] (] 6 1 3(] : 18 ' C COLL.! '1 0~ '1 144~ : , OTHER: 234 T ' /] ' ~ rTOTAL C C ~ /] ] WHTE ~ /] ' ,9 `= !91o '' 1872' , ~ ,~ ~ ~ /] ~ /] ' : /] ! ! ~ /] ! ~ ] C LL t~ E ~ 25/] ~ THER 1895 T ~ ~' ! ~ ! E 94/] (] ': TOTAL `= 9 3C 26E 64 3 ~ /] ~ [ 4'~ C [ , '1 ] 43 5(] 32] (] [ 2,~ COLL. 4 ' l 16C ' 4/] 169 7, ! C 36 70; 7 13 OTHER 112 T 354` (] 118/] E (] 73(] 102 4(] (] , 3'~ 315 7o9r TOTAL /] l 3.3/] ! C , E ~ l 2.57 NATONAL TOTAL!5' 61949' 7653' 662' 271' 642! 6365' 1923' /]' 361' /]' 10859' 213/]' 1031' 238' 320' 1722' 385' 5! 239' (] 2106' 277' 430' 43(]' 292' 2006'10905! 50C' 304'9/0' 22165' /] ' ~ ,412/] C (] Ll001' ] ~ `= [ /] /] , ' ~ /] ~ 15~ ! t ~COLL. 97] TOTAL ~ 530, /] C ] ! ~ ~ ! ,0THEe 3587, T ] ': 853~ ': ~ (]1860:> TOTAL , , , ! /] L ! [ 2.63~., L

7 Q NATONAL TOTAL : 12TH GRADE CANDDATES SCHOOL AP GRADE DSTRBUTONS BY TOTAL AND ETHNC GROUP ADNNSTRATON DATE: NAY~ 1997 NUMBER OF CANDDATES FOR EACH EXAMNATON Advanced P... nt Program EXAMS,.. :,. ~ = ~ =~ ~ ~ ~ = >~ ~ THE COLLEGE BOARD ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Do = Do = ~,~..=. ~ o o ~, ~. NOT STATED ] ~ /] ] DC" 12~ / ' ] , ] ( ] ) ( (] ] (] , C0LL , ~ c OTHER T ~ ,~ ~ ~TOTAL ~ ~ ~ , , AMER ND./ALASKAN ~.-~ ] 6 ] ] ( r E 1 35 ~ ] ~ , , lz (` , , COLL ] OTHER T ~ = ( ] TOTAL ~ , ~ ) ~ ~ BLACKAFRO-AMER l(] ] ] ~ , ) ) ~ ] ~ ~ (] ~ COLL , ]701HER T (` ' (` ~ (] 1) ) ) TOTAL ' , 3.1~ ~ CHCANO/MEX. AMER ~ ~ 1 6 1' / ' ( (] ( ] (` 44 1 ] ~ (] lz ~ ~ , ~ 448 1~ /] 19~ 35 C0LL ] (] ' ] , (] OTHER T ~ ~ ~4~ (] ] 163TOTAL ~ ~ ] ~ ) ASAN/ASAN AMER ~ C ( ] ~ ~ 1969/lO ~ ) ~ (` (] C (] (] COLL ~ OTHER T ~ ' / /~ ' ]O09TOT/L ~ ] ] ~ E PUERTO RCAN ~ ~ 4] 6 16] 1 ] ' /lo ] :: ] C ,~ ~ ( , ] ~ ] ~ = ~ 46 26,COLL. 1 66~ ; ] ~ =OTHER T ] ] OT,L ( ~ (] = ] OTHER HSPANC Z lf 3 ] ] (] /lo ) ~ 86 6(] ~ ] ~ ~ ] ~ , ] ) ) ) COLL (] ] ~ OTHER T ~ (` ] , , TOTAL ~ ~ (] ; WHTE ~ ] E ~ /lo ] ~ ] ! ~ , (] ~ ( , ~ ;' ( ~ ' ~ 190 8O7COLL ) HER T ( , ) , ~ OAL ] ] ) ( ~ OTHER ~ ( ~ (] (] 19 9/ ~ [ ] ( (` (] , ~ 914 6(] : COLL , (] OTHER T ] ] ( = TOTAL ~ ~ ~ NATONAL TOTAL ] (] ~ ~ ) ~ ) ~ / Z (] ) , r 721) ~ (] 27~ ( ] ~ ~ , (] OC0LL. TOTAL 1 / ~ ] 83]] ~ ~ ~0THER T ~ ~ J ' ~TO~L l (] , ]9 2.9q

8 / E3 Advanced Placement Program THE COLLEGE BOARD NOT STATED AMER ND./ALASKAN BLACKAFRO-AMER CHCANO/MEX. AMER ASAN/ASAN AMER OTHER HSPANC WHTE OTHE'R NATONAL TOTAL TOTAL NATONAL TOTAL : 11TH GRADE CANDDATES SCHOOL AP GRADE DSTRBUTONS BY TOTAL AND ETHNC GROUP ADMNSTRATON DATE: MAY,, 1997 NUMBER OF CA..NDDATES FOR EACH E)~AMNATON == ~,: ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~,-,1= ~ ~ ~,-.., ~ ~' ~ ~ ~ ~ EACH LEVEL '~ C ,~ 153 8~ ~ ~ /] C 2C 9/ : C E /] 9C 7 2~ ~ ( 41 /] 3(] (~ (5 110(] 25, ( 22 4/] 1~ ~ T ! ~ COLL /] , C 2 7 1/] 3 1/] OTHER T ( ~ ~ (] 10C 545 7' ] TOTAL ] '8 3.3~: ,~ (] 3.1,; t~ ] ] 1 1 ~ /lo 4 177, 7/] l ~ /~ ] 5 1 1C ! 1 2~ ] ,~ 4 COLL, ] l 1 1C ] 5 3,~ 7 ] OTHER T 128(] 599 9~ , ~ 11 2(] TOTAL (] C E ,8 4.0(] '8 2.37~ (] 2.5C C C ' ~ 1 6 ~ ,8 11~ ,/ , ~ 8 15, /] ] ~ ; /] ~ ] 4 35 ~ ~ !1~' ~ 6 /] 26~ j C 22 31,~ 1 50 ~, l~ 4 /COLL ( ] (] 6~ !OTHER T /] 69~ ~ ( /] (] (] 30] TOTAL C ] ' ( : 9 35 c ,~ ~ ~ 244~ 48 19/ ~ ~ ~ 4 (~ f ~ 249 5~ C 5 6 ~ 14 80'8 7] ,8 8~ /] COLL, ] ~ ~ /] 6C 61,8:OTHER T ~ ~ TOTAL ~ ~ ~ ~ ] ] ] , t~ ( / ( ~ 113 6'8 10~ ~ t~ ! /] /] ,~ ~ E lz ~ ~ /] ,~ (] 24( 5 34COLL ( OTHER T (] 420[ , ' t~ TOTAL ~ ~ ~ ( ] Z 1 2 ~ lc ~ C ~ 8 COLL ~ ~ 1 ] 27 /] ~ 3 1(] 1! 2 OTHER T " ( ~ ~ /TOTAL (] 2.9~ ~ (] 3.0C ~ ? 4 4 (J 92 1C ,~ 6 ] ~ / 4~11o C (] ] 1~ 2 51] ( ~ /] ] /] ~ (] 1: ,~ ~ ~ /] ,~ 6 COLL ~ , ( ( ~. 110THER T ] 5C C ~ ( (J /] 62. ~ 32TOTAL /] ' ,9 3.1( '~ ~: (] ~ (] 331] ] ( /] ~ ~ 18,~ ) ~ C ( /] (] 25( ] ~ (d (] 18~ ~ 2893/] :: ~ ~ ~ ~ ( COLL ] '8 116:: (] 27~ ~ /] OCOHER T '8 87. ~ (].6002' (] ] ~ C TOTAL '8 3.2/] ( ' ( ~ ! ' ] 5 10 "' (] ~ 81 ' / ,9 845 l(j ( (] (] 3 3 2( 7 4 ( /] 3 52~ 80 ~ ' (] ~ T (] ] (] 158 1, /] 3,~ ,~ COLL. ] 109, ~ (] 1/] Z 55 7 ] OTHER T /] :: (] /] ( ! (] 3 ~. TOTAL ' ' (~ ( /] /] 3.3- ~ (] (] 3258 ' (] 58~ (] /] ( ( ,8 30(] (] ] ~ (~ ( ~ ~ (~ /] ( [ [ (] ~ (]COLL ~ /] C 20' ~ OTHER T ] ~ ~ (] ] (] TOTAL ~ ,' (] ~ 2.91!

9 Q NATONAL TOTAL : REPORTS DESGNATED FOR N-STATE COLLEGES SCHOOL AP GRADE DSTRBUTONS BY TOTAL AND ETHNC GROUP NUMBEROFCANDDATESFOREACHEXAMNATON ' ADNNSTRATON DATE: NAYs, 19,97 o ~ ~ ~ -- G ~ > NUMBER OF Advanced Placement Program ~ EXAMS ~ ~ = = == ~ ~...,~.. ~.. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ == ~ ~ ~o ~.~ J ~ E CH LEVEL.,.==~ NOT STATED ~' 14' 2~ 22,,,' 109 7' 1~ 2K ~' ' ' 1~ 1 31,~ 126 ]4 4~ ~ o 17'9.,,o T ~ ~ ~ ~ 5 65~ 11~ ]49 18~ T (] ~ ' 30 47~ ~] ~ ~ [ ~ ,8 31.~ ~ 20 6] 3~ ~ 11j 28 COLL ( ] ~ 3] 45 6~ ]0 9~ 31 ~ ~ OTHER 292 T 18888~ ~ L 26] 362 ] ] ~ f ~ (] 981 ]38TOT~,L ] C (] 13.0~ ! (] 3.4~ ~ ~ 3.16~ 2.96 AMER ND./ALASKAN 5 76] ~ l /10 5 l l 1~ 2 2 r ~ 1 1! 31 r, 1 l ' 2(] 18 2' ! ~ ] 412 ; (] 13 2 ~ r ~ 2! J 35 ~ C0LL ] 11 : { 3} ~ 5 lt~ 35 e! ~ : 50, { THERj ~ ~ ~ 3 oo 2.0(] 2.47j s, c,, ] s~, 2.3~., 3.2~ 3.5C 2.53' ~ ~ ' 2.0~ 2.4~,. BLACKAFRO AcK/AFRO;AMER '5' 311' 15' 3' 4' 14' 32' ~ ' 4' ~ 2' 16' 59 5; 1~ ' 1' 42' 14' " 3' 3' ' 19' 2! ' 3~ g/1o ~ ~ 16 15~r g l 1 22~ 7 ~ : 16] 17JLZ ] ( 12 ~ (] ~ /] 32 11[ ~COLL "; c ! Z ' ~ ! 2(] e~ 01'HER 95 T /] 34(] r ! ,~ ~TOT,~L ~ ~ ~ CHCk CANO/MEX. AMER S 2751' 13' 8' 7' 18' 35' ' 3'! ~' 16) 15' 106 7' 2" ' 27' 2' 1' 55' 21' ' 71 9' 5' 12' ! 1'9/10 ' ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 7 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~o~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~4 ~ ~o ~ ~o~o ~ ~" z~oo ' 12 4] ] ] 52 3(] 1275' ] r 6( 5o6 348r zzzz 73o ] ~ [ ~ ' 26 COLL ! ] C ! ~ ~ ! 81 OTHER 120 T ~ [ ~ ! 145,4 130 ] ] TOTAL ] /] C , ~ ] , ,~ ASAN/ASAN AMER '5' 5841' 19 J 53' 25' 46' 719' 379' 27!' 57' 121' ' 729' 93' 3,21 4' 8' 273' 451 ' 25' 6! 101C' 725' ~' 205' 125' 147' 174' 14' 94'9t' , c ; ,~ 45,~ /~ ! 20 14' 172{ ! ~ C /] t~ ~ ~ ~ ] 10- ~ t~ ~ ; l& ~ 246] ' COLL. ~ ~ 56 5 g ~ : 14~ ,~ ! 7~ ! ~ 4 ]7!0THER 166 T ~ ,~ r 147~ , ~ (] ! 14]g 118, !TOT/~L { ; ] 3.O2~ ~, ~ PUERTO RCAN ' 319' ~... 1' 1 11' 1 ' 4" 2! 2' 2' 2C' '... l' ' 12' ' 5' 3' ]' ZJ ' 4 231' 4' '9/10 ' Z 23 6 ] 3! ~ 17 1! 4(] ~ ~ 7 1 ~ ; ] ! ~ 1 1 6! 5~ 25 3~ ,~ 2 ~ ~ 6 ~ ~ ] ( 12 41COLL ,~ g 21 6(] ~ 6 ] C 3 2 0THER 8 T lg C (] ~ "1 11! ~ [ 58 1OTOT~L ~ ~ C ] 1 73.!1 56] 2.4~ (]. 2.3~ (]. 2.86~ OTHER HSPANC "5' ~ '3' '12 ' 17' 85' 5" 19 ' ~ 1. 27:' '. 2' 9'. 11 3' ' '%' ~ (] ~ ]C ' c ~ ~ 4 6s ~ 22~ 2/ / ! , ~ 706[ Z~ ) ~ 16 COLL ~ 20 ~ ~ ~ ~ 34 1 ~ 1 22~ ~ ' 3~ 2~ 35 OTHER 103 T ) ! t~ 72TOTt.,L ~ ~ (] 1 67: ~ , ) 1.97 WH TE '5' ]' 190' 118' 325'2321' 892' 13~.' 232''2/9' 438' 98]"5202 ~ 79~' 178' 26' 92'133~'' " 25' ~' 122' 451'; 611' 34~' 876' 492' 37' 269'911o! : , ~ ' 100~ ~ ~ ~ ] ] (] ,~ ~ ~ ~ ,~ ~ C ~ r 42t~ C C0LL ~ ]] ~ 64~ ~ ,: THER 1079 T ~ ~ ~ !1464{ 1947; L ,~ TOTAL ,! 31, 33, 2,, OTHER 5 ]0451 3~ ~ 30' (; ) 4 8; ' ' 26: 29 11~ 50, ] 112 2t 9 15r 15 c [ ~ ~ ] e ] 1.2' /] ] , , ~ ] ] j < r, 15 3~ 72 ~ COLL c r 8c C ~ ~ l~ OTHER 54 T ! 65, ; ] ] 19; ~ ,~ ~ TOT,~L ~ 3.16] /] 2.7~ /] ~ 2.68' ~ 2.6~ { 3.1/ NATONAL TOTAL ) 86! / / ~ ' ~ 83 ~ 6(] ,~ ! t~ 3219' ~ 106] ] lz ~ ] ~ ]22~ C0LL. 132 TOTAL TAL ~ ~ ' 817 t ! 506, ~ ]324 8(] 204~ ] OTHER 1928 T! , [122~ ' 5169~ j (] 30., , (] OT~L' ~ Z~ ~ ~ q 2./ ] ]

10 / D NATONAL TOTAL : REPORTS DESGNATED FOR OUT-OF-STATE COLLEGES SCHOOL AP GRADE DSTRBUTONS BY TOTAL AND ETHNC GROUP NUMBER OF CANDDATES FOR EACH EXAMNATON ADMNSTRATON DATE: NAY, 1997 NOT STATED ~ ] ] ~ ( 177 1= /lO C ~ ~ lc C ] ~ ~ C 62 6 ~ ( COLL ~ ~ OTHER 164 T E ~ < TOTAL ~ = AMER ND./ALASKAN f ~ 3 9/ C 3 7: ] 1 2 ] ] 4 14 t ~ ~ ( ~ 1 ~ llcoll ~ ~ ] ~ 1 4 ~ OTHER 1 T :> ~ ~ E ~ ~ C 2 5 FOTAL C ~ "BLACKAFRO-AMER ~ ~ 2 1 ( 16 OC lc 17 1 ] ~ ~ / ~ ll ] ]C ll] (, ~ ~ 16 6 ] ] 4 28~ ~ ~ ~ = ] < COLL ,~ ( E 32 OTHER 69 T ~ ~ ~ ] C ( TOTAL ~ ~ ~ ~ C ~ C CHCANOMEX. AMER ~ 5 2 1{ (] ~ ] ~ ~ ] ~ ~ ~ 17 3 ] ll ~ 2 ] ] ~ 3 5~ ~ 1 ] 74 ~ ] E COLL ] ~ 1 ] ~ OTHER 11 T ] [ TOTAL ] ~] ] OC C T '~ k]@~t~f~,t@~f~~t~'w ~ ~ / ] ~ 13 1~ l~ los ~ ~ '$ ~ C ~ C COLL ~ ~ ( ~ ] ~ OTHER 42 T ] 135 6'~ ,, ~ '~ (] ~ 573~ TOTAL (] C ~ PUERTO RCAN /~ ~ 1 1 ] 1< ] / ~ l ~ 2 1 E 3~ ~ l ] ~ ~ 6 2 ~ l 3 ) ~ ] ~ 4 2 ~ :COLL ~ 11 f ~ 1 ~ ( ] 1]OTHER 4 T ~ ] ] ] TOAL ~ ,~ OTHER HSPANC ,~ 33 ~ ; 4(] ~ 16 2 ] C ~ 1~ 3 1(] ]0 ] ~ 29 4 ] ] ~ ~, ] ~ 5~ 71 4 ~ 3~ 22 ~ ?~ 170 ]~ 15 ~ ; 9~ 17 1 ](] 1~ COL, ~l 22 ~' Z 7 1~ =,~ 29 lc (] 'HER 13 T ~ C Z 55 10: 15~ ~ ~ ~ 2 44(] 11 ( ~, (] 13.~ 44TOTAL ~ ~] 3.2C " ~ (] 2.9, ~] 3.5~ (] , ~ 2.93 WHTE ~ ~ 979 8~ 18~ ~ ]26~ c ~ ]64~ ~ 6] 287,,1o (] E ; ~ ,,: ] : C ~ ~ f ~ ~ ~ ] ] 90] 110 8(] ~ ~ {COLL ~ (] ~ ~ OTHER 542 T ~ ~ = TOTAL (] ~ ~ ] OTHER E ~ ~ 32 6 ~ 9/1o ; ~' 48 1[ ~ ~ ~ ) C g lz ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ COLL E ~ 13 1 ] OTHER 26 T ~ ~ ? 249 2(] ~ OTAL { ~ ] NATONAL TOTAL ll~ ~ ~ ] ~ ~ /lO ~ ~ ] = C ,~ ] ~ ~ ( ~ ] 46( ~ COLL. 22 TOTAL ~ { (] 7] OTHER 872 T ~ ~ ~ ~] TOAL ~ ] '~ : (] [ 3.6C ~ 3.32

11 /.:... ]0 tt3 Advanced Placement Program THE COLLEGE BOARD NATONAL TOTAL : PUBLC SCHOOL CANDDATES SCHOOL AP G R A D E D S T R B U T O N S BY TOTAL AND ETHNC G R O U P ADMNSTRATON DATE: HAY, 1997 NUMBER OF CANDDATES FOR EACH EXAMNATON....,_:[ NOT STATED AMER ND./ALASKAN BLACKAFRO-AMER 5' 7697t 1055' 57 ~ 19' 93' 861' 385' 36' 69' 71' 13S' 465' 1107' 381' 93' 15' 37' 264' 64' ' 20' 6' 674' 331' 41' 139' 171' 106' 19~' 740' 25' 44' r ( ] ; 116 4/] ~ ~ 5~ ~ ] 6` (] E ~; , E fl COLL /] E 20043(] (] (] 74438(] OTHER 992 T (] (] 36~" ] ~ TOTAL , 2.93, ,, (]2.7,,,, ~,,,,, ,,,,,, (],,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,, ~ 3 2 ` ,(, ~ ~ (] ~ ,B 2~ T: 1 8 1(] ~ (] 1 6 } (] 3 8 1(] l ~ ~ 1 8 COLL ] " < 6 2 1(~ OTHER 28 T ~ ` ] 21 TOTAL ( ] /] ~ /] (] ' 1014' 162' 7' 14' 3E' 101' 36' 1' 8' 5' ~]' 62 ~ 135' 2(~' 54' 4' 4' 54' 10' ' E' 1' 104' 4C' 7' 16' 13' 7' 43' 39' ~' 8'9/lO ' C : /] 3 30(] (] E ~ ! 638 9~ /] ~ E ] t 68COLL ` /] ] OTHER 320 T c ~ /] ] ~TOTAL ( (] ! C (] (]. CHCANO/MEX. AMER ` /lO (] E 30 8(] E /]' (] 20f~ ~ ( 2. ~ E E 82] " ,,] 2] , ~ ~ 7C COLL ] (] E ( OTHER 289 T 2849E /] (] ~ 1(] (] 26(] TOTAL L , 1.9E, 2.38, 2.22, 2.5/],, , 2.0(], , 2.37., ~, ~ASAN/ASAN AMER '5' 16051' 1863' 11(]' 47' 99' 2357' 1387' 115' 247' 23"4' 455' 657' 1308' ' 19' 2059' ]' 420' 28' 207'9/ /] C E /] C (] ~ ~ , ~ ,B COLL. 10 r (] (] 10(] , /] OTHER 479 T , ~ (] 195] ~ /] (] 303~ TOTAL ] ~ 'PUERTO RCAN ' 5' 727' 27' ' 4' 6' 38' 7~ 1' 7' ~" 2' 6' 34' ' 1' ' 2' ' 22' 8' 2' 5' 3' 2' 6' 51~ 4' '9110 ' ] E ~ , ~ ~ , , /] 4( 8 1 1/] (] 5, COLL ] /] fl (] OTHER 33 T (] C TOTAL 3092 l (] 3.5(] (] E (] (] ~ (] OTHER HSPANC (] , ( E /lO E ] ,B ] l E /] (] /] ~ /] ~ (] 132] (] ~ COLL , /] ] (] (] 84 60OTHER 334 T , ~ E ,~ TOTAL ' `52., ~ E (] 4.0~ /] ,~ 3.23~ 2.18 WHTE /] (] ,~ 6'~ 6199/ ~ ~ ] /] J ~ } ] ] r 141(] ] ~ "~ (][ , /] 932}.Z ~ ] /] /] /]1126, ,B C ~ /] 785COLL ( ~ ! T ~ E 34~ OTHER 2774 T ~ (] /] ~ /] 2659~ (] 380TOAL : (] ', ,B 3.0] J OTHER E /] 3~ ~ , 4 2~ R ~ ] ~ ~ 353 9E 10' (] ( H 5] ~ ~ ~ ] ( COLL ] 2 E (] /] E /] ~ (] (] OTHER 157 T (] (] 11] ~ 17( ,~ , TOTAL (]r ( (~ (] r NATONAL TOTAL ~ ~ ] ~/] (] (~ ~ (] (~ ~ 51/] ~ ; ~ ~ ~ (] (] (] (~ ] E ~ ~ 138(] (] /] (]C0LL (]OTHER 5406 T O T A L T ~ ~ T "~ l (] 11~ r r (]36968~ TOTAL ~ ~ ~ ~

12 AP Program Statstcs for 1995 to 1997 ALL U.S. SCHOOLS Frequency %Change: % 9% Exams P ' / / / /, / / / / 1 1 /11 / 1 1 /11 / / 1 1 / 1 1 /11 / / / 1 1 / / 1 1 / / / / / / / / / / / 1 1 / / / Y///~ </// //// ////, lo% 11% - Exams 3-5 -t S<d /f~j /; % 8% t---- Students 56672O

13 12, AP Program Statstcs for ALL U,S, SCHOOLS 1995 to 1997 EXAMS Taken by Mnorty Students Frequency OOOOO OOO ,000-50,000-25, Exams Taken by Mnorty Students Ethnc Group %Change UNTED STATES Not Stated Natve Amer, Afrcan Amer. Asan Hspanc Whte Other % 4% 9% 9% 13% 9% 20%

14 PROGRAM SUMMARY REPORT STUDENTS N % 9TH 10TH 11TH 12TH PROGRAM PROGRAM CHANGE NO. OF SCHOOLS GRADE GRADE GRADE GRADE COLLEGE OTHER MALE FEMALE TOTAL TOTAL COLLEGES ART HSTORY ,502 4,414 2 j 105 2,414 4,342 ART - DRAWNG, 921, ,518 3 ~ 59 1,537 1,643 ART- GENERAL, 1, ,231 5, ,882 4,240 BOLOGY, 5,373, 294 4,957 25,439 39, ,986 39,826 CALCULUSAB, 8,793, 79 1,009 12,888 96, ,195 59,237 52,597 CALCULUS BC 2,284 40! 397 3,755 18,250 4! ,235 8,433, CHEMSTRY, 4, ,554 20,844 18, ,167 17,707 COMP SC -A 1,359, 55, 763, 2,900 3, ,860 1,451 COMP SC - AB ,766 2, , *ECONOMCS- MCRO 1, ,712 9,798 3! 139 7,190 4,711 *ECONOMCS- MACRO 1, ,223 13, ,226 6,499 ENG LANGCOMP 4,007, ,179 20, ,523 41,799 ENG LTCOMP 9,104, , , ,499 57, ,550,EUROPEAN HST, 2, , 18,510, 6,697, 17,406, 5, 441, 21,281, 21,889, FRENCH LANG, 2,622, 92, 564, 3,499, 9,234, ,211 9,394 FRENCH LT 354 2, 42, 280, 1, ,075 GERMAN LANG 1,082, , ,597 1,700 *GOVT&POL- U.S. 2, ,139 4,560 39, " 22,311 23,017 *GOVT&POL - COMP, 757, 2, 276, 774, 5,460, ,577 2,986 NTL. ENGLSH LANGUAGE , 2,458, 1,114 1,396 *LATN-VERGL, 496, 6, 248, 1,470, 1,199, 1, 32, 1,524, 1,432, *LATN - LTERATURE** MUSC THEORY ,017 2, ,711 1,658 l PHYSCS B 2,304 32, 363 l, 7,013 l, 13,868, ,150 7,412, *PHYSCS C - MECH 1, ,287 10, ,753 3,191 *PHYSCS C - E&M 942! , ,511 1,337 l!,psychology,' 1,319 10, 317, 4,840, 13,232, 3, 226 6,536, 12,092,,SPANSH LANG, 4, , 3,978, 15,042, 25,570, , 16,581 29,385, SPANSH LT, 760, 14, 342 1,682, 3,957 3, 136, 1,957 ; 4,177 STATSTCS, 752, , ,227 3,440 ' U.S. HSTORY 7,082 69, 7, ,078 13,085, 4 1,592 L 69,868 80,472 6,164! 6,756 2,717 3,180 6,085 7,122 65,934 70, , ,834 21,186 22,668 38,542 = 41,874 6,841 7,311 4,722 4,526 10,425 11,901 13,713 15,725 59,341 67, , ,416 39,523 : 43,170 13,464 13,605 1,494 1,523 3,258 3,297 39,730 45,328 5,869 6, ,510 2,761 2,956 1,654 1,744 2,806 3,369 19,462 21,562 11,253 11,944 5,787 5,848 14,629 18,628 41,618 45,966 5,651 6, , , , ! ,878 2, , ,018 1,856 2,434 1, , , ,309 1, ,205 TOTAL NO. OF TAKEN 1,s=9 4s, ,649 1 ss3,9s7 1 =s7 1=,s7= 1430,3=31 491,=7s 843, ,601 9 TOTAL NO. OF CANDDATES 1,s71 4,,,s7 1=19,4=71309,1691 =10 9,s90 =s0,3011 3=,2s31 537, ,554 8 * The 1996 and 1997 program totals for these exams reflect the number of examnatons taken by canddates who took ether one or both exams for a sngle fee. The 1997 totals for canddates who took both exams are: Economcs: Mcroeconomcs and Macroeconomcs (8,096); Government and Poltcs: Comparatve and Unted States (5,839); Latn: Vergl and Lterature (28); and Physcs C: Mechancs and Physcs C: Electrcty and Magnetsm (5,704). ** n 1994, Latn Catullus-Horace was changed to Latn Lterature. ]3

15 o SCHOOL REPORT OF AP EXAMNATONS (BY STATE) TOTAL schools PUBUC SCHOOLS NON-PUBUC SCHOOLS AP SCHOOLS TOTAL % SCHOOLS N AP % CHG AP SCHOOLS TOTAL % SCHOOLS N AP % CHG AP SCHOOLS TOTAL % SCHOOLS N AP % CHG State U.S.* Alabama % 41.9% -2.5% Alaska % 11.7% -0.3% Arzona " % 46.6% -10.7% A~ansas 378 ' % 30.2% 3.1% Calforna 1,527 1,028 1, % 68.9% 0.0% Colorado % 47.9% -2.0% Connectcut % 82.1% -1.7% Delaware % 46.8% % Dst of Columba % 82.5% -17.5% Florda % 56.8% 0.1% Georga % 57.8% -0.8% Hawa % 69.9% 2.3% daho % 42.8% 4.1% ln0s % 52.2% 2.3% ndana % 56.4% 1.1% owa % 31.9% 3.0% Kansas % 22.8% -0.7% Kentucky % 62.5% 0.9% Lousana % 23.9% -0.4% Mane % 58.5% 0.6% Maryland ' % 72.5% 1.1% Massachusetts '6' 79.9% 80.4% 0.5% Mchgan % 53.1% 0.8% Mnnesota ' % 43.1% -0'.6% Msssspp % 36.4% -1.7% Mssour 631".. 158' % 24.9% -1.1% Montana % 35.0% 3.9% blebraska % 21.7% 2.6% Nevada % 52.2% -3.9% New Hampshre '7.6% 71.2% 3.6% New Jersey % 85.0% 0.5% New Mexco % 39.0% -313% New York 1, % 73.7% 1.5% North Carolna ' % 63.9% 0.2% North Dakota 202 1' % 7.4% 0.4% Oho % 58.5% 0.6% Oklahoma % 18.0% 1.6% Oregon % 42.5% -1.3% Pennsylvana % 60.9% 1.2% Rhode sland 6;~ % 72.6% '1.6% South Carolna 316 ' % '., 70.6% 0.3% South Dakota % 15.9% 2.0% Tennesee "' % 50.2% 0.7% Texas , % 56.3% 5.0% Utal:~ % 73.0% 3.4% Vermont % 74.7% 8.4% Vrgna % 69.4% -0.1% Washngton % 52.8% 0.2% West Vrgna % 57.5% -5.4% Wsconsn Yo 56.9% 0.5% U.$.* U.S.* ' % 50.3% -3.5% % 20.3% 0.0% % 11.6% -1.1% % 12.5% ~.8% 184 ' % 56.0% -12.2% '8% 20.9% -10.9% % 31.3% 3.6% 52 12' % 23.1% 0.0% '9% 83.3% ' -'1.6% % 46.7% 2.0% % 52.2% -2.8% :33.7% " 34.% 0.4% % 96.4% 1.4% ' % " 59.6% ' '-5.0% % ' 92.3% 4.3% % 24.5% -0.5% % 66.7% -33.3% % 100.0% 0.0% % 8017% -1.5% % 30.6% 1.2% % 78.8% -2.7% % 27.8% 1.1% % 64.6% 0.4% % 52.9% 2.9% % 44.5%.... :~.1% % 29.4% 17.6% % 52.6% 1.2% ' % % 5.3% % 79.1% -0.3% % 15.5% 2.8% ~11'7 28.'7% 31.5% 2.8% % 35.3% 4.5% % 21.6% -1'.7% : % 33.3% % % 66.8% -0.6% '44.4% 49.4% 510% %' 19.8% '-1.4% % 34.1% 2~0% % 71.3% -1.0% % 34.8% 3.5% 170 ' %' ' 92.9% 1.3% % 50.3% 1.3% % 89.8% 0.9% % 63.:3%' -0.3% 625 '" % 59.0% 0.0% 22' % 36.7% 2.5% % 43. "P/o -1.7% % 40.4% 4.0% % 37.6% ' -1.2% % 33.3% -3.2% 516 "' % 21.7% -1.4% % 39.1% 0.2% % 37.6% 3.7% % 16.7% ~,.7% % 18.6% 1.9% = % 45.0% 7.5% % 55.2% -2.7% % 36.4%' -8.0% % 77.9% '4.6% % 55.9% ' " 1.4% % ' 97.4% 0.0% % 60.9% 2.2% % 43.2% -'3.6% % 27.9% -1.0% % 84.9% 2.0% 41' % ' 51.6% 0.7% % 87.5% -0.8% % 24.4% 2.1% % 7.4% " 0.5% 14 1 t 7.7% '7.1% -0.6'% % 59.9% 0.3% % 53.5% 1.9% % 17.1% 1.3% % 30.3~/o 4.5% % 47,9% -1.9% % 25.0% 0.0% % 71.1% ' 0.4% % 42.6% 2.2% " ' 82.1% 82.1% 0.0% " % 56.5% -4.4% % 93.4% -3.0% % 32.8% 4.7% % 15.9% 2.8% % 53.2% -0.9% 1, % 60.2% 6.4% % 78.1% 3.1% 60'" 50" % 9117% 9.7% % 861~1% -2.2% % 59.4% -2.3% % 71.4% -7.0% ' ,7% 67.4% 0.7% Wyomng % 30.4% 0.4% % 34.3% 0.0%., % 15.8% -5.3% % 43.7% 4.0% % 38.1% -2.5% 21 9 '" % 47.6% % % 41.9% 6.4% 178 (~ % 40.~,% 2.8% % 32.7% 6.8% 46 7 ' % 17.4% 1.5% 152., % 27.0% -0.6% 9-0.0% 0.0% 0.0% TOTAL (O.S.) ' 21,582 11,136 11, % 52.9% 0.6% 15,625 8,899 9,087 '" 58.0% 58.2% 0.2% NON-U.S.U.S.TERPJCAN GRAND TOTAL " 11,7~2 ' 12,022 *SOURCE: Qualty Educaton Data 5,957 2,237 2, % 39.2% 1.6%

16 SCHOOL REPORT OF AP EXAMNATONS (BY STATE) TOTAL TOTAL AP EXAMS PER 1000 EXAM CHG PER TH & 12TH GRADE AP CANDDATES AP EXAMS 11TH & 12TH GRADERS** 11TH & 12TH GRADER % OF GRADES 3 OR ABOVE STATE ENROLLMENT* Alabama 92, ,624 9,516 9, % 55.5% Alaska 16, ,161 1,768 1, % 65.1% Arzona 93, ,415 9,863 10, % 61.5% Arkansas 60, ,457 2,838 3, % 52.7% Calforna 692, , , , % 65.9% Colorado 86, ,966 10,666 11, % 68.4% Connectcut 73, ,774 12,824 14, % 73.3% Delaware 16, ,846 2,600 2, % 69.5% Dst. of Columba 7, ,641 2,675 2, % 72.6% Florda 302, ,935 54,876 59, % 55.6% Georga 164,556 12,520 13,677 18,536 21, % 65.7% Hawa 29, ,558 3,858 4, % 68.5% daho 36, ,597 1,716 2, % 67.0% llnos 270, ,099 36,692 39, % 72.2% ndana 142, ,965 14,263 13, % 46.5% owa 80, ,313 4,112 4, % 68.9% Kansas 66, ,573 3,348 3, % 63.3% Kentucky 90, ,706 8,310 8, % 51.7% Lousana 107, ,084 4,188 4, % 65.5% Mane 30, ,721 3,263 3, % 65.5% Maryland 107, ,603 21,445 23, % 71.8% Massachusetts 128, ,020 24,209 27, % 72.2% Mchgan 222, ,293 21,815 24, % 65.0% Mnnesota 137, ,369 11,169 12, % 60.8% Msssspp 63, ,626 3,604 3, % 45.9% Mssour 128, ,392 6,512 6, % 73.5% Montana 24, ,184 1,572 1, % 69.7% Nebraska 45, ,678 2,036 2, % 64.1% Nevada 34, ,157 3,421 3, % 57.8% New Hampshre ,554 3,515 3, % 69.9% New Jersey ,363 31,720 33, % 70.2% New Mexco ,419 3,568 3, % 57.9% New York ,299 88,922 95, % 64.3% North Carolna ,436 24,595 26, % 59.8% North Dakota % 70.4% Oho ,237 18,527 25,533 27, % 65.5% Oklahoma ,067 3,511 4,564 5, % 62.7% Oregon ,463 4,002 4,662 5, % 66.6% Pennsylvana ,233 20,657 29,442 32, % 66.0% Rhode sland ,719 1,789 2,516 2, % 67.4% South Carolna ,754 9,748 14,994 15, % 54.4% South Dakota , % 53.4% Tennesee ,556 7,862 11,520 11, % 65.5% Texas ,843 37,563 52,156 62, % 60.2% Utah ,693 11,701 16,714 18, % 70.0% Vermont ,209 1,296 1,616 1, % 64.4% Vrgna ,441 21,757 33,683 36, % 65.7% Washngton ,701 7,890 8,957 10, % 65.8% West Vrgna ,318 2,330 3,257 3, % 57.2% Wsconsn ,446 10,635 13,787 15, % 66.7% Wyomng % 61.1% TOTAL (U.S.) 6,080, , , , , % 64.5% NON U.S./U.S. TERR/CAN 12,356 14,834 19,094 22, % 74.3% GRAND TOTAL 6,080, , , , , % 64.7% *Source: Appled Educatonal Research nc. of Prnceton, NJ **Ths s the number of exams taken by the current year's 1 lth and 12th grade AP canddates (number of exams not shown) dvded by the state's "1 lth and 12th Grade Enrollment" x

17 AP Resources for Admnstrators Publcatons Numerous AP publcatons are routnely sent to partcpatng schools, ncludng: A Secondary School Gude to the AP Program: ths gude s a comprehensve consderaton of the AP Program. t covers topcs such as: developng or expandng an AP program; ganng faculty, admnstraton, and communty support; AP grade reports, ther use and nterpretaton; AP Scholar Awards; recevng college credt for AP; AP teacher tranng resources; descrptons of successful AP programs n nne schools around the country; and "Voces of Experence," a collecton of deas and tps from AP teachers and admnstrators. College and Unversty Gude to the AP Program: ths gude s ntended to help college and unversty faculty and admnstrators understand the benefts of havng a coherent, equtable AP polcy. Topcs ncluded are valdty of AP grades; developng and mantanng scorng standards; ensurng equvalent achevement; state legslaton supportng AP; and quanttatve profles of AP students by each AP subject. A Gude to the Advanced Placement Program: a comprehensve overvew explanng how to start an AP program and admnster the exams. AP Course Descrpton: subject-specfc booklets descrbng, n detal, each course and ts exam; each one ncludes sample questons. AP Bulletn for Students and Parents: descrbes the benefts of takng AP Exams, what the exams are lke, how students should prepare for them, how they are graded and what happens to the grades, and nformaton about other key aspects of the program, such as AP Scholar Awards. The College Handbook: an annual comprehensve gude contanng up-to-date nformaton about the Advanced Placement polces at more than 3,100 two- and four-year colleges and unverstes. Free-Response Gudes, avalable n most AP subjects, show what knds of questons appeared on pror exams, how students responded to the questons, and the crtera by whch ther responses were scored. Computer Software College Explorer PLUS: a computer software package that allows the user to research, revew, and compare AP placement and credt polces at 2,800 colleges. Avalable for use on an BM PC or compatble wth 256K RAM. Statstcal Tables AP Program statstcal tables are produced annually. Some of the avalable tables nclude: Annual AP Program Partcpaton: number of schools, canddates, examnatons, and colleges that have partcpated n the AP Program snce The 200 Colleges and Unverstes Recevng the Greatest Number of AP Grades: a lst of 200 colleges, the number of canddates submttng AP grades to them, and the total number of examnaton grades receved by each nsttuton. State Summary Report of Advanced Placement Examnatons: lsts by state, the number of 1 lth and 12th grade enrollments, state count of secondary schools, and the number of AP schools, canddates, and exams for the current and prevous year. Vdeotape AP: Pathway to Success: n ths new vdeo, students, parents, teachers, and school admnstrators talk about the AP Program and the benefts of partcpaton. What's n a Grade?: explans the process of scorng AP Exams, especally the free-response secton; faculty consultants talk about scorng actual student responses. For more nformaton You can send questons va electronc mal: ap@ets.org for nformaton about the AP Program and ts polces; apreader@ets.org for nformaton about the AP Readng; and apexams@ets.org for nformaton on orderng, admnsterng, and returnng AP Examnatons. Nr nformaton a~

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