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2 CONTENTS FOREWORD Foreword AP State Summary Report Tables 3 State Partcpaton ( ) AP State Summ.ar.r..Wor.k.s..heet AP Natonal S.u.=...m...a.r.r....?. Appendx: Program Summary Report S.c.h.oo!.Re.ort.b.y...S.tate....2.?. AP Resources for Admnstrators 29 College Board Regonal Offces back cover Founded n 1900, the College Board s a not-for-proft 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 -- educatonal excellence for all students. Copyrght 1999 by College Entrance Examnaton Board and Educatonal Testng Servce. All rghts reserved. College Board, College Board Onlne, Advanced Placement Program, AP, College Explorer, and the acorn logo are regstered trademarks of the College Entrance Examnaton Board. The Advanced Placement Program (AP ), 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, approprate placement, or both to students who have done well on the AP Examnatons. Approxmately 59 percent of the naton's nearly 22,000 hgh schools offer some college-level AP course work, and more than 700,000 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; fm'tshes 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 seres of tables prnted n ths booklet reflectng student partcpaton n the 1999 AP Examnatons. A more detaled understandng of AP trends and related nformaton can be found n the companon publcaton, the 1999 AP Yearbook. The Advanced Placement Program s sponsored by the College Board wth the advce of natonal groups of educators, ts Councl on College-Level Servces, and ts academc advsory commttees n the dscplnes concerned. The College Board, founded n 1900 wth headquarters n New York Cty, s a nonproft 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 1999 AP STATE SUMMARY REPORT TABLES These AP State Reports are produced n response to the ncreasng nterest by educatonal leaders n obtanng annual profles of AP Program partcpaton n ther states. The content and format of these comprehensve reports were developed n collaboraton wth a number of chef state school offcers and ther staffs. The reports provde an opportunty for educators and educatonal polcymakers to better understand the academc preparaton of the growng numbers of college-bound students who take one or more AP Exams n a gven year. n addton, the reports provde a backdrop aganst whch school and college admnstrators and faculty can examne Advanced Placement Program partcpaton by ther students. These reports can also be used for academc plannng by schools and colleges. The organzaton of the followng state tables s dentcal to the natonal summary report tables, whch begn on page 17. n addton to the tables found n the natonal report, however, the state report contans two addtonal tables: n-state and Out-of-State Colleges Recevng the Greatest Number of AP Grades for Students from the State. The state tables are followed by a worksheet wth examples of how to analyze the data n the tables. The frst example for each table s dentcal to the examples for the natonal tables (see page 17); smply supply the correspondng data for the state. A second example s provded for each table on the state worksheet to further llustrate how the data can be used as the bass for both nternal and external reports. n the followng tables, for each racal/ethnc group (self-reported by students), AP grade dstrbutons, totals, and mean (average) grades for each AP Examnaton are gven. The last column n each table summarzes the performance of AP canddates at each grade level. The AP gradng scale should be nterpreted as follows: ~~~~~~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ { ~ ~~ ~

162 HARYLAND : ALL CANDZDATES SCHOOL AP GRADE DZSTRZBUTZONS BY AND ETHNZC GROUP ADHZNTSTRATZON DATE: HAY,, 1999 DAdvanCedTHE COLLEGE BOARDPlacement Program ~ j ~ ~ ~"' 8~ 1 1 ; ~ E NUMBER X ~ A

4 162 HARYLAND : ALL CANDZDATES SCHOOL AP GRADE DZSTRZBUTZONS BY AND ETHNZC GROUP ADHZNTSTRATZON DATE: HAY,, 1999 DAdvanCedTHE COLLEGE BOARDPlacement Program ~ j ~ ~ ~"' 8~ 1 1 ; ~ E NUMBER X ~ A MOFCANDPAT~$ N A ' ~OR O?CH N ee " ~ : ee ~ ~ d -~ J, : * ~,~ ~" "UHBER OF EXAMS ~ ~ ~ + ~!. 4 ~ ~, ~ ~ m ~... ~ CANDDATES AT ~= ~.1~ m ~ ~,,,, wee,,, u., w, ~,,,, c~, u,,, ; m.,,, NOT STATED 5, ~ 7 ~;' ~ ~ ! j; 1! 15 Z S 1 7 COLL ! ! $ ' ~ T ! ~ 1S ! S m , ~ , AMER ND./ALASKAN ' '~ ,/ ! : lz ! 6! 2 1 ~ 2 1 1! COLL T m ! 1 3! ,S 2.82 l S.O04.00 c ~ 1.50' ' ! 2.86 ~ 5.00 ' BLACK/AFRO-AHER o s 5' 25 5' 2 5' z 2' 1o ' 12! xo+ 8' ' ' ' 119/1o' 7O ! ! S S /11m ~ ~ COLL `9 55 S T ~ ; S.S XS S.712.S9 2.S S.11; S02.78 S.O.. S ' 2.16 c X X.42~ CHCANO/HEX. AMER!s 8 x 1' 1 l 1 x ; x! 31,/1o x ~ ' 1, 1 6' 11 s s ' s ' 1 x z COLL ' 1! 1 T ~ j 3.05, 2.71, , 3.25, 2.80, 3.00, 3.33 L ,, , , 2.67, 3.92,, 3.001, ASAN/ASAN AMER /10 4 J ~ l 1 736! ~ Z J COLL J T ~ ~! ~ 3.60! 3.12 PUERTO RCAN HSPANC HHTE MARYLAND ! J ~ ~ ~ x~ 1 8 2, 3. ' T m ! o l 1o j o , T m ! / ! lz COLL ' 23 lj ~ 2,/ ! ! ! ` S Sll 43 ll /10 ll ! g 7j ll ! J ! 16 ~; COLL T j :! ; ~ ' 4! 3' ~ 12, 26, ~ 4 9/ : ; r : ~ COLL T $ ; , 3.56, 2.87, 5.00, 3.42, 3.73, 3.92, 5.38, $ ' / `9 79! m ~ ~ ! m *p COLL" J ! 38 4! $ T j t j $ t j L ~ L L L ~ 3.49 L L 3.29, , e , ~ ~.. 6. ~, ~ eee..... ~ 4. ~... ~....e.+4~

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5 e e e e. e e. e e. e. e e e # e e e e e e e e e HARYLAND : HALES SCHOOL AP GRADE DZSTRZBUTZONS BY AND ETHNZC GROUP d~ll/rajm,..., " NUMB~R OF CANDDAT~ FOR EACH EXAMNATON ADHZNZSTRATZON DATE: HAY~ 1999,..: NUNBER OF Advanced Placement Program ~ EXAMS,_ "" ~ ~ ; ~ ; M ; THE COLLEGE BOARD ~ ~ "~ ~ " " " ~; ~ ~ u ~ ~ ~ ~ =.F, ~ "J AMER ND./ALASKAN BLACK/AFRO-AMER CHCANO/MEX. AMER ASAN/ASAN AMER PUERTO RCAN HSPANC HHTE MARYLAND ' ; l S COLL T T /1o COLL lj COLL T ( lj Z COLL. 1 1 T l 2 1 S , G / l @ 1 11 COLL S T ! l J l 1 2 1! $ l l T ! ooJ ] ' ~ T S 9/ lz COLL S ,60 2, Z lj 2 3 COLL S / lz COLL T C g l l :9/ J ; S 7! j ! COLL T , , ,55 4,00 3, ,50 3, , , / J COLL T

6 HARYLAND : FEHALES SCHOOL AP GRADE DZSTR'rBUTONS BY AND ETHN'rC GROUP ADHTNTSTRATON DATE: HAY,, 1999 ' ' " ' ~ ~ NUMBER OF CANDDATE$ FOR EACH examnaton _, ~.~ ~.~.~ ~ ~.u..o~ NOT STATED ! $ / ' COLL g T g O O A~R bh~r ND./ALASKAN 5 " " " : COLL. 1 6j T ! BLACK/AFRO-Am LACK/AFRO-ANF.R S 931.,ql ! O01 2. O01 2. O O S le COLL S T O CHCANOMEX HCANO/MEX AMER S 21 " " " 1 1 9/ J ' COLL T l "001 13"001 12"001 4"001 ASAN/ASAN AMER S $ / Z ! ! COLL T S 3.2:13. O~l O , PUERTO RCAN 11 11!, ' : ls COLL. 1! T ! "251 3"001 2"001 3"431 3" OTH rher HSPANC ! S ~ $ COLL T ! HHTE tlte S S O01 3. O01 1 O / ' ! T COLL T ~HER 5 tl $ " "5813"09153"44163"6012"9813"3013"2613"45163'15113"6312" ; ) U S COLL ] T ~ @ "071 3"561 1"001 2"001 13"481 3"001 4"001 3"091 MARYLAND LRYLAND S ! S S S S C 120 G : , $ T " SO J S.60, , ~ 3.86, , 3.28, l 3.50, , 3.45, 3.38, , 3.00, 3.41, 3.30, ,,,

3.00 HARYLAND : 12TH GRADE CANDZDATES SCHOOL AP GRADE DZSTRZBUTZONS BY AND ETHNZC GROUP ADHZNSTRATZON DATE: HAY, L999 Advanced Placement Program ~ EXAMS ~ : o o ~ ~, ~.

7 3.00 HARYLAND : 12TH GRADE CANDZDATES SCHOOL AP GRADE DZSTRZBUTZONS BY AND ETHNZC GROUP ADHZNSTRATZON DATE: HAY, L999 Advanced Placement Program ~ EXAMS ~ : o o ~ ~, ~. ~ ~[ ~' ~ :':~ ~el :':=~ ~ 'e~ E.OflLEVEL NOT STATED ! $ ! $ ; S 20 1 t 2 31 ls [ [ l rr 3 $ ~ 1 6 COLL ! ,,. o,,,,o. T ! o..o,...,o...o...oo,... 3.o~ ~...5.,..,.,...,.4~. '.'"'.'.~'.,.,~o...,..,.~o..oo '.~" ~..o. ~,...oo...o.,...o...o 3.,.4,..,.,.,,...oo... AMEN,HER ND./ALASKAN 5 8 ' ' 2 1 ~ ' ~ ' 1! ' ' 21 1! ~ ~ ~ ~9110 ' ; s 4 s 1 ~ : COLL OT,, T ls , 2 s ,,, o,0,,.oo ,.oo....,.oo,.oo.oo,.,o.oo.,.oo, ' ' :',,.,o..oo ~LACK/AFRO-AMER 5 88 ' ' ' ' t 1 4 ' 22 '2 ' 11 5 j 1' J '! 10 ~ lj J 1~9/10 ' BLACK/AFRO-AM ls ! $ $ S ! ! ~ 2 ~ llj 7 [ $ 7 7, COLL ls 0THE, T J ; ; CH HCAblO/MEX. AMER. ' ;. "!.. : j ; ~,, 1 ~ ~ ~ ~,,, 2j j ! lz j J COLL. ]1' 3 1 l ',, 1 1 T ~ 1; 1 2 r ' ' 2.70 ' 2 " 001 ' ' 2.00 ' 2.67! ' ' ' 61' 2.57 ~ 3.00 t ~ t ~ ~ ,00.. ASAN/ASAN AMER ~ g' ' 4' ' 7' ' 7 o' ' 4' 32' 19,: 43: 3; " ~ $ t $ ~ : COLL T ~ ~ L : , ~ ~ _ _ ; 3.25 ; ; 3.22 ; 3.20 : 3.41 ; : PUERTO RCAN '5 ' 14' ' ' ~ ' ~ ; ~ ] T 66[ ~ 3.00j ' 3" "80t 5"00 2" @ HSPANC ! s 1 s 2 s 1 1! , ! s J 7~ s ! HHZTE $ $.25 $.09 1 l/ 1 ~ ! 4 11 lz 38 1! COLL ! s s ' 'J ' = 8! sl slz ; COLL T 40. J. 2,. 2,.., 2. *lj 2 *.... l,j. 2,,, 2. 00,,r 2,, L 2.71l ~ r S HEAN GRADE,, MARYLAND ~ ! ~ COLL. ; ! e S 11 2 e ],190T~m T ! q ,, s.321 s.1, s !s.28 2.,81 s.07 s.ts s.61 s.,o s.so s.35 s.16 s.s s s.47, s s, 3.19 s.69 s.55 s., s.48 s.20 s.4, s.os s s 101 3' 11 1' 10' ; ' 2' ' 6 ' e ' s' 6 1' ' s!9/zo ' s 1, s 2 9,, 1 1 s 4 1 6, o ! 3 7 s 7j 1, l e ~ s 1 4 COLL "., lj 1 s z OTHE,, T TOYAL _ _ 3.67 _ ! 3.44 ; 2.83, @ ; 3.83 : 2.96 $ : 3.19 : 3.77 : 5.0@ : : 3.57 : :00 ~ :, S.24 5[ J SO ~ 81 2: : 4: 53: 131: ' 95' 85 9/10 ' 4 t l ! ! ~ 8963 ] r J COLL [ F [ ! ~ s.24 s.08 s ~ s., s., s s.16 s.27l 3.11, s s.ts s s.14 L 2.s l 3.61 s. s.~ o9:s s

HARYLAND : 11TH GRADE CANDTDATES SCHOOL AP GRADE DZSTRTBUTZONS BY AND ETHNZC GROUP ADHZNZSTRAT'rON DATE: HAY, 1009 Advanced P r COLLEGE 0 g rplacement a mboard T H E ~ EXAMS ~'- -~ o =~!

8 HARYLAND : 11TH GRADE CANDTDATES SCHOOL AP GRADE DZSTRTBUTZONS BY AND ETHNZC GROUP ADHZNZSTRAT'rON DATE: HAY, 1009 Advanced P r COLLEGE 0 g rplacement a mboard T H E ~ EXAMS ~'- -~ o =~! ~ = ~,- ~ ~ o~ ;~ ~.~, "~;o u=:~: o~'~;.~:':: ~E!~ ~'~.F,-,;~' ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ EACH LEVEL l NOT STATED 5 e 138~ 30 j J J j 6 j ~ j 1 j 2 j 20' ' J J 6 j j ' ' J J 1 j t 2 ' J9/ s ~ 3 35! ~ 3 1~ lo $ / COLL.,,s + 2 2, 2 2, + ' L 2 1, T S $ ~ " S $ O ~ O O S. O0 3. O0 2. O O0 3.00! O O0 AMER ND./ALASKAN 9/1o ; lz COLL j T ; 2 1 ; ~ , 2.50,,4.00,, 1 ~ t, ~, ',, 2.3~,, 2.00,, BLACK/AFRO-AMER ' S' 61' 7' ' 1' 2' 10' 4 ~ 1' 21 1' 2' 6' 2' 5 ' 11 ' Z 9 ~ 9/ ~ o $ lz Z S 2 11 ~ COLL ! 11 le T,+, , + + +,., + +, , 23 + o j , CHCANO/HEX. AMER ' 5 ' 1' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' 1' 1' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ', ! !! [ l COLL T , 1 5! ' 15.E,mO.A,)~ ~....~,;,,s',,,,,~'~, ~..o,,,",,,,,,,,,,", 1 ~.oo,~.~ol, 1 ASAN/ASAN AMER S ~ 2 24! $ $ ~ 11 6~ $ ~ ! S ~ Z ]Z ' 2 ' : 17 29! COLL J T ll ~ ~ PUERTO RCAN ! 9/ ~ ~ , 2 1o 1 1 ~, 1 1! 1 1 COLL 1 5 2; 2! 1 T j j S.O0 3.3~ 1.00! ] HSPANC ~ 1 1 1! / s s~ , coll T : ! 4 ~ ; : ],, WHTE ~ ~ 14 4: ! ' 69' 3' 7' 15' 12' 70' 32' ' 14'9110 '! ~ ! ~ ~ ! ~! lz COLL $ T ~ : ! / ~ 1 3 ~ , 1 1 s ! ~ ~ ! ! ~ 1 1 COLL ! T , T ~ , , MARYLAND ~ 54' 16' 26' 206' 29 5' 37' 41! 1' 9' 12' 6 ' 9' 7' 187' 114' 3' 8; 28' / ~ S ! ~ ~ ! ! COLL. ++, + +.,,,+. +,. +o0+ ++o +,+OH. T SO

......... ] 0..............................................., MARYLAND : REPORTS DESGNATED FOR N-STATE COLLEGES SCHOOL AP GRADE DSTRBUTONS BY AND ETHNC GROUP ADMNSTRATON DATE: MAY, 1999 _~=o ~

9 ] , MARYLAND : REPORTS DESGNATED FOR N-STATE COLLEGES SCHOOL AP GRADE DSTRBUTONS BY AND ETHNC GROUP ADMNSTRATON DATE: MAY, 1999 _~=o ~ ~.~. ~.~ > "- HUH:. OF Advanced PlacementProgram ~ EXAMS ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ o -'~ ~ ~. -- " ~ "'" ~.~,~ ~ ~ ~" ~ ~ ~] ~ ~ EACH LEVEL + +' +!' = + + NOT STATED.5 72 ] B 9/ B lz ] COLL. 1 28! S T O O O AMER ND./ALASKAN / t l 1 COLL T : ~ BLACK/AFR0-AMER" ] lj / ! 1 ~ s B s 1 s COLL s s 9 T t CHCANO/MEX. AMER / s COLL T ASAN/ASAN AMER ' le / =; lz COLL T PUERTO RCAN / $ COLL. 1 T =; HSPANC s '52 ' ' ,/ l ~ COLL T ] =; ~ HHTE J ~ ~ / ,~ ,~ =; ls o; 551 2,~ s = ~ E 553 COLL ~ B T ~ =; / ~ ~; COLL T : ~ 14 ~ =; , ~ MARYLAND ~ 1~ =; / ~ ~ ,~ ~ =; =; ll COLL ~ r J ,

HARYLAND : REPORTS DESTGNATED FOR OUT-OF-STATE COLLEGES SCHOOL AP GRADE DZSTRZBUTZONS BY AND ETHNZC GROUP ADHZNTSTRATON DATE: HAY, 1999 ~ ~ ".!...,....... NOT STATED ' 5 ' 139' 4!

10 HARYLAND : REPORTS DESTGNATED FOR OUT-OF-STATE COLLEGES SCHOOL AP GRADE DZSTRZBUTZONS BY AND ETHNZC GROUP ADHZNTSTRATON DATE: HAY, 1999 ~ ~ ".!..., NOT STATED ' 5 ' 139' 4! ' ' ' 9' ' 2' 3 ~ 3' ' 3 27' 3! 21 ' ' 3J 14 3'9/ ! ~ Z ! 15 1 ~ COLL.! T , 3.50, AMER ND./ALASKAN!s ' ' ' ' ' ' ' '!! ' ' ' ' ' ' 9/lO ' ! ! COLL T !, ~,, 2' ' ' ' ~, 4.0:, , BLACK/AFRO-AMER! 5 ' 52' 7 ~ ' ' 15' 3' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' / ! ! 1 l COLL.! T HCANO/MEx.MEAN AMERGRADE ' 5 ' 2.6~, 2.43, 3.67, 5.00, 3.20, 2.56, 2.13, 2.67, , 3.00! 2.64, 2.81, 3.00: 2.67, ,, 2.96, 3.50,, 5.00, 4.00, 2.27, 3.17, 3.50, 2.33, 2.07, 1.25, 2.69, 2.25,, 1.93,, CH: ~ )! : j COLL T s; o 2.00, ;, 5.00,, 1.00, 3.00,, 3.00, 3.50,,, ASAN/ASAN MEAN AMER GRADE 5' 247' ' 2' 1' ' 34 13' 1 5' 2' 1' 23' ' 8' 3' 1' 6' ' ' / ; ! ; $ COLL $ 2 9 T ! = ! ,; PUERTO RCAN HSPANC NHTE MARYLAND S)/ COLL $ , 3.00,,;,, 3.67, 3.50,, ; j COLL T , ~ ' 341 ' ' ' 2' 1 1' 5' ' ' ' ' ' 2' ! ! J T ! / j ! lz COLL. 1! ; < T ! ! ! ! ' 5 69' 3' ' 1 ' 1' 8' 2' ' 2' 1' 1', 16', 1, 3, 3, 2,, 3,,,,, 4, 7, 1,, 3, 1, 4,, ", 29/ le ! ! COLL ! T ; ! ~ ! 1875! 89! 13! 9! 14' 150! ' ' 29' 46! 336' 22' 94! 27' ! ~ ! : T ! ! ~ l 3.58, L 3.33, 3.65 L ]

2...... D Advanced Placement Program THE COLLEGE BOARD HARYLAND : PUBLTC SCHOOL CANDZDATES SCHOOL AP GRADE DZSTRBUTTONS BY AND ETHNTC GROUP ADHHZSTRATTON DATE: HAY, 1999 N/MB~R OF C~NDDAT~$ FOR EACH

11 D Advanced Placement Program THE COLLEGE BOARD HARYLAND : PUBLTC SCHOOL CANDZDATES SCHOOL AP GRADE DZSTRBUTTONS BY AND ETHNTC GROUP ADHHZSTRATTON DATE: HAY, 1999 N/MB~R OF C~NDDAT~$ FOR EACH 'EXAM~ATO, ~}, ~ 1 [ / z w NUHBER OF NOT STATED AHER ND./ALASKAN BLACK/AFRO-AMER CHCANO/HEX. AHER HEAN GRADE ASAN/ASAN AHER PUERTO RCAN MEAN ORADE HSPANC HHTE MARYLAND 2' :,,9 1o ' '?" 4" ' Zo' 30, 3 17 ~; 2 11 ~, ~ ', 11' 4, 31' '?" ' #.10 ~ ] l 2 1 S ! 'q J ~ S [ [ j rlz ; ; S[COLL ` $ J 10 [ 55 T ! `; ' ! 3.1` , S 8 2 l ~ ;~ 2! l! 1 3! ! l 1 COLL. 1 3!, 2 ; '! ' T l ` TO,,L, 3, ~ l L S ' ! 2 19/ ` J J ` ! `; ; ; [ j COLL `; ~ T j J ` 2.53, 1.98, 2.86, 2.85, 2.381S.O0, 2.53, 2.48, , , 4.50, 2.48, 3.00,, , 2.64 l L [ J! ": ",/~o ~ o 1 1: ~ l ) [ COLL ) 1 ] 1, 1 1 T 33 4, 3; ; ~ 3 1 1' l 2, 3 7 ' , 2.69,., : ? ! ! ` l 30! j 1] 5 60l 66 1~ : 5`; 109 5j 531 lz [ 68 1 lo 20: z l S! r r r 4,; 17 21COLL ! 3 5 ` ~ ` 41 28! J T ! ` S ! ! ! ~ ~ O ) S.O ' [. 1 1! " ~ ! 2 1J 1 1 ' : lz ]! COLL J 3 T 8` ! ' ! () ~ ,,, l,,,,,,,,,,,,, t,!, j , 2, W 1! 1 ' " 9 " 58 " 2 " " : ~ 8 9 3: , , 1 lj o COLL J ] l ~] ,o 4or 1 2 1,., 2 o. ** ' ".2,..OTO., $ ! $ S ' ' 15! S ' 1' 73'~)/ S r s s ! ~ j ! r 6 57 $4 2 := 314 ~ ! , COLL ~ S lob! 218 T (] ~ ! , , ,,,,,,,,,,, 5 135! ' '~' 2' 2' 10 15' 1' 6' '7,' 1' 7 J ' 4'9110 4O `; ! S j, 3; ' 1 16 T ] l ! j g [ ~ 404 8! '. 118~. 31 3# ; :. 11:. 6: : " 113" s" ],01:9,, ] ! 8 34! `; 49! ! $ ] ` ` ~ j COLL ~ ` ! j T 2250` '; ` ST : ~ :

12 N-STATE COLLEGES RECEVNG THE GREATEST NUMBER OF AP GRADES FOR STUDENTS FROM THE STATE OF MARYLAND COLLEGE CODE COLLEGE NAME CANDDATES GRADES 5814 UNV MARYLAND COLLEGE PARK 1,554 3, UNV MARYLAND BALTMORE CO TOWSON STATE UNVERSTY SALSBURY STATE UNVERSTY ST MARYS COLLEGE MD FROSTBURG STATE UNVERSTY VLLA JULE COLLEGE WESTRN MARYLAND COLLEGE LOYOLA COLLEGE JOHNS HOPKNS UNV ANNE ARUNDEL CMTY COLLEGE MONTGOMERY COLL ROCKVLLE WASHNGTON COLLEGE FREDERCK CMTY COLLEGE MOUNT ST MARYS COLL MD MORGAN STATE UNVERSTY GOUCHER COLLEGE MARYLAND NSTTUTE COLLEGE ART HOOD COLLEGE COLL NOTRE DAME MD CHARLES CO CMTY COLLEGE UNTED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY PRNCE GEORGES CMTY COLLEGE BOWE STATE UNVERSTY UNV MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE CATONSVLLE CMTY COLLEGE ALLEGANY CMTY COLLEGE HAGERSTOWN JR COLLEGE ESSEX CMTY COLLEGE HARFORD CMTY COLLEGE CECL CMTY COLLEGE MONTGOMERY COLL GERMANTOWN THERE WERE 18 COLLEGES DESGNATED TO RECEVE 8 OR FEWER AP CANDDATES 13

13 OUT-OF-STATE COLLEGES RECEVNG THE GREATEST NUMBER OF AP GRADES FOR STUDENTS FROM THE STATE OF MARYLAND COLLEGE CODE COLLEGE NAME CANDDATES GRADES 5859 VRGNA POLYTECHNC NSTTUTE PENNSYLVANA STATE UNVERSTY UNVERSTY OF DELAWARE JAMES MADSON UNVERSTY CORNELL UNVERSTY GEORGE WASHNGTON UNVERSTY UNVERSTY OF VRGNA GEORGETOWN UNVERSTY UNV PENNSYLVANA DUKE UNVERSTY NEW YORK UNVERSTY UNV MCHGAN ANN ARBOR BRGHAM YOUNG UNV UT WEST VRGNA UNVERSTY BOSTON UNVERSTY CATHOLC UNV AMERCA ELON COLLEGE UNV NORTH CAROLNA CHAPEL HL MARY WASHNGTON COLLEGE UNV RCHMOND SYRACUSE UNVERSTY CARNEGE MELLON UNVERSTY BOSTON COLLEGE YALE UNVERSTY AMERCAN UNVERSTY BROWN UNVERSTY COLUMBA U COLUMBA COLL YORK COLLEGE PA STANFORD UNVERSTY COLL WLLAM MARY N VRGNA TUFTS UNVERSTY NORTHWSTRN UNVERSTY THERE WERE 548 COLLEGES DESGNATED TO RECEVE 30 OR FEWER AP CANDDATES

14 A N N U A L AP P R O G R A M P A R T C P A T O N F O R T H E S T A T E OF M A R Y L A N D Year Schools Canddates Examnatons.Colleges O ,O78 1, ,852 2,268 2,445 2,971 3,155 3, ,225 6,875 7,298 7,919 8,276 8,447 9,208 9,256 10, ,511 14,603 16,172 17,746 36O , ,631 2,148 2,479 2,926 3,199 3,877 4,186 5, ,335 8,267 8,960 9,956 10,819 12, , ,371 15,705 16,568 19, ,298 25, ,570 * 313,319 * Ths number s slghtly nflated because some canddates take exams n more than one year oo...o o o... 15

15 AP STATE SUMMARY WORKSHEET All Canddates The total lne ndcates that there were The total column ndcates that there were canddates takng ~ Advanced Placement Examnatons. AP Examnatons taken by secondary school students n ths state. Reference Page 5 Males or or Females or or % of all AP Unted States Hstory Examnatons were taken by males. % of all AP Examnatons were taken by males. % of the AP Calculus AB Examnatons were taken by females. % of secondary school females takng an AP Examnaton were n 9th or 10th grade. 12th-Grade Canddates or % of all 12th-grade canddates took the AP Examnaton n n the scences, the AP Examnaton most frequently taken by secondary school senors was 1 1 th-grade Canddates or % of all canddates takng AP Examnatons were secondary school junors. or % of 11 th-grade students who took the AP Englsh Language and Composton Examnaton earned grades of 3-5. Reports Desgnated for n-state Colleges or % of all students from the state who dentfed themselves as Black/Afrcan Amercans sent ther AP Grade Reports to n-state colleges and unverstes. The AP Bology Examnaton grades of 3-5 represent ~ % of the total AP Bology grades desgnated by students for n-state colleges and unverstes. Reports Desgnated for Out-of-State Colleges or % of students wth AP Examnaton grades of 3-5 desgnated an out-of-state college to receve ther AP Grade Reports. or % of students who dentfed themselves as Asan Amercans desgnated out-of-state colleges to receve ther AP Examnaton grades. Partcpaton by Exam: Publc School Canddates or % of the publc school canddates takng the AP Examnaton earned grades of 3-5. or % of the AP Computer Scence A Examnatons were taken by publc school students

16 1999 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 Exam 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 at rght, taken from the natonal summary tables, llustrate ways n whch the data can be used. All Canddates The Natonal Total lne ndcates 685,981 canddates took 1,122,414 Advanced Placement Examnatons n These canddates represented 12,229 U.S. secondary schools. Total program partcpaton also ncluded 27,101 examnatons taken by 18,317 canddates from 657 schools abroad. Males 81,816 or 46% of all AP Unted States Hstory Examnatons were taken by males. Females 58,487 or 47% of all AP Calculus AB Examnatons were taken by females. 12th-Grade Canddates 159,690 or 46% of all 12th-grade canddates took the AP Englsh Lterature and Composton Examnaton. 1 lth-grade Canddates 264,811 or 39% of all canddates takng AP Examnatons were secondary school junors. Reference Page Reports Desgnated for n-state Colleges 9,554 or 63% of students who dentfed themselves as Black/Afrcan Amercans desgnated n-state colleges to receve ther AP Grade Reports nstead of out-ofstate colleges (also see page 24). 23 Reports Desgnated for Out-of-State Colleges Of the 405,531 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. 24 Partcpaton by Exam: Publc School Canddates 41,933 or 63% of the publc school canddates takng the AP Bology Examnaton earned grades of 3, 4, or

8.................. NATTONAL : ALL CANDZDATES D Advanced Placement Program THE COLLEGE BOARD ' *'' SCHOOL AP GRADE D"STRZBUTZONS BY AND ETHNZC GROUP ADHZNTSTRATZON DATE: HAYs, 1999 NUM31[R OF

17 NATTONAL : ALL CANDZDATES D Advanced Placement Program THE COLLEGE BOARD ' *'' SCHOOL AP GRADE D"STRZBUTZONS BY AND ETHNZC GROUP ADHZNTSTRATZON DATE: HAYs, 1999 NUM31[R OF CANPlP~,TES FOR EACH EXAM~ATON ~ -- ~ ;.; " " CAHOZOATES AT " >- " ~ ~ ~J,~ ~ EACH LEVEL NOT STATED A~R ND./ALASKAN BLACK/AFRO-AMER CHCANO/MEX. AMER PUERTO RCAN HSPANC HHTE NATZONAL S ; COLL (] $ T (] (] $81 1 1~ ! / ; ! S 2(] (] ! COLL S T , $ $ ! (] (] lz $ COLL T ! l (] $ ~ ! $ $ S ~ COLL T $ L $ $ $ S ~ )/ $ Z s COLL T ~ ~ $ S ~ S ) S ~ lz (] (] COLL ! ! 32 $ T lj SS 3.0(] (] S )/ S Z ~0LL (] T (] $ (] ~ )/ : [ ; Z L ! ~ COLL $ ~ ~ S 8320 T t ~ ~3561t L ! S SO $ $ / , ~ ~ $ Z (] (] COLL B E T ~ (] L [776270(] 27399/ L S0657@[ ! tgo34l ~ [ [ ~ [ t COLL THER T S [ L ; t !6656 L ~ ~ $

NATZONAL : HALES SCHOOL AP GRADE DZSTRBUTZONS BY AND ETHNC GROUP ADHNSTRATZON DATE: HAY t 1999 N~MH~ OF CANDDATES FOR EACH ~M~!ATO~ ~.... 1 ~ ~ ~ ~.

18 NATZONAL : HALES SCHOOL AP GRADE DZSTRBUTZONS BY AND ETHNC GROUP ADHNSTRATZON DATE: HAY t 1999 N~MH~ OF CANDDATES FOR EACH ~M~!ATO~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~..: ": Advanced Placement Program THE COLLEGE BOARD NOT STATED AMER ND./ALASKAN BLACK/AFRO-AMER CHCANO/MEX. AMER ASAN/ASAN AMER HEAN GRADE PUERTO RCAN HSPANC WHTE MEAN 6RADE NATONAL... :. l e ~ ~ w ua u. w 4~a. M ca m m m m m m ~ m, m J m ~ ~ W m ~, m ~ 169 5~ ~ ~ ~ , ~ ~ ~ S S S ~ lsso s9 77( 10s S 2~ s2 87 sso 116 4S 148 SS< z ! ~ , , , COLL : 5 2, , ' , T , ! S.lO ' 214' 20' 1 2 ` ' 10 S 10 1' 2 9/ ' , 6) ' , ~ COLL. 1 ; `4 21, ! 7r 2 10! T : ' : j )/ : lg' m; ' ' 50 ' ) , ! ! )COLL [ , J ) THER 286 T ! 8, o , 113! o ; : j m; ! ` s ! s ` ` , , [ ! COLL j ` ~ OTHE 275 T , j ! : ~ ~ @ !1911 [ ! / ; ` , , 1556, COLL [ ! ! S THER ! 2.9~ t ! ) ` ' 21',' 6' 32' 18' 2' 51 3' 4' 6' S1 1 9/ , 6! , ` ~ q 2 S 14 7, COLL , '; ] ) T S [ [ [ ; : , ' ` ' 30 ~ 2012' 72 21'9/10 m S ! SO 14 5` ! Z ` ~ ( ~ COLL : ` : g ; : 325 T m 17' ! e; l , s~ , ~ 2.6, 2.62 L ~ , 2.85 s , , , , ' 6440' 249! 141 ~ 28`4'5244'3541' 1188' 1271' 781' 1143'262, 5150' 584'2577 ' ' 200'2574 ' 547' 6' 176' 97' 8719'5168' 31819t~0' / ' j , ! , ! , , , ` , ` j ss3j ~ 6, 1593COLL ` ! 15, J ! ! T !2116!1865L ~ ll L ' J L ' 315' 12' 15' 332' 186' 52' 69' ' 253' 20' 139' 40' 5' 15' 125/ 37' ' 11' 5' 318,' '263' 12' 107 ~ 93' 54' 71' 112:' 4' 62~9/ r t ! ' ! ! 33 lo lz r `4 5! `4 72 8, 8 88 COLL ~; T ! , ~ " l $ ' 438~ ~ ~1187 ' 1812~3661 t 6908! 562~3624 t 660 t t 796 / 7 2"/0' '9/10 m ! ~ ` L L , COLL. 94 ; ! 822 S 191 ~ , T 52o845 r , LO945jS ~ L8762J LO471j J;~ L L 3.12~ 2.9o L $.14 L L L 3.30, l L L

19 o NATZONAL : FEHALES SCHOOL AP GRADE DSTRBUTONS BY AND ETHNZC GROUP ADflNSTRATZON DATE: HAY,, 1999 THE COLLEGE BOARD, = =' ~ = o ~ E E = ~ ~ ~ ~ S; = ' =, ' ff ;E = ~ ~-, = ff = ~ ~ "" "" = E EACH LEVEL, NOT STATED ' S ' 6480' ' 56 e e 16' 31 55' ; S @ @' ' : S ! $ '; SOl ; O s; COLL S 511 9t j ~ OTHEJl 1085 T lss ~ ; , sse , 114' ME,N GRADE ; , , 2.,8, 3.12, 3.28, 2.,, 3.05, 3.01, 5.6,, , 5.50, 3.21, 3.28, 3.06, 3.52, 3.26, 2.15, 3.18, 5.45, 3.32, , 2.,,, AMER ND./ALASKAN ' 5 143' 16; 4' ' 5' 19 1' 2 w ' ' ' S! / ~ S $ S J ! COLL ~ t S 22 $ : BLACK/AFRO-AMER T ! ~ S 42 TOTAl $6 2.$ $ S ! $ SO S 8 9/ l'j S () '; Sl t; $ S cl ll-q COLL ! C $00 T '; ! ~ '; CHCANO/MEX. AMER ! / $ ! t ~! , Z ! COU ! ~ T 28468! S J S J t ! ! $ $ ASAN/ASAN AMER lls t S 8.~ / ! $ J ~ l ~ t COLL ~ S $0 29 S3~ S $60 T S ! ~) ~ PUERTO RCAN ' !) t 1 ;~ 1 1 S S S SO () S (] 3 S $ COLL $ T ! 647 $ ! (] $ HSPANC (] ' 26' $ ~) $ $ $ S ! lz COLL S ~ ! T S S (] @ $.0@ ~; 1.99 NHTE (] (] (] 1467 loe 582)/ ! $ (] ! : , L ! 820! S 1294L $ OLL. S $ ~ ~ THE 4698 T ~98771t ~ ~ (]t L ! $ , , 3.08, 2.62, 2.71, 3.25, 2.88, , 5.8, 2.68, 2.95, 2.76, 5.59, ~ 3.14, , 4.58, 2.99!, 2.89, 2.95, 3.45, 3.24, 2.61, 2.85, 3.22, 3.20, 2.95, j 3.25, 2.62:,, S $ (] 9/ $ S ! 26 3SS S ~ $835 2 S E ~ COLL SO S S2 20 9! $5 S T ~ $ , S ~ S NAT ~ATONAL ' 'S' 76449' 7480' 750' 285' 647 t 7546' 2539' 205' 1511 $21' 84(]' ' 401' 2814' 1282' 257' 549'2505' ' 288' 160' ' 305' ' 308' 5076'L217(]' $27' 868'9/10' ),! L $ ~ J L1064 SOS S L J lz JL1285 SOl8 234 S$ S $ ! 2781 COLL J S $ ~ T ] J~6538~ t ! L L L S.S~ ~ ~ ;[ S

20 D Advanced Placement Program THE COLLEGE BOARD NOT STATED HEAN GRADE AMER ND./ALASKAN OLACK/AFRO~AHER ASAN/ASAN AMER PUERTO RCAN HSPANC NHTE MEAM GRADE NATONAL NATONAL : 12TH GRADE CANDDATES SCHOOL AP GRADE DSTRBUTONS BY AND ETHNC GROUP ADHNSTRATON DATE: HAY JMBE~ OF C~DDAT~S FOR F~ACH EXAMflATON ; EXAMS ~ ~.~..: '! ; ~! tf~ ~ ~ ~ t tl. ~ ~, ll ~ CANOOATESAT t S le ~ S SO S o ll $ COLL J T ) S ,02 3,29 3, , ,25 3,51 5,24 5, ,52 2, S 5 1 t/ $ S S! S COLL S S T $ S S $ t , S ~ 2.37 S la S 16 9/ *~ ~ 8 S ll $ S SO COLL T @ ~ ~ j ~ S , ~ / ll G ~ COLL l )OTHE! T G S ~ ! " ~ ) $ lo SO l COLL ! OTHE! T ~ ~ , / S S S S g ) t ! 5 23J ~ l COLL q T l j S / ' (] lg '; 107 S g $40 92 l ~ COLL ! ~ ! T ~ $ ST S 211S l SO S / g ~ ~ ~ @ ~ S ll j ~ C0LL J T ~8055L t L L L t $ S $ ~ t $ $ l $ COLL S @ 171 T S ~ $ $ $ , j; @ S j S ' B S ~ ~ SO $ L S Z q @ S COLL $ ~ OTHE! T $ L6161!$718 LS ~ ~8205 $ L6534 L $ L $9 5.5~ ~

21 D Advanced Placement Program THE COLLEGE BOARD NOT STATED NATTONAL : 11TH GRADE CAND'rDATES SCHOOL AP GRADE DZSTRZBUTTONS BY AND ETHNZC GROUP ADHZNZSTRATZON DATE: HAY t 1999 " r, NUMBER OF CAN;)DATE$ FOR F..ACH tl~a~m,~ato~! "J.... [ r NUNBER OF j 13 ~ ! : / B = 43 SO ] r ~ ; , 30 = Z ! ! ~ AMER ND./ALASKAN BLACK/AFRO-AMER CHCANO/MEX. AMER ASAN/ASAN AMER PUERTO RCAN HSPANC NHTE NATONAL s.,,,.,s ~.s,. s.,~ s.,, s.~s 3.0,;,.,6 s.s5,.,, ~.~, ~.o, ~.,,,.7o ~.~s ~..,,~ ~.,,~ ~.,, ~.,,. ~.,o ~,.,..,.~l/~.o~ ~.,,, ~.,,.;, ~.,o 3., ~.,, s.~ s.75,.,, ~.o~ ~ ! 4 1 r !, ~, 2 2 4! 21 1,,10~,4 260, ~ 22 12, 4, ; , 6 2, 12 2, 2, 6 1, 6r 's 3,4 11, ~ s ' , ' , j 10= 1 $ COLL. = ,4 6] ! : ; ' 6 T ~ : TOT,L ! j ~ j 16 1~ ~ ! r 6 29 lz loj ! , = ~ ~ 33 COLL ~ ~ THER T ~ ! ; ,,..,...,,.,o,.,.o,.,.,,,., oo,.,,.,,...,..,o,.,,3t "",.8,,.,,,.,..,,,.,..,..,,. o,,.,,,.,,,o':. ".,o ".,, ".- ".,, ~ ' , / le' 2845' 3e' '3~/ ll [ ; OU J ~ COLL.! j ! T $ J ' / ~ , ~ , = 69 ~ , [ : $ C0LL e~ 82 8: e T S09SS SS esotota, ~ ~ 3.40 z Z.TS ~ z ~ se s zo lz x 10 1 ~ z z 13! s s , r ' ~ 4 1 ~ 1 16[ 3 2, , ! ~ = J 26 3! e ,4 COLL ~ e T [ ! ! o lr j ,,~..3,L.,,~,, oo..,-.,,..o.,,.,: ~.oo.,o.3,.oo,,,,.,,,.5o.,., ~oo!,oo 3.~, ~oo ~,,.,.,.o,,o..7, 3.,,, ~oo,,,o s! e ~ z 11 z :, ,,,1, sz x2e so ~ Z ` e lx r j ' ; ~ 10, ~ 1, 131o z 66 84, 110 2, COLL ~ T , ' 11' ] TOT'L [ 2.7,4 2.53r ;, ~, 36; , ! 46 4, ].0' , ' 145' 878' , ;, ' , = ; 101r , ~ : , ,9 2491' , 216! ,, =; L ' S COLL , ; ; ~ THER T , ,9214L : : TOTL c' !!.!..,....!. s 1918' soo' 8' 6' lssl 19 28' 8' ~ 8' 3~ 36, 4' 13' 32' 6' ls 3 12~ 80 ~ 6 44~ 181 9" 60" 124" s" 23~/1o j , ~ ! ~ : e ~ ' r ~ ; ; 82 '4 26 COLL. 1, ! ' T' ; ' 80~ 129: q 207; 36, ' ; 8555! 3.00, 2.80,3.07,3.33, z.77,3.23,2.,6,2.77,3.33,3.20,3.33,2.,6, 3.16, z.60, ,0~ 3.1,, : ,~ ! ' ' 720' 81' 196' 637', 1.60' ' 4199' ' 440 ~ 258' 130~' ~" 614'9/ ~ L ' '4 5145' ~ ' , 516~ ! ] C0LL ] ; 20; ' $ THERJ T L ; ! L , ~, 3.22~ ', ! :

NATZONAL : REPORTS DESZGNATED FOR ZN-STATE COLLEGES SCHOOL AP GRADE DZSTRZBUTZONS BY AND ETHNZC GROUP ADHTNZSTRATTON DATE: HAYa 1999 ' N~M~[R OF (~NDDATES FOR F.

22 NATZONAL : REPORTS DESZGNATED FOR ZN-STATE COLLEGES SCHOOL AP GRADE DZSTRZBUTZONS BY AND ETHNZC GROUP ADHTNZSTRATTON DATE: HAYa 1999 ' N~M~[R OF (~NDDATES FOR F.ACH [XAMNATO~ t, ' W NUN ~ OF, Advanced Pscomont Program THE COLLEGE BOARD NOT STATED AMER ND./ALASKAN BLACK/AFRO-AMER CHCANO/MEX. AMER ASAN/ASAN AMER PUERTO RZCAN ' S 11; / $ s g 5! s los $ s g COLL , ~:; g $9 9S THER 452 T ~ ~ ~ o / ~ ! $ S e 5s 1~ 2 5 e COLL S ! T S $ j $ / ~ S S s7j S S Z $ ~ O, 2 ~ s T S~ 8! g 207~ ~ ,, ' 47 S J ! ; S $6 710 $ ~ 154! ~ 68COLL : ~ OTHE R 240 T ! S J 77 6 e ~ ~ S' 7619' 169' 41' 24 48' 80! 418' S @ ' 187'9/10 ; ! ! ! ! J ~ COLL. ~ ; ! sj jOTHE! 592 T j ~ ~ E l 2.54~ j S 5201 ~ 2! 16' 4' ' 1 ~! ~ 9/ S S HSPANC NHTE NATONAL HEAN GRADE L [ s ' 71 6' 12! S 16r 106 S '! ' ' 8'9/1! ' ~ 28! ! ~ r @ 178! 7071 lg 9( ! ! 512! ~ ( COLL j ~ T ~ ! ~ 179J e l , $ ~ ' 191~ J 628' 55~ 65~9/ lls ~ ~ ( [ ! ( [ ~ ' : 1507COLL ~ T ! ~L L ,=5 L ! ~ ~ ~ E ' 15 57' S 7' ~; / ! ~ ~ ( ( [ ! 14 29( $ ' COLL ~ ! 7 12( ( ! 144 T ~ ~ , 2.95, , , 2.98, 5.01, 2.98, 5.14, 2.68, 4.25., 2.74, 2.90, 5.08,, , , , , 5.11, $81,, ' ~ 592' ~' $51 ~ 547' ' ~ $740 25~' g07!9/ , ! 92~ S( ~ ( ~ ' ~ ~ ~ ~ 5080 $ COLL S t J T ~ J ~ L ~ LO , ~ l l , l 5.45, ~ 5.1~

4...................... Advanced Ps omont Program THE COLLEGE BOARD NOT STATED AMER ND./ALASKAN BLACK//U=RO-AMER CHCANO/MEX.

23 Advanced Ps omont Program THE COLLEGE BOARD NOT STATED AMER ND./ALASKAN BLACK//U=RO-AMER CHCANO/MEX. AMER ASAN/ASAN AMER PUERTO RCAN NATTONAL : REPORTS DESTGNATED FOR OUT-OF-STATE COLLEGES, SCHOOL AP GRADE DTSTRZBUTZONS BY AND ETHNTC GROUP A)HZNZSTRATZON DATE: HAY,, N UMSe~ OF ~NDlATES ;0,; ~CH EX~,;ATO[J A! ~! ~ J ", = = ~; -,.. s ' l 5 =; l / ls j : & ll t 588 : , ' J t B ~ ~ COLL ' lg le OTNE 222 T ~ S s 91 s ' 71 s., ' = ' 8' 5 6' 2 ' ',,' lz l l 4 ~/ z~ 1 2o 6 s. s 5 1 = 82 5 = = 8 1 1! S 15! 4 1, 51! t : S OT~R 4 T S S ' 4.2: ' 2.88 ' " 2.27 ' S.08 ' 2.67 ',.o S.25 ' " S ( ' ' ',.,'o = S : S S 3 SS 11 l e / lo Z le ; ! 66 1~ ! : B 1! ~ COLL ; $ T ~d~ lo& =; ; ! g , ~ ,, ; 2., , , s.1, ,0 2.s~ ls , , lo 4.1, ,! 43o ~, 1 5 s=; lo ~ 1! ~ ] 8~, , 120 l, ~ll 506 5, l, , s ; =; ls 11 s: =; s~ 25 3 ll ,, 81" s 5, OLL ! , S = T SS : 15 27! ! ' ! :: ~ S : S S.57 S.O S = ' Sl 166: 40 S 9:218 66: / ! ~ :SS s , 11~ ls~ ~ ! s,s , elt so : 88 12~ s= ~ o sCOLL 'J So 2 S S 6 S , T J : S.56. S L S L S.5@ S S S.68.. S.28! ' S.61.. S.61, s.48 L 3.,0. s s.72. s s.ss lo 6 = =; ~ ~ / ! ~ 1 s s 8 4, = , HSPANC NHTE HEAH GRADE HEAN GRADE NATONAL $ S ' S s 40! s ' 296 S r t COLL S =; , 6 6 6! 23 OV~lt 50 T S ' ~ S S.17 S.S95.08 S.O12.9~ S S.05 S S.15 S S S S S : ~/ = S06 SO G ' ~ ! ! ' ll081t : ~ Ol j COLL.! ' S , : ! ls12 T ; = S , ' S1 13' 4 16' ' 4 20' 14' 24' 64: 513: 14 81' B @ ~ 29' 48 '28" 4=" 53" " 269/ ll E 72, , : ! 578 S S 92: B j ' Slt ' S ! lo : 25 2=; 12 ~9~ COLL " 4 2B , S S 1 ls , T 6557! :: , ;::21~ g ' , 5.62 S.27r 2.78 S S.42 5.$7. S $ S S.21 S S ' S.57 S.SO ' 44157' 1541' 557! 164' ' 1745! 277' 441 ~ 658' 98~' 1674' 8669! 506' 1757' 497' 126' 155' 2211' 2' 152' 98' 6109' 4205' 196' 922' 1497' 906' 1450' 1692' 151' 880'9/10 ' =; S [ ~ , , = t lso 1073COLL ! ! () Tl~Jt 1920 T ! t L07744G O581O S.46 L 5.52 S.15 L S L SS S.41 S L S S.15 S.S6 S.56 S.111 S S.28 L 3.82, S.51. S.09 S S S.S5; 3.07

NATZONAL : PUBLZC SCHOOL CANDTDATES SCHOOL AP GRADE DZSTRZBUTZONS BY AND ETHNTC GROUP ADHTNZSTRATZON DATE: HAYs, 1999 Advanced PlacementPr grgmthe COLLEGE BOARD ~1~! EXAMS t; ll ollt l;.

24 NATZONAL : PUBLZC SCHOOL CANDTDATES SCHOOL AP GRADE DZSTRZBUTZONS BY AND ETHNTC GROUP ADHTNZSTRATZON DATE: HAYs, 1999 Advanced PlacementPr grgmthe COLLEGE BOARD ~1~! EXAMS t; ll ollt l;.t : ~ ~ ~~ tfz l~t.-'s :~ :.:; ;;:l l~ ~ ~.-;=j ~ ~--- ~" ~ ~ ~ NOT STATED ' ' 32, 911 J ; $ [ S' 21 /1 4 8; ; $ ; ; , ; COLL ; T S ! j ; ~ 2.88; 3.48; " AMER ZND./ALASKAN S 262' 28' 1' 2' t 431 1' ! 61 ~ ~ 2 9/ E S S ; , S ; ; 18 COLL ! ! 89: 40 3, ; T ; 20 ' ; 25 8 S TOT,L 2678.AN GRADE :, , 2.56, 2.108, , 2.72, 2.68;, 2.00, 2.50, 3.40, , 5.02, 3.59, 2.85, ,, BLACK/AFRO-AMER ' ' 159' 4! 28; 8, 31' ' ; ; G S ; ~ 44 18; lz ; 41 $ ; ; ll COLL ; 2758; ; (] ; $ ; 18; T ;9 ~ ~ CHCANO/MEX. AMER 8 S ' ' ' ' 7 157' ' ;? , 14L9/10 ' l S S *q 625 8(] 20 98; 55 8; 92! ; ') , ! !COLL ; 1868; ; 1078; ; ; THER 625 T ; 4608; ; L ! ! (] , , , 2.19j ;j , 4.17, 2.87, 1.95,, ASAN/ASAN AHER 15' 20109' 1814: 92: ' ' 276' 337' 351' 528' 744' ' 634' ' ; $7. c: / ! ; ; ! ! ; ; Z l ; ~ COLL ; ! ; gs7 40~ OTHEn 962 T ; L ; 366J j ;55(] ~.~.o.,o~."" ~"0~, ~o~,,~ ~oo.~,,~,,o:, ~o,, ~..,,,~o ~,., ~ ~o,, ~,!~,,~, ~o~,. ~ ~.,, ~,,~. ~, ~o., o,~ ~.,~,,,., ~oo ~- ~- ~o,.~ ~,,~ ~.~ ~o~j ~, ~.~ ~o,,.,~,~ ~.~ ~ ~,,,,.,., PUERTO HSPANZC lolj ; ; ! ; ; S S ; S ; ! ! ; COLL j ; ; 47 s j ! 19 s T ~: @ ; ! 2.$ S.2S 2.6~ (] 2.70, 3.98, 3.02, 2.22, ' S 7118' 1521 S ' 3(] ; s ; 9/ @ ; ; 585l 84 58; ; ;6 9'; S ~ ; ; , COLL. S , j ; ; T! ;518; $5 SSS @ 2061 $88 78; 48(] ; , ; 2.78: A@ ; , WHTE! ; ! ! ' ;' / ; E S ! ; , ~ L L ! ;7001~ L $ ! ; C0LL ; G ; SO ;4 T ; ;1764~ ! L L6409!L ~L5829! , ~ [ ; , G ' 8;937! 411' 28' 16 St' 444' ! 78;' 242' ! ! ! ~/ SS ! , ! ~; SS6 138; 21! 138; S ! , S $ t S $ ! COLL ; 220; ! THE! 8;99 T ;9, S$ ; ! !TOTN ; 8; ! , "891 3"471 3"091 2"701 3"081 3"1 3"12 3"171 3"168 2"69 NATZONAL 5 ' ! 128; ; L2180! 6428; ' : ' 106! L / J 1578; L G ~ ;! ; L ! LS ! L L ! ;! L $ L '; 4155~ $095; L186 *q ; COLL ; 167J ; ~ ; $08; T 928;039 L ~ L L1718; L L ~ ~ ~ L !1846 L ; ~4214~ !1040 TOTL HEAN GRADE ~ 2.94, 5.08~ 2.80, 2.8~ 5.52~ ; l 4.00, 2.98;, 2.$1 2.98, ~ 2.81, 3.23, 3.26, 3.16, 3.57, 3.05, 2.76,,

.6...... PROGRAM SUMMARY REPORT STUDENTS N 10TH 11TH 9TH SCHOOLS GRADE GRADE ART HSTORY 773 9 953 ART - DRAWNG 1,123 5 42 ART- GENERAL 1,887 4 91 BOLOGY 6,162 415 5,881 CALCULUS AB 9,334!

25 PROGRAM SUMMARY REPORT STUDENTS N 10TH 11TH 9TH SCHOOLS GRADE GRADE ART HSTORY ART - DRAWNG 1, ART- GENERAL 1, BOLOGY 6, ,881 CALCULUS AB 9,334! 108 1,172 CALCULUS BC 2,884! CHEMSTRY 4, ,024 'comp SC - A : 1, ,311 COMP SC - AB 1, *ECONOMCS - MCRO *ECONOMCS - MACRO j 1, ENG LANG/COMP 4, ,011 ENG LT/COMP 9, ENVRONMENTAL SC EUROPEAN HST 3, ,410 FRENCH LANG 2, FRENCH LT GERMAN LANG 1, , *GOV'r&POL- U.S. 3, ,689 *GOV''&POL - COMP NTL. ENGLSH LANGUAGE *LATN - VERGL *LATN - LTERATURE ~MUSC THEORY PHYSCS B 2, ' 436 ' *PHYSCS C- MECH ' 100 ' *PHYSCS C - E&M 1, ' PSYCHOLOGY! 1, SPANSH LANG! 4, ,182 SPANSH LT STATSTCS 1, ' U.S. HSTORY 7, ,015 12TH GRADE GRADE COLLEGE MALE FEMALE 2,132 5, ,259 5, , ,801, 2,403 1,361 7, ,301! 5,468 30,727 43, ,796 35,14647,446 16, , ,506 67,74060,004 5,071 24, ,047 11,677 24,429 21, ,841 21,058 4,364 6, ,205 2,013. 2,352 3, , ,241 11, ,773 6,094 2,448 16, ,448 8,566 67,989 26, ' 1,772 '36,767' 60,603 10,076 ' 162,802' 37 ' 3,187 ' 64,181'112,040 2,759 5,966 ' ' 4,061 ' 5,148 8,434 19,657 5! 1,096 '26,152' 28,607 4,028 9,784 ' ' 4,569 ' 10, ' 1,119 ' 0 ' 36 ' 463 1, , ,712 1,872 5,790 ' 48, ' 1,147 ' 27,557 29,458 t 904 ' 6,026 0 ' 143 ' 3,968 ' 3, ' 64 ' 0 ' 4,456 ' 1,932 ' 2,701 1,604 ' 1,457 ' ,795 ' 1, ,172 ' ,094 ' 1,118 1,394 2,970 ' ,513 2,307 9,332 ' 17,294 ' ' 18,065' 9,620 1,471 ' 12,557 ' '10,649' 3, ' 6,306 ' 4 ' 139 5,572 ' 1,530 7,549 ' 19,514 ; 4 621! 9,466 18,825 19,656 ' 31, ' 1,406 ~20,932' 37,408 2,384 ' 4,858 ' 4 ' 267 2,607 5,391 4,612! 19,186 ' 6 ' 481 '12,952' 12, ,110! 13,864 ' 17 ' 3,366 '82,430 95, % PROGRAM PROGRAM CHANGE NO. OF COLLEGES 7,332 9, ,686 4, ,094 8, ,087 75,461 82, , , , ,188 27,088 30, ,071 44,937 48, ,545 6,478 12, ,057 6, ' ,243 14, ' ,668 20, ' 1,095 80,016 97, , , , ,523 5,163 9, ,298 54, ' 1,562 13,721 15, ' 993 1,618 1,547-4 ' 242 3,493 3, ,934 57, ' 1,705 6,835 7, ,752 4, ' 27 3,311 3, ,055 2,212 8 ' :346 4,084 4,820 18! ,276 27, ' 1,257 12,939 14, ' 790 6,415 7, ' ,974 28, ,444 51,424 58, ,656 6,975 7, ,486 25, , , , ,265 NO. OF EXAMS TAKEN NO. OF CANDDATES J 2,342 61, ' '013J 268 2,018 47, ' ' ~', , ,5201 1,016,657 ~,~49,5~ 13 ~5,~4~ 1282, ,~7~ 635,~68 704,298 ~ * The 1998 and 1999 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 1999 totals for canddates who took both exams are: Economcs: Mcroeconomcs and Macroeconomcs (9,488); Government and Poltcs: Comparatve and Unted States (6,243); Latn: Vergl and Latn Lterature (17); and Physcs C: Mechancs and Physcs C: Electrcty and Magnetsm (6,953).

SCHOOL REPORT OF AP EXAMNATONS (BY STATE) SCHOOLS AP SCHOOLS % SCHOOLS N AP % CHG State U.S.* 1998 1999 1998 1999 1998-99 Alabama 512 191 196 36.9% 38.3% 1.4% Alaska 266 35 37 12.8% 13.9% 1.

26 SCHOOL REPORT OF AP EXAMNATONS (BY STATE) SCHOOLS AP SCHOOLS % SCHOOLS N AP % CHG State U.S.* Alabama % 38.3% 1.4% Alaska % 13.9% 1.1% Arzona % 50.2% -3.7% Arkansas % 32.2% 1.7% Calforna 1,549 1,095 1, % 72.3% 2.6% Colorado % 50.7% 2.9% Connectcut % 87.9% 5.6% AP SCHOOLS PUBLC SCHOOLS % SCHOOLS N AP % CHG U.S.* % 43.3% -0.9% % 13.3% 0.4% % 56.1% -4.4% % 31.0% -0.9% % 82.1% -0.2% % 51.2% -1.3% % 103.5% 3.5% Delaware % 63.3% 15.9% % 92.0% 3.5% Dstrct of Columba % 72.5% -0.7% % 65.0% 7.9% Florda % 62.7% 5.2% % 82.3% -0.7% Georga % 60.5% 2.0% Hawa % 82.7% 9.4% daho % 49.0% 6.3% llnos % 52.0% 0.2% ndana % 57.0% 0.8% owa % 35.6% -0.7% Kansas % 26.0% 1.9% Kentucky % 64.8% 4.8% Lousana % 24.4% 0.6% Mane % 63.1% 5.7% Maryland % 74.9% 0.8% Massachusetts % 82.5% 0.2% % 77.0% -2.2% % 92.7% 9.8% % 48.5% 4.6% % 52.6% 0.1% % 75.8% -3.1% % 34.7% 0.1% % 24.0% 1.1% % 67.2% 3.0% % 20.3% 0.0% % 77.1% 6.6% % 92.1% -1.5% % 89.6% -1.5% Mchgan % 56.5% 2.4% % 60.7% 1.7% Mnnesota % 45.3% 2.2% % 45.4% 1.0% Msssspp % 36.4% -1.8% % 36.1% -1.2% Mssour % 30.2% 3.1% Montana % 33.2% 0.9% Nebraska % 22.5% -0.2% Nevada % 41.0% 0.8% New Hampshre % 75.0% 6.0% New Jersey % 87.4% 3.7% % 27.5% 3.3% % 36.4% 1.0% % 19.2% -0.5% % 46.8% -4.7% % 64.2% 7.9% % 98.4% 3.4% New Mexco % 48.4% 4.5% % 49.2% 2.7% New York 1, % 75.2% 0.6% % 83.6% 0.0% North Carolna % 67.6% 4.3% % 88.9% 1.9% North Dakota % 8.2% 0.6% % 7.7% 0.6% Oho % 61.0% 1.3% % 63.1% 1.7% Oklahoma % 33.7% 8.9% % 33.0% 10.2% Oregon % 48.7% 0.2% % 51.7% -1.1% Pennsylvana % 61.7% 1.1% % 72.3% 0.3% Rhode sland % 76.1% 1.5% % 79.5% -5.5% South Carolna % 71.4% 1.4% % 90.4% -1.6% South Dakota % 21.1% 2.1% % 19.8% 1.6% Tennessee % 53.2% 2.6% % 53.1% 1.2% Texas 1, % 60.7% 3.8% 1, % 63.8% 3.3% Utah % 69.4% -2.2% % 73.9% -2.0% Vermont % 76.8% 7.3% % 90.5% 3.6% Vrgna % 71.8% 2.3% % 82.7% 0.6% Washngton % 58.4% 3.7% % 61.0% -0.2% West Vrgna % 49.4% -5.9% % 61.1% -8.8% Wsconsn % 64.1% 4.0% % 73.3% 2.7% Wyomng % 30.5% 1.4% % 32.9% -0.4% NON-PUBLC SCHOOLS AP SCHOOLS % SCHOOLS N AP % CHG U.S.* % 25.0% 6.9% % 19.2% 6.7% % 32.8% -3.6% % 40.0% 18.4% % 55.5% 6.3% % 48.8% 15.8% % 62.9% 8.0% % 42.9% 16.9% % 80.0% -10.0% % 39.1% 8.9% % 34.9% 6.5% % 70.6% 8.8% % 52.6% 19.3% % 50.2% 0.4% % 17.7% 2.0% % 42.9% -6.1% % 41.9% 7.8% % 57.0% 10.1% % 33.6% 1.9% % 36.1% 2.8% % 54.7% 2.4% % 68.9% 2.7% % 44.4% 3.8% % 44.8% 7.2% % 37.0% -3.4% % 41.9% 2.7% % 11.5% 0.0% % 46.3% 1.3% % 25.0% 11.2% % 55.6% 1.5% % 65.8% 4.5% % 46.2% 9.0% % 57.9% 1.7% % 31.2% 7.6% % 16.7% 2.4% % 53.2% -0.2% % 44.1% -5.9% % 37.1% 2.8% % 42.5% 1.9% % 69.6% 13.1% % 39.3% 6.0% % 35.3% 9.0% % 53.4% 5.7% % 44.8% 5.8% % 47.8% -2.2% % 50.0% 11.8% % 51.2% 3.7% % 48.9% 13.4% % 14.0% 1.0% % 34.8% 5.3% % 11.1% 11.1% (U.S.) 21,837 11,643 12, % 56.0% 2.2% NON-U.S./U.S.TERR/CAN GRAND 12,481 12,886 *SOURCE: Qualty Educaton Data 16,028 9,371 9, % 59.8% 1.0% 5,809 2,472 2, % 45.6% 5.0% o o o o o

2,8 SCHOOL REPORT OF AP EXAMNATONS (BY STATE) AP EXAMS PER 1000 EXAM CHG PER 1000 11TH & 12TH GRADE AP CANDDATES AP EXAMS 11TH & 12TH GRADERS** 11TH & 12TH GRADERS % OF GRADES 3 OR ABOVE STATE

27 2,8 SCHOOL REPORT OF AP EXAMNATONS (BY STATE) AP EXAMS PER 1000 EXAM CHG PER TH & 12TH GRADE AP CANDDATES AP EXAMS 11TH & 12TH GRADERS** 11TH & 12TH GRADERS % OF GRADES 3 OR ABOVE STATE Alabama ENROLLMENT* 97, , , , , % % Alaska 17,304 1,449 1,496 2,542 2, % 67.9% Arzona 106,338 6,554 7,266 10,449 11, % 61.7% Arkansas 64,851 2,776 3,333 4,181 5, % 52.2% Calforna 766, , , , , % 64.2% Colorado 93,998 9,207 10,363 13,757 16, % 64.9% Connectcut 75,742 9,708 11,081 16,164 18, % 72.3% Delaware 17,247 1,876 1,999 3,073 3, % 72.6% Dstrct of Columba 7,928 1,73 1,799 3,038 3, % 77.1% Florda 281,865 37,034 40,706 62,955 70, % 57.3% Georga 166,008 16,416 18,574 25,365 29, % 58.6% Hawa 29,749 2,806 3,096 4,618 5, % 65.7% daho 37,544 1,736 1,985 2,546 2, % 63.3% llnos 295,273 24,326 26,740 41,904 46, % 71.8% ndana 142,248 9,294 9,674 13,844 14, % 50.8% owa 81,555 3,470 3,659 4,874 5, % 69.8% Kansas 68,885 2,793 3,182 3,842 4, % 63.6% Kentucky 86,874 6,202 6,806 9,519 10, % 50.4% Lousana 103,011 3,114 3,290 4,762 5, % 63.9% Mane 30,555 2,670 3,123 3,788 4, % 67.2% Maryland 112,559 16,172 17,746 25,542 28, % 71.0% Massachusetts 133,336 18,054 19,669 29,224 32, % 71.4% Mchgan 229,833 17,783 19,470 26,940 29, % 65.5% Mnnesota 128,072 11,041 11,893 16,151 17, % 61.4% Msssspp 62,699 2,591 2,972 3,839 4, % 40.3% Mssour 127,752 4,841 5,447 7,745 8, % 73.5% Montana 25,079 1,386 1,528 1,856 2, % 72.0% Nebraska 47,595 1,762 1,611 2,448 2, % 63.9% Nevada 39,424 2,568 2,921 4,359 5, % 57.6% New Hampshre 30,085 2,790 3,114 4,172 4, % 68.0% New Jersey 157,569 21,430 23,866 35,780 40, % 70.3% New Mexco 42,348 2,640 3,072 3,791 4, % 55.6% New York 376,671 65,972 70, , , % 64.4% North Carolna 149,239 17,597 20,170 28,074 34, % 56.6% North Dakota 19, % 71.8% Oho 276,046 20,058 21,856 30,274 33, % 64.9% Oklahoma 84,159 4,502 5,616 6,963 8, % 58.2% Oregon 78,947 4,396 4,533 6,126 6, % 68.5% Pennsylvana 277,096 22,603 25,004 34,682 39, % 65.5% Rhode sland 21,187 1,906 2,071 2,868 3, % 69.0% South Carolna 82,047 10,188 10,549 16,369 16, % 56.0% South Dakota 22,291 1,086 1,100 1,536 1, % 57.8% Tennessee 112,778 8,445 9,080 12,932 14, % 64.8% Texas 469,006 44,093 51,228 74,192 88, % 56.2% Utah 75,450 11,845 12,025 18,796 19, % 68.8% Vermont 16,719 1,489 1,700 2,123 2, % 65.7% Vrgna 149,766 23,214 28,047 39,449 49, % 63.3% Washngton 149,061 8,722 10,120 12,370 14, % 66.9% West Vrgna 44,847 2,212 2,198 "3,224 '3, % 55.7% Wsconsn 143,938 11,887 12,558 1'7,751 19, % 68.5% Wyomng 15, % 56.6% (U.S.) 6,271, , , ,952 1,122, % 63.5% NON U.S./U.S. TERR/CAN 16',911 18,317 2~4,705 27, % 74.8% GRAND 6,271, , ,298 1,016,657 1,149, % 63.8% *Source: Appled Educatonal Research nc. of Prnceton, NJ **Ths s the number of exams taken by the current year's 1 lth and 12th gradeap canddates (number of exams not shown) dvded by the state's "1 lth and 12th Grade Enrollment" x 1000.,

AP Resources for Admnstrators Publcatons Among the many AP publcatons avalable are: A Gude to the Advanced Placement Program: a comprehensve overvew explanng how to start an AP program and admnster

28 AP Resources for Admnstrators Publcatons Among the many AP publcatons avalable are: A Gude to the Advanced Placement Program: a comprehensve overvew explanng how to start an AP program and admnster the exams. AP Course Descrptons: subject-specfc booklets descrbng, n detal, each course and ts exam; each one ncludes sample questons. 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. 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 3,200 two- and four-year colleges and unverstes. The College Handbook 2000 ncludes a Wndows verson of College Explorer on CD-ROM. Ths award-wnnng software lets students quckly pnpont the colleges that have exactly what they want, then get n-depth nformaton from the Handbook. Wth the clck of a button, they can lnk to any college's Web ste for even more nformaton. Free-Response Gudes, avalable n most AP subjects for the 1996 and 1997 exam admnstratons, show what knds of questons appeared on pror exams, how students responded to the questons, and the crtera by whch ther responses were scored. 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 AP 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. nternet For more nformaton about AP, vst the AP secton of College Board Onlne at For nformaton about the AP Program and ts polces and for nformaton on orderng, admnsterng, and returnng AP Examnatons, emal apexams@ets.org. For nformaton about the AP Readng, emal apreader@ets.org. ~T~TTT~~~~T~~~T~~~lT~~~~~n~~T~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ttttttttttttt~tt~t~tt~tttt~ttttttttttttttttttt~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~t~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~t~~~~~~~~t~~~t~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~}~~~~~~~~~!~~: :}~: : :: :: t!: :::~!!!l l!! :::!!!! l!!!!!!! :::!!l l!!!~ : :::: l :::! :::@::: :::::::!!@::: :! ~::::::::: : :.:. : :.:.:.:.:.: ::!!::::!!!l l! l l tl l~: :!!! l!} l t t!t!!!!!!lt!!tt!!t!tl!!t!!!t!@ t@btt@ tt tt@tt tt tt tt B! t!!!t t!b B!! #!ttt~!!! l t!!!!!!t!!!!!!~!!t!!!t!!!~!!@~!~!!~t~!!~t~!!~~b~t~~!t~!

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College Board Regional Offices back cover. ...S.ch..oo!. ep. ort..y...s.tate... 2.? AP National Summar.r.. ep..ort.t.a.mes... CONTENTS FOREWORD Foreword 1 1999 AP State Summary Report Tables 3 State Partcpaton (1962-1999) 15 1999 AP State Summ.ar.r..wor.k.s..heet... 1.6. 1999 AP Natonal Summar.r.. ep..ort.t.a.mes.... 1Z Appendx: