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2 CONTENTS FOREWORD Foreword 999 AP State Summary Report Tables 3 State Partcpaton ( ) AP State Summ.ar..y..Wor.k.s..heet AP Natonal Sum.m.ar.r.. e.p.ort.t.a Jes......?.. Appendx: Program Summary Report Sc>o!. e.p.ort..y..state... 2.?. AP Resources for Admnstrators 29 College Board Regonal Offces back cover,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,.,,,,,,,,,,,,, Founded n 900, 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 999 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; fumshes 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 999 AP Examnatons. A more detaled understandng of AP trends and related nformaton can be found n the companon publcaton, the 999 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 900 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.

3 999 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 7. 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 7); 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: 40O44~+Q40~0~40+4~*4t~4*+o44*0~o~O4000*00~4*0004b4O~4~4~4*40o0440~4*o~4o~4~t~t~+~4~o~~ o~o440~40404o+~0~+~4~++ 3

4 SOUTH CAROLZNA : ALL CANDZDATES SCHOOL AP GRADE DZSTRZBUTZONS BY TOTAL AND ETHNZC GROUP NJMBER OF CANDDATES ;:OR FrA(;H ~xam~a''cpl ~r ADHZNZSTRATZON DATE: HAY,, 999 TOTAL t Advanced PKement Program EXAMS S ~ THE COLLEGE BOARD -~ NOT STA~U HEAN GRADE AMF.R ND./ALASKAN BLACK/AFRO-AM~R CHCANOHEX. A~.R ASAN/ASAN Ahr.x HSPANC tchte OTh~k HEAN GRADE HEAN GRADE SOUTH CAROL NA TOTAL ;, + ' + ' -** / S ; ~ ! 0 2 $ S COLL S 0 4 ~ T S S TOTAL ~ S S Z T $ T @ 5 4~ ~.87.2! ~ S S T 43 7 S C S S 2 3 S $ ~ ~ J ~ 6 T ! ; 5 4 ~ T ~ l 5 ~ 2 T 2 S ~ / COLL TOTAL / $ S COLL ~ E TOTAL / COLL. 2 $! 5 ~TOTAL / Z 7 $ COLL ! 40 TOTAl ! lz COLL. 2 6 TOTAL ; ~ 8 lz 35 2 COLL TOTAL @ ~ S cJ : ~ ' $ ' COLL ~ T 2785; TOTAL ! ~ 5 2 ~ E! COLL T $ ! E TOTAL C ~ S ! S 95 ~ 4 66 * $ ~ 9 9J 46 $ $ ~Z ; $ COLL T TOTAL $ ~~00~0~+~O~O~.~4~04~~0~4~.444.~4~40~04~.~.~440~4~0~..~0~.0.~4~0..~..~.44~.4...~ 5

5 D Advanced Placement Program THE COLLEGE BOARD TOTAL EXAMS SOUTH CAROLNA : MALES SCHOOL AP GRADE DSTRBUTONS BY TOTAL AND ETHNC GROUP ADMNSTRATON DATE: MAY, 999 NUMBER OF CANDDATES FOR EACH EXAMNATON. ;~. ~= ~ ~ ~ ~,3 o = =,,, NUNBER OF CANDDATES AT EACH LEVEL NOT STATED T ' AMER ND./ALASKAN T _ BLACK/AFRO-AMER 5 20, T CHCANO/MEX. AMER T ASAN/ASAN AMER 5 55 ~4 77j r ' 38J T 338 t l 3. ] k 'PUERTO -- RXCAN T 6. 94j t HSPANC T WHTE " ~ T ' , 22 T 2 2"69 SOUTH CAROLNA TOTAL 80 T! 702, 2.89, J ! ~ ~ OOj , ~ 2.75, r l 2 2 4: 2 e 2 2 J , 3.00,, 4' j ; 4 8 3) lo oo, 3.o0,3.29, o ',.6~65228 ' , ! ' ' 2 3, 3 2! 3.50 t ) 3"00 3 t t 2! , J : , ,, ,, 4"00 2"00 l'oo, l a z z 2 2 l 4 ~ : : 7; , O ; 53 4, : 7 33; 9o; J 82! 6~ 5; 9] 59' L 26, ~! , "50 2"83 2"44 2" j 2 5 ~ O : z , ' 48, 5F o 36 4r ,2 ~ "L,o 2,, j 2! : , 3.04, 2.90, l 2! 2, '60t 4" O t j ] : ~ t l l O ~ 2 52! ; : L , , o 2~; ll !COLL ; TOTAL /0 t ll 2 35: , oo oo!! ' ' ' ' 3 ' 4 5:! ;oo o oo oo.oo TOTAL Fg,'-! COLL l ' 4 6 4: 3 2 9: 7 TOTAL ! r9/l COLL. l 2 TOTAL! ,! ! j ~ 2! j COLL ; 25 TOTAL ~ t ~,,! l tgllo COLL. : : TOTAL 4 r9/lo COLL; TOTAL t 2 7 2! ~ 24 9/0 67" 2 60! ! 8 9: 47] ! ! COLL ; TOTAL ~9o 9! 3 F [ ! ' FCOLL. 3! 2 ; TOTAL' oo'.oo ~58 726! [9/o w l ; : !z COLL. = ! TOTAL ,

6 SOUTH CAROLZNA : FEHALES SCHOOL AP GRADE DZSTRBUTZONS BY TOTAL AND ETHNZC GROUP D " NUM~eR. OF CANDDaT~$_FQR _F-.A(~H E_XAME_"ATOJ ', - " - " TOTAL ;..e....~ ~o t ~ll ":o" ~ ~e.~ =,~,.,j." ADHZNZSTRATZON. DATE: HAY+, ~ ' ' ~: ~v~ ~ ee w~ w:a u. t,_j. wa. ~w.j~ ~ ~ Jc ct. uj a. NOT STATED j; / j lz COLL S S 8 T [ S TOTAL :_ 3.03,.9 z ,,4.00; NqER ND./ALASKAN 5 5 9/ r, J COLL. 6 2 T TOTAL ~, 4.00; 2.00 BLACK/AFRO-N4ER ' ~ 4 " 2 4 9/ s 7 2 / J S 25 2r $ ~ COLL S THER 9 T S TOTAL J s CHCANO/HEX. AHER 5 Sj 9/ [ : COLL lr 4 r 2 T 20 4! TOTAL ASAN/ASANAMER ' ' ~' ' ' ' 2' 4' ' 2' ' ' e' ' ' ' 5' S ' ll COLL j s s T ~ s s TOTAL ! !.00: PUERTO RCAN ' S ' S 9/ l t COLL. 3 2 T TOTAL HSPANC / lj j S lz COLL. 7 J ] OtHeR T 54 S S 2 s 3 4 TOTAL WHTE s ' 39" / s ~ ! s S ~ s ! 56 COLL j; 24 8J ~ T S TOTAL ~ ~ ~ / J 2 s 5 7 lz COLL J T 22 s total s ( @ ~ ( SOUTH CAROLNA s / r 4 2, s s S 705 s j ~ 8 53~ 454 ~ l =29 8l COLL. TOTAL s J ~ ~ ~ NUMBER OF 0.''004"'009"'.'0.00.'000"0"' ' '..' ~ ~...~..~.~...~...~0...~...~...~.~.*~*~..~..~..~...~...~...~...~...~..~.~.~...~...~...~..~.~...~*..

7 ... " "... SOUTH CAROLNA : 2TH GRADE CANDDATES SCHOOL AP GRADE DSTRBUTONS BY TOTAL AND ETHNC GROUP ADMNSTRATON DATE: MAY,, 999 D r NUMBE R OF, CANDDATES FOR EACH EXAMNATON ' ~ ' "= =: ~ ~!.,~ =,=~ =~ ' ~.U.ERO~ Advanced Placement Prog ram ~ EXAMS ) ' ~ ~ ecq'..~ ~ " ~ ~ ~ EACH LEVEL NOT STATED.5: ! ~ $ '! 2 4COLL. ; 67 ~ 7 2,~ 6,, ; T 437 3: 4) l l 25 2] TOTAL ] ; : AMER ZND./ALASKAN 5 2 ' ' 5; ; ~ 6 4{ l T BLACK/AFRO-AMER ; ~ , ; , , ! l 8: 56 CHCANO/MEX. AMER ASAN/ASAN AMER PUERTO RCAN HSPANC WHTE SOUTH CAROLNA TOTAL T m , ~ 3 2[,, 2 3 3', J T ' 2.00 J ' J [ 2r 8 8; , r 2 4, 3l J 9 6 J ; T ! lj , ,, '! 4 3 t ] r, ',! T ; 4. O0 O0 ) 2. O0.50 ~' 4. O ' 2 9/ [ ; COLL.! 3! ~ 2 TOTAL ! ! 2 9/lO ; 2COLL ! l TOTAL /o 2 9 COLL.! TOTAL 9 4, ' 2 ] 9 ' ! 4 COLL..5 4 ~! ; ,,,, p,,, 2.26,!,,,! 9/0, ' ; ;2 ' COLL. [ l r 2 TOTAL. oo. oo. oo oo ~!, 6 g/zo 4 ; r 3 : 4 2 3s COLL. L 4 z 3 2 ' ' 2 " 67 : 2 4! 4] ! 3TOTAL 3s [ 3.00; ! ! ! ! / : Z COLL ! ~ t T ; [TOT,L !,/0 ' ! ~ ' 2 ~ 4 7! [ COLL ~ 50THER T ; TOTAL ~ ' ' ! j , 3: / ! 30! ] ) J ] 48 85, ] F , :608 5, J : OCOLL : [ ~ T ] { l 200.5' 298] TOTAL ~ 3.00~ 2.82.' 2.59[ 2..50, [ L

8 SOUTH CAROLTNA : llth GRADE CANDTDATES SCHOOL AP GRADE DTSTRZBUTZONS BY TOTAL AND ETHN'rC GROUP ADTNTSTRAT'rON DATE: HAY,, 999 ~ ~ NUMBER OF CANDCATES FOR EACH EXAMNATON,..,.." _,.,.: NOT STATED ! AMER ND./ALASKAN T 3 5 $ 3' BLACK/AFRO-AMER ~ 3' sl sl 2 CHCANO/MEX. AMER ASAN/ASAN AMER PUERTO RCAN HSPANC HHTE SOUTH CAROLNA TOTAL L s o8 34! 2 4 7J 9 7! ; T ] ; J O0 2. O0 3. O0 2. O /o lz COLL TOTAL , / COLL. TOTAL[ , J,, "z.uo, 2.0u," ' lz COLL TOTAL /0 5 2 lz COLL 2 TO TAL t 5,,, 2. fk n, vo, 3. 0~,, 4. O0. O COLL TOTAL COLL 2 TOTAL COLL. 5 TOTAL O0 3. O O /0! < 9 8 < t; ; ~ COLL ~ T TOTAL ! / < ~ COLL T / TOTAL ,, J ;9/ ; , , , , [ ~..,..~ ~..... ~ ~... " ' ,... " ' ~ ' 0 ~ ' ~ ' ' ~ ' ' ' ' ' ' ~. ', ~ ' ' ~ ~.. ~. ~...., ~.... ~. ~. 0 0 ~. 0., 0 ~

9 r SOUTH CAROLNA : REPORTS DESGNATED FOR N-STATE COLLEGES SCHOOL AP GRADE DSTRBUTONS BY TOTAL AND ETHNC GROUP ADHNSTRATON DATE: HAY~ 999 NUMBER OF CANDDATES FOR EACH EXAMNATON D,TOTAL' ~., '4~, ' ~ = ~ = ' ~!!!' ' )ll =. ~,, NOT STATED s' 38 ' '" ' ' '6' '' ', ' 8~ r 2 2 4! S E T 285 S; ' l ; 3.oo[ AMER ND./ALASKAN 5 6 ) , ~T lo 3 ' ; BLACK/AFRO-AMER S 9 S : e, s 4: 46 6 S T ,.90,.49, , 3.38, ,.4,,."33,.59, 2.08,.93, 3.00, 2.06,.00,,.50,.72 CHCANO/MEX. AMER S - F ! 3 2 T 0 2! J '! ASAN/ASAN AMER S ! se 6 4 j Se 7 3 2: o! 2 4 ) T : S k 3.08 S l,2.3,,.,,!.,,..,..,..,,! PUERTO RCAN ~ ' T 9 2 2,, 2., 2.00, S HSPANC S 6 ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' T ' WHTE S m 6 8.,..... ' ' ! S ; S le le 97 ~ 603; ; 9/0 2 4 ) 3 P [ COLL. J 4 8' 2 2 4! 4 3 Sl S TOTAL; s s...s 9/ COLL ' 3 ~ TOTAL / r COLL Sj , TOTAL m r u ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' '9/0 w F lz s COLL. ~ ' F lot,. 2! 2 )!TOTAL 7 r 4.00.S0 2.00!! e 3 lj 9/o 2 3 J 6 j S!lZ ( 3 'COLL. 7, 2 8' $ 4 6'TOTAL [ S.O ! 2] ; 9/ COLL. TOTAL /0 2 4 Z 7 C0LL. 8 TOTAL lo'9/o' ' S S, 632 : j SDCOLL J l j 00 s le ssj s e 9 4 s ls, 22 99otHeR 69 T : 5S 7 69; S ; 262, TOTAL ss so se 3.42.el 3.0e s.oo 3.36 s.oe s e 2.4e 2.e s0 2.2 S 3, ' ' ~ ' 9/0 ' 2 4 S ~, F ~ S 2 2 S 2! lz 34 2 S ; ; 2 3 COLL. 4! MEAN, GRADE. SOUTH CAROL NA TOTAL., m..m m m m.!!!... m. e m. ;. J. s "e' 2' 37' ' 97! 39 e' 4' 9 6 e e! 0"9/ , 2 S lo 33 5 s 69, e 2 9! 32 7os ! es o 2e le lo S e ~ 76~ o2 7 S , ~ 33 0 s , 6 ls 2 37 ~ 7ocoLL. 336! lss 6 s 2,s 26! 2 le 2 ls ls0 2 4o le 47: s ls 7 2o 3 230THER 00 T 7379 S4S: 34 60,346 SEe TOT.L 4See :2., L 2.ss. 2. s se 2.ss 2.s0 2.,7.9e s u 2.ss 2.es e

10 SOUTH CAROLZNA : REPORTS DESGNATED FOR OUT-OF-STATE COLLEGES SCHOOL AP GRADE DTSTRBUTZONS BY TOTAL AND ETHNZC GROUP ADHTNZSTRATZON DATE: HAYj 999 Advanced Placement Program ~ ~-..~..~ 5 ~ " ~ ~ ~ ''~'~> /~:~ :,:~- ;:~ ~! ~ ~;.-~ ~ ~ ; ;..; ~... ~ ~ CANDDATES AT NOT STATED AMER ND./ALASKAN BLACK/AFRO-AMER CHCANO/MEX. AMER ASAN/ASAN AMER PUERTO RCAN HSPANC NHTE SOUTH CAROLNA TOTAL S t j 2! COLL. S T ~ 4 4 s s 4 TOTAL 7, ,,, ~ ,,, !, ' 3.53 ~ 2.50 ' ' 4.00, 3.50, 3.00,,, Z.TS,, S 4 ~, 2! ! 4 3 S COLL. x L T 9 4! 3 6 2!!TOTAL s.x oo s.oo s.so! s.oo, ;,,, 2.00 S 5 2! 7 2 2' ' ' '90 ' : t COLL ! 3 2! T ~ 3 ls S TOTAL ~ !,,,!!!!,!!, , , 3.53, 2.90, 2.00!..93,. S!! 9/lO ~ COLL. 3 T 7 2 TOTAL !.oo / s 2 < 3 sl S COLL ! T S TOTAL' SO $ S l ' 9/0 4 sl COLL. T TOTAL; ,,, ,,,5.00,,,, s 6 ' ' l 9/ J 5 3 9! COLL. 2 T ! 2 2 TOTAL ~ S.O !3.00! q s / ~: S S S 4 44! : COLL T S TOTAL ~ ~ ~ ! S! 4 7 S 3 3! T 43! S ~ 42' 28' 4' ' 2' 7 0' 02' 6' 3' ' ' ' 24' S S ~ ~ Sl t 9/ COLL TOTAL ~ 2' 95' 35' ' 3' 4' 8' 6' 4' ' ~'9/0 ' 22 $ S 7: 4.E COLL. T ! 4E 39 E 44' SE : 49 53! TOTAL OS ; ll

11 SOUTH CAROLNA : PUBLC SCHOOL CANDDATES SCHOOL AP GRADE DSTRBUTONS BY TOTAL AND ETHNC GROUP A D H N S T R A T Z O N ~ ~ 9 9~ 9 ~ CA.DXOATeS O AT Advanced ProgramTHE COLEGE Placoment B O A R D N ~ N N EACH LEVEL NOT STATED s AMER ND./ALASKAN T 2.00 BLACK/AFRO-AMER nm mmmmmmummmmmmmmmmmmmmmm R CHCANO/MEX. AMER ASAN/ASAN AMER PUERTO RCAN HSPANC WHTE lllllllml lllllllllllllllll T S ll 5! o.... o SOUTH CAROLNA TOTAL

12 N-STATE COLLEGES RECEVNG THE GREATEST NUMBER OF AP GRADES FOR STUDENTS FROM THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLNA COLLEGE CODE COLLEGE TOTAL TOTAL NAME CANDDATES GRADES 5 CLEMSON UNVERSTY,226 2, UNV SOUTH CAROLNA 953, COLL OF CHARLESTON q WNTHROP UNVERSTY FURMAN UNVERSTY WOFFORD COLLEGE PRESBYTERAN COLLEGE UNV SOUTH CAROLNA SPARTNBURG LANDER UNVERSTY UNV SOUTH CAROLNA AKEN COLUMBA COLLEGE SC CHARLESTON SOUTHERN UNVERSTY COASTAL CAROLNA UNVERSTY GREENVLLE TECH COLLEGE FRANCS MARON UNVERSTY CONVERSE COLLEGE CTADEL THE ERSKNE COLLEGE NORTH GREENVLLE COLLEGE ANDERSON COLLEGE SC MDLANDS TECH COLLEGE COKER COLLEGE UNV SOUTH CAROLNA LANCASTER NEWBERRY COLLEGE UNV SOUTH CAROLNA SUMTER TR-COUNTY TECH COLLEGE SC LMESTONE COLLEGE FLORENCE-DARLNGTON TECH COLL UNV SOUTH CAROLNA BEAUFORT CLAFLN COLLEGE SOUTHERN WESLEYAN UNVERSTY SOUTH CAROLNA STATE UNV 9 3 THERE WERE 2 COLLEGES DESGNATED TO RECEVE 8 OR FEWER AP CANDDATES 3

13 OUT-OF-STATE COLLEGES RECEVNG THE GREATEST NUMBER OF AP GRADES FOR STUDENTS FROM THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLNA COLLEGE CODE COLLEGE TOTAL TOTAL NAME CANDDATES GRADES 556 DUKE UNVERSTY GEORGA TECH UNV GEORGA ATHENS WAKE FOREST UNVERSTY UNV NORTH CAROLNA CHAPEL HL NORTH CAR STATE UNV RALEGH APPALACHAN STATE UNVERSTY FLORDA STATE UNVERSTY UNV TENNESSEE KNOXVLLE VRGNA POLYTECHNC NSTTUTE DAVDSON COLLEGE BRGHAM YOUNG UNV UT UNVERSTY OF VRGNA EMORY UNVERSTY TULANE UNVERSTY UNVERSTY OF FLORDA UNTED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY UNTED STATES AR FORCE ACAD UNVERSTY OF THE SOUTH BOSTON UNVERSTY GARDNER-WEBB UNVERSTY VANDERBLT UNVERSTY FLORDA AGRC MECH UNV HOWARD UNVERSTY AUBURN UNV/AUBURN UNV WASHNGTON AND LEE UNVERSTY UNV NOTRE DAME NEW YORK UNVERSTY SAVANNAH COLLEGE ART DESGN JOHNSON C SMTH UNVERSTY HARVARD UNVERSTY UNTED STATES MLTARY ACADEMY 0 23 THERE WERE 322 COLLEGES DESGNATED TO RECEVE 0 OR FEWER AP CANDDATES

14 ANNUAL AP PROGRAM PARTCPATON FOR THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLNA Year Schools Canddates Examnatons Colleges ,063 2,5 2,45 2,796 5,094 5,607 6,47 6,785 7,008 7,067 7,23 7,562 8,054 8,688 9,9 9,754 9,748 0,88 0, ,246 2, ,080 3,593 6, ,747 0,50 0,450,062,898 2,969 4,027 4, ,369 6, O ,974 * 99,89 * Ths number s slghtly nflated because some canddates take exams n more than one year o o... 5

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 % 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 0th grade. 2th-Grade Canddates or % of all 2th-grade canddates took the AP Examnaton n n the scences, the AP Examnaton most frequently taken by secondary school senors was lth-grade Canddates or % of all canddates takng AP Examnatons were secondary school junors. or % of 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. 0 2

16 999 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 = 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 685,98 canddates took,22,44 Advanced Placement Examnatons n 999. These canddates represented 2,229 U.S. secondary schools. Total program partcpaton also ncluded 27,0 examnatons taken by 8,37 canddates from 657 schools abroad. Males 8,86 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. 2th-Grade Canddates 59,690 or 46% of all 2th-grade canddates took the AP Englsh Lterature and Composton Examnaton. th-grade Canddates 264,8 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 405,53 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 4,933 or 63% of the publc school canddates takng the AP Bology Examnaton earned grades of 3, 4, or ~o4~4~0~40~4~4*44~444~o~o+044~444~+~4~00~044~4+~+~0~0o~04044~*o4~044~4~440*~44~4404~0~44~*oo4~0+~4+0*oO0444~o0 7

17 NATONAL TOTAL : ALL CANDDATES SCHOOL AP GRADE DSTRBUTONS BY TOTAL AND ETHNC GROUP ADHTNZSTRATZON DATE: HAY~ 999, ' _ ' _ NUMBER.OF.C~,f~DDATES FoR EACH E/XAMf~TO~' T... " THE COLLEGE BOARD ~ ~.. ~.. ~.. ~ 5 += = o = +..o.+,+,, = +:: NOT STATED.... ' 5 ' 38]W 569' 26' ~8 '82' 53 6e 48' 75' 206 ~, 82' 727' ' ' ' 96' 46 05' ' +' 67' 35! 740' 68' ' 358' 45' 40 70'9/0 ' ; / ~ lll [ [ r [ j j ,8...o,.o..o!..o.:.:.,...8.,o.,o,..,.o.,,, "'. ". ',,,8, ,...,3...,,.=...,.+,, [ ! J 56! T r j jTOTAL 45544, :54~ ,3. 05 t ' , , 2 ' '! 4 2 7~ 20! 6 2~9/0 AMER ND./ALASKAN lj ! [ ; r : ; $ 2 2] ; r ; ' COLL !, 2 5 7! j ; 39 lo 37 4, Zl; T , 548, ] ] e j : 9 80'TOT4L, BLACK/AFRO-AMER ~ J !' ' 8' 6! 2 87 t ""+ 65' 5' 23!,/ ' ~ 9 S'9 0S SSl S' S' 20' 9S ~ 7~ ZlSS' 5 ' ; lo09j ! j , ' COLL.:. 4 [ ! ' T : 209, 59/ : : ' TOT'L ! Z.6.4tZ.69t J / ! CHCANO/MEX. AMER 7677 XSl / ' lz ~ 53 ~ xo ~ 5 73 ~ 9 ~ 5 ~ z/e ~ 7 2 ~ as! 24 ~ ~/ 3~'6479~ + ~ 6~,/0 ~ j ! lz ; l [, ' 36l 87J , , ! ' 600 9COLL.; ] ! , ; 678 T [ 282l 43! 29o J t3662j TOTkL , ! ASAN/ASAN AMER / 29 (~ ! ! ! 87! ' ! / r ! :90~ : ! ; ; ; ~ , C0LL ! < ~ THER 04 T[ ; ' TOTAL $4 3.0~ ~ ' PUERTO RCAN 5; ; ; '5 7! ;t 4 4, 3 67! 28 / ' 2 6 8! / ! 7 2r ! ! ! ' ~ 5! ! ! ! COLL j 4 4: F 5' 8' ' ' : j ! ! ] lz / ! ; : 24!COLL j t [ 30 09[ ' : ! 824 T [ r [TOTAL WHTE , 33[ 720[ , 30340] ! 663 ], ]~ ~ 298! t 97 : 373~ 720 t 56249; 2' ! 855!9/ ~ ] ~ L ! ! ! L277! [ ~ P [ L525! L C0LL [ ! r ] ~ ; 8520 T 72839L9392! ~ jS r L L ' 256 L6463 TOTaL MEAN GRAD'=, 5.o5, , 5. 2.,3, oo o o5; o6 2.7, r ; ,4 5.54; 3.54r , o DO; 5= o x x o ~ , C0LL ~ ! S! 5 T , , ' ' r ' TOTAL 2670: / , ; S O r NATONAL TOTAL , ! 085t " '8 942," 5! ! ' ~ ~ 3349 ' t /0 573 J [545O , 444L o t ' 570L ' = , J 2395L9034t o998r 796t L SO 66 5O2O ssr L297 T lz ! 2998L7704[ ] L : $ r577 COLL. 204! TOTAL, 5806! 25525, L ' ! 255~ : ] T[ j 8526 ~02.~7460L793j L L ~ L j TOTAL 68598, ~ 3.02, ~ 5.05, , : ; 2.85; ] l

18 NATZONAL TOTAL : HALES SCHOOL AP GRADE DTSTRTBUTZONS BY TOTAL AND ETHNZC GROUP NJMBER OF CANDDATES FOR E/~, H Ex~MlftATQ~., ADHZNTSTRATZON DATE: HA,Y t 999 TOTAL )- ~J Advanced Placoment Program ~ EXAMS ~ ~ll THE COLLEGE BOARD 'NOT S TATEO, HEAN GRADE AMER ND./ALASKAN BLACK'/AFRO-AMER CHZCANO/MEX. AMER ASAN/ASZAN AMER PUERTO RCAN HZSPANC M[AN GRADE NATONAL TOTAL TOTAL ' $ ' S '37 5 9/0 ' $ $ $ Z COLL S T TOTAL ]. 2 9/ le ~ S () J 9 COLL T TOTAL (] (] (] 2.79 S / : S : t ! '; tCOLL : THER 286 T S TOTAL / J () (] (] COLL. ~ OTHEO 275 T (] TOTAL , (] 3.5(] (] (] / (] j ~ ~ COLL ~ T 7950] ~ ; ~ 3 22 TOTAL J (] ~ / j S (] COLL lj T S TOTAL $ (] S j; / (] @ ! ~ (] COLL ~ T (] 59 7 S (] TOTAL 9965 $ (] ;) (] ~/ ~ ! ; Z ~ C0LL ~ THER 3622 T ~865L $ (] 94~ j t (] TOTAL ; :0~ 2: : S $ j S j ~ / gg ~ ~ (] ~ COLL ~ T ~ (] Z TOTAL J (] $ / $ $82(] $ cj L ~ L S C0LL (] $$ ~ ~ (] T ~ $ '; ! ~ L (]L047 $ ,L277 TOTAL , d , , ,

19 ~0 NATZONAL TOTAL : FEHALES SCHOOL AP GRADE DZSTRZBUTZONS BY TOTAL AND ETHNZC GROUP ADHZNZSTRATTON DATE: HAY,, 999 N JMBE~ OF r,~and[)ates FOR es.ch EXAMlelATO~,- => NUNOER OF Advanced Placement Program ~ THE COLLEGE BOARD NOT STATED HEAN GRADE AHER ND./ALASKAN BLACK/AFRO-AHER ~AN GRADE HSPANC WHTE OT~R HEAN GRADE ~AN GRADE HEAN GRADE NATONAL TOTAL TOTAL HEAN GRADE S @ 9/ $ ,; ~ ~ lz SS ~ COLL lo 52 7() ~ ~ C T S] 58@ TOTAL ~ S S @ ~ ) S 7 6 SS 98 5 J 2 22 S 27 S S S ] ~ 09 65: , @ COLL ! 46 ]q ~ T S 42 TOTAL ! lj S2B 24 0~ 52 l] Sg 7622 ] ~ S ~ ! S SO ~ S ~ s; ~ q COLL ls S T log ~ TOTAL (] $ g 9/ ; ! Sl 7 ~ 5 07 ~ ~ g g , 26 ~ COLL ~ ~ B $2 ~ T ~ S ~ TOTAL ~ $ ~ t ~ S ~ ~ ~ ! ~ 29 59COLL ~ S ~ j $ T t TOTAL ' $ ~ ] S Sl ] ~ 4 54 $6 7 7 COLL ~ ] T ] ~ TOTAL ~ @ ~ ~ $ ~ COLL ] ~ T S TOTAL ~ / @ S L ~ 2 56S @ SSZ lls ]COLL. 5 T ~9877L ~ L SSOl 2283 ~ !TOTAL ~ S S S @ S los ~ 20 9/ $ S S SO ~ $ $855 2 S SS S SA2 A COLL @ S ~ 4 8 2~ 275 T 9567 $ S] TOTAL S S S S ~ $2 84@ ~ $ @ $ / S S06 D L j 254 Sg C0LL @ 7229 $ S $749! ~ 65 SS ~ 80 T ~ ~ ~ )9556 $ $8487L L852 $690 $209 L2088 TOTAL " e 2.$ s.46 S s.56 s S.22 2.$ S

20 D Advanced Placement Program THE COLLEGE BOARD NOT STATED HEAN GRADE AMER ND./ALASKAN BLACK/AFRO-AHER ~AN GRADE CHCANO/MEX AMER ASAN/ASAN AHER PUERTO RCAN ~'TE NATONAL TOTAL TOTAL ~AN GRADE NATTONAL TOTAL : 2TH GRADE CANDZDATES SCHOOL AP GRADE DZSTRZBUTZONS BY TOTAL AND ETHNTC GROUP ADHZNZSTRATZON DATE: HAY~ 999 NUMBEt OF CAND[PATE~ FOR E~CH EXAMlrlATQ J.,!,., MUtlSEt OF o, o o o,._. j,., '... -,! J J E 89 S ] S2J Slo l S2S Jll $ S @ COLL $ S ! T S S TOTAL $ S.S S ; J; 5 9/ O $ $t S S S S S S COLL S S los T S S TOTAL s SJ J S; B S S O loj $5 34 S 6 fllo S S $7 S $94! $ $ O S 78~ S $2 92 $ $ S $ COLL los T G2O TOTAL ll S ~ ~ S / $ SS $ ~ t C SS COLL $ S S T ~ tOt~ , , S ~.98 S S Sle Ple $ $ @ @ SOl SS $ t ' 26t $ C0LL S T S ~ TOTAL ~ S.$ S ~ S lj S S SO t S COLL $ SS S 4 SOl OTHEt T S TOTAL! / $ ! $ B : j S 6~ 07 S $ S t t SO; COLL $ 46() S T ~ ~ 20 4t S TOTAL SO S6S S SS / $ $ S S8S $ $589 t $ ~ SO~ C0LL O 52S $ T SS Z L $998L4088 $ t 7929 S L5575~ TOTAL S,25 5, , ,5 5,7 2, ,28 2, ,06, 4,$ ,75 5, t 3.32 S, S $9 98 Sg 0 $4 )/ $ S $ S l0 t; GS $ ~ Z $2 0 $ $ COLL $ S $ T SS SO ~ S77TOTAL S.~ $ $6 2.7 S $4 S ~ ~/ S ] 5442 S S S ~ ~ S L $ $ S ~ ~ :OLL ~ $ THE T ~ S8SLG6!$78L59690 $ $ ~ L6534L ~ L8856TOTAL S / ]

21 ~.... NATZONAL TOTAL : TH GRADE CANDZDATES SCHOOL AP GRADE DZSTRZBUTTONS BY TOTAL AND ETHNZC GROUP ADHZNZSTRATZON DATE : HAY v 999 D... NUMBER OF CANDDATES' FOR EACH EXAM~ATO. -J ] [ ~ ~ j r ' " :=":,,,....u..o, Advanced Placement Program r" EXAMS ~ ~: o ~ ~ ~ ~ c,.j J EACH LEVEL 9== ~ q el u ~) ual; m lu,e ul~ ul "-J "- (~- m.,-lul -J~ JJ o ~ m. z wj ~..,,,.. J r le ! 2:, e :, = 5e! 2 28:, 50! 54 6e [ j ! [ ! j J COLL.! ~ S 7! r T Z l !TOTAL 776 MEAH GRADE [ ! L l 5.05! AMER ND./ALASKAN d 5 5 4! ! /0 [ ] ~ ' l a 8 4rlz ' ! ] S 7 0 5COLL.! l ! S 5 j ' 6 8 6! T ~ t ] !TOTAL r ! ! ~ BLACK/AFRO-AHER S! 7' 82! ls l 25' 5 59/ [ 0 7[ ! ! ! Z : 29lZ [ ! 88 5! S !COLL.! ! J t ! T! t ! TOTAL 558 ~ L L ,, 2.55, , , 2.60, , 2.50, 2.7, CHCANO/MEX. AMER 5307' 55' '4' 8' 6' 45' 23' 4' 2' 3~ 5' 70' 5' 5 7' 4] ' ' 5 3' '! 36 6' ' ) ; ' 46 :,9, e ls ' 4, ss 20C~L.: SDj 47 S.q THE R T ! TOTAL 3763 ~ , 2.03, , 5.2, ,, ~ 2.06, ~ ~, , ,. 3.43[, , 5.4, 2.56 ~ ASAN/ASAN AMER ' / SO ~ ! ! () j ! r r COLL.j $ lot -,, r T SOTOTAL o j.OS PUERTO RCAN ] S 79 6! 9/ q l 3 4[ 3 l 6 ~ ! ' J COLL ; S s lj 5: 72 Jl T ! j loj S TOTAL 652 2, , , ,59 2, , ! , ! ! 5.00,80 HSPANC ! ~ ~ S S 89 3 lo J ! ! ! ! ~ COLL ~ 6 7(] l THEN T ~ S ! O8]TOTAL (] ~ $ , l ! HTE ' (~2' ' 56! 46' 468' 02 7' 75' 9' ' 65! 952' 249' 4~S' / ' l ' 85J J ! ! ! ; C0LL ~ [ q 5 4SO T L F 6855! t j ! TOYAL j 2.82 t t S ! ' 6 ~ 4J 2';8 ~ 55] d 56 ~ 4 ~ 5 $2 ~ 6 ~ ~ 5' 3 ~ 24 j 80 ~ '6' 44 8 ~ 9' 60 ~ 24 ~ 5 ~ 25'9/ l ~ ~ ! [ ~ ! ! ! 67 6! 8 5 2o 745 9O 27 ~ ~ j 26 COLL ' ! ! , !0THER T! : ! TOTAL 8SSS ! L76~ $ J J , ! ~338~ 3288 $ ! J 539[ j ) ! ! COLL. TOTAL ' ~ t , T L ; $ L TOTALj 2648 HE:AN GRADE, 2.97, 2.75, 5.0, , ~ 3.07, r ~

22 NATZONAL TOTAL : REPORTS DESZGNATED FOR N-STATE COLLEGES SCHOOL AP GRADE DZSTRZBUTZONS BY TOTAL AND ETHNC GROUP ADHTNZSTRATTON DATE: HAY~ 999 ==, NJ BSlq; OF =~ND[)AT~S FOR F.~ H ~X~MNATON +o+,,. + _==...,, =,+o++:.+.+,. o,+, +,,,,,.,,,,,, +" "'+"""++'+ + +"" + =' = + = +' '+ '= + " = + "*""+ ~a ~a~4 ca w wa ua u. L~ w.j w~ w~ Mw.J=..J ca ca c -~ L L.J.a NOT STATED ] 22 24] S S ' lz S ~ COLL OTHE! 432 T 203 4J e ] S $ $ TOTAL 286 HEAN GRADE (] ", " ] $ S s; 5 g 0 2 S lz 88O S COLL T 643, S ] 3 2a TOTAL (] $ ] ] BLACK/AFRO-AHER ' J ' ~ J ] Z ] COLL ~ 8 9) T ~ TOTAL ] / lg ! ~ ll COLL T 2009J ! TOTAL 2629 HEAN GRADE z CHCANO/NEX. AMER " S ' / () lz ls~ COLL SlO ] S T ~ TOTAL 2634 HEAN GRADE ~ ~ PUERTO RCAN / : S S lz ! S COLL S S 35 T TOTAL $ ~ HSPANC Sl ; los S ~ = S ~ 42 lp S COLL S ~ T TOTAL < ~ WHTE /l ] ~ ~ 40~ COLL SS t THER 2570 T L ~ !TOTAL ~ ,~ ~ ] S / ~ ~) S ~ ~ $ $7 COLL T ~ $ TOTAL ~ NATZONAL' TOTAL S ~ / $ r 0~ J lz j ~ ~ $ COLL. 4 TOTAL S T ) :' L ~0089j TOT~ S $ $

23 ~... ~ NATONAL TOTAL : REPORTS DESGNATED FOR OUT-OF-STATE COLLEGES SCHOOL AP GRADE DSTRBUTONS BY TOTAL AND ETHNC GROUP ADHNSTRATON DATE: HAY~ 999 D NUMBER OF C~NDDATES.FOR.F.~CH!XAMEATOfJ ;..... Advanced PGcemont Prog ram NOT STATED r =;m:,_.m,., ~ "~ "8 t= :.~..= TOTAL " '- '- ~ ;..; ~,u.. ~... W ~ CANDZDATES AT ow),lpw WaCm WaCl u_ 7! K " /0 J ; g , : j j g OLL ; ) T TOTAL 6598 HEAN GRADE 53"59 S ~, S So' n ,3 S "59m20 S. 9 o S. 68 S ,_ 3.6m_ S. 44,3.50, S. 453 S.8: _ S. 75. S. 22, S.84, S.823 S. 7 S. 72, So 3 S. 49,,0 ' 2 AHER ND./ALASKAN ! COLL S lg S 4 T S S TOTAL 474 HE~ GRADE S ' 2" S. 00rg 3" S. 56 Sm "20 S.50, " m S m 2.0:2.0: 2. SSQ 92 S.25 ' , 2.8,00 S , 4.27 S S.5, 2.S9,,0! 9 BLACK/AFRO-AHER CHCANO/HEX. AHER , 0 22 : 5 S E lg COLL , T : 228 TOTAL ;/ / 56 2 ~ S ! lg ! 28 5 t ~ ~ ; : COLL ! 3 ) T ; 48 TOTAL 890 MEAN GRA_nE m ; , ASAN/ASAN AHER PUERTO RCAN WHTE ! g 28~ ] / $ 559! , ; Z ! COLL ~ ~ T ; 'L L ' TOTAL m / / ls S 2m g ~; ) : xz g 7 S COLL ) T ; : : ! , TOTAL ! S @ S sl @ lz ! l l ! 6 22 COLL J J ~ 50 T l ~ S: 29 40! S ; TOTAL 255.eA. ORAOE S , 3.40, S S :S.08 S.0 2.9S S.SO 2.5S S.S4 S.OS S.2, S.60j S.5 S.4S 4.08 S.50J S.5S 2.44j S S S ; , 259~ ~J ~ , ! COLL , T E TOTAL 7677 RAN GRAPE _ ! 3.3 t ; ,: , 32 S, ! ) q 50 6~ 9! : ! ' ~ ' 5~ [ 40 S 4 24! ! l ~ 32 COLL ; ~ ! 3 5 S 4 9O ) 2 25 $8 T ! ,, TOTAL 2997 HEAN GRADE -, , _ L ~ S , /0 NATONAL TOTAL 9O7 / ! o ~ 304 ss s o446o s 789~! s s s ~ , 299 8'9 942j ~! ls ) C0LL. 2 TOTAL 594o / S el S44 S0 OO / S 8O Sl S , T 2498O65~ p40S' '8 45'5f '6 '5 79O p3085 2o76 9 7o, s4,87 85, ,2o 2789 s ,3 5600TOT,L O58O m=,~ MFAM ne,,n~ nban~ 3,34 :~. 93, 66 -q.-~ L

24 D NATZONAL TOTAL : PUBLZC SCHOOL CANDTDATES SCHOOL AP GRADE DZSTRZBUTTONS BY TOTAL AND ETHN'rC GROUP ADHZNZSTRAT'rON DATE: HAY,, 999 NVMBER QF CANDDAT[,~ FQ~ EACH EXAMKATOe Advanced Placement Program ~ EXAMS ~ ~lt ' " " ~ " ~ ; ~ S ~: ~ ~ = M :; ~, THE COLLEGE BOARD -~ ~! ~ l.~.~e ~ ~ ~ ~ ;r-, ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NOT STATED : ' ' R ~ ' j ~ ~ $ C0LL ~ S S T S lb TOTAL AMER ND./ALASKAN ! S Z ~ S COLL Z ] 50 T ~ () TOTAL ! ~ BLACK/AFRO-AMER ~ S 5 0 2(] ~ S /R ~ ~ Z ~ ] COLL ~ ~ T ~ S ] TOTAL ~ 2.0.9] ~ ~ CHCANO/MEX. AMER /R ~ le S ~ ~ lz COLL (] ~ ! T t ~ El L TOTAL ! S ! ~ ASZAN/ASZAN AHER $ / ! ~ 49 9~ ~ 222 2~ S ! S ~ 590 2~ ~ S sgl ~ ~ OK COLL ! ~ T L ~ TOTAL S 5.0~ J ~ PUERTO RCAN S ! S 4t ~ 7 ~ / ~ 6 6 ~ S ~ SO ~ ~ COLL ~ 32 ~ 7 7 2~ ] T ~ ] ~ ! 02 TOTAL ] ~ ! S ] s $ S l ~ ] COLL ~ ~ T ~ TOTAL $ gS NHTE S ! ~ 65 ~ / $ S ~ ! L ~ ] 84 ~ L ~ ~ C0LL ~ 499 $29 9~ $0 276 DTHER 5734 T $ ; ~ ~ L ~ 5550L6409L TOTAL ~ ~ ~ S S ~ 37 2 ' / ~ ] $ ~ S $9 62 lz ~ q ~ COLL ~ T ~ $ TOTAL q ~ NATZONAL TOTAL L28@ / L ~ ~ L L $ L $ ~ ~ COLL. 5 TOTAL S ~ ~ S $ S8S T ~ L628~S870L ~ L020~4590 $977 ~ ~424 ; !040 TOTAL $ ]

25 26 PROGRAM SUMMARY REPORT SCHOOLS ART HSTORY 773 :ART- DRAWNG,23 ART - GENERAL,887.. BOLOGY 6,62 CALCULUS AB l 9,334 CALCULUS BC 2,884 CHEMSTRY ' 4,672 ' COMP SC- A :,'840' " COMP SC - AB,26 *ECONOMCS - MCRO,224 *ECONOMCS - MACRO,463 ENG LANG/COMP ~ 4,922 ENG LT/COMP 9,75 ENVRONMENTAL SC 727 EUROPEAN HST 3,83 FRENCH LANG 2,84 FRENCH LT 383 GERMAN LANG,02 ' *GOVT&POL- U.S. 3,554 *GOVT&POL - COMP 806 rlntl. ENGLSH LANGUAGE ' '72 *LATN - VERGL 560 *LATN - LTERATURE ' ' MUSC THEORY,97 PHYSCS B 2,73 *PHYSCS C- MECH ~.,793 *PHYSCS C- E&M,084 PSYCHOLOGY,706 SPANSH LANG 4,687 ' SPANSH LT 946 t STATSTCS,795 ' U.S. HSTORY! 7,86 ' STUDENTS N 9TH 0TH TH 2TH GRADE GRADE GRADE GRADE COLLEGE MALE FEMALE 9 " 953 ' 232 " 5,744 l 99 3,259 " 5,779 5 ' 42! 836 ' 3,208 ' 0 3 /,80 ' 2,403 4 ' 9,,36 ' 7,023 ' 3 " 287 " ' 3,30 ' 5, ,88 30,727 ' 43,760 ' 3 ',796 '35,46 47, ,:72 ~ 6320 ' 07,624' ~ ' ' 2,506 ' 67,740 60, ' 507 ' 5,07 24, ,047, ''2,024 ' 24,429 '2,429 4 ' 986!27,84' 2,058., 83. J,3 4,364 ' 6, ,205 2, ,352 3, , j 226 2,24, ,773 6, ,448! 6, ,448 8,566 22,0 67,989 26,557 9,772 36,767 60, ,076 62, ,87 64,8 2, ,759 5, ,06 5, ,40 8,434 9,657 5,096 26,52 ~ 28, ,028 9, ,569 0, L. J, , ' ,40 4,72, ',689 " 5,790 48,356,47 27,557 29, ' 904 ' 6,026 ' ,968 3, ' 08 ' ,456,932 2, ',604 ',457! 0 54,795,604 3 " " '..., ,094, ',394 ' 2, ,53 2, '436 ' 9,332 ' 7,294 ' ,065 9, ',47 ' 2, ,649 3, ,306, ' 4 39 r 5,572, ,549 9, ,9,466 8,825 ~735 ; 5,82 ' 9,656 ' 3,285 " 76,406 ' 20,932 37, " 2,384 ' 4, ,607 5, ' 4,62! 9,86 ' ,952 2, ,0'5 ' 50,0' 3,864"' 7 3,366 82,430 95, % PROGRAM PROGRAM CHANGE TOTAL TOTAL 7,332 3,686 8,094 75,46 7,67 27,088 44,937 6,478 4,057 3,243 7,668 80,06 9,038 4,204 8,769 82,592 27,744 30,724 48,899 2,28 6,69 4,867 20,04 97,370 67,94 76,22 5,63 9,209 48,298 54,759 3,72 5,03,68,547 3,493 3,584 49,934 57,05 6,835 7,463 3,752 4,633 3,3 3,399 2,055 2,22 4,084 4,820 24,276 27,685 2,939 4,49 6,45 7,02 2,974 28,29 5,424 58,340 6,975 7,998 5,486 25,240 6,979 77,489 NO. OF COLLEGES r zz5 8 l,087 9 [,96j 9 2,88 3,07 9, , ,07 5 2, , , , ,444 3, , ,265 TOTAL NO. OF EXAMS TAKEN TOTAL NO. OF CANDDATES 2,342 6, '7 665"03 " ' 268 2,7,5'8 533,995 65,520,06,657!,49,55 3 2,08 47, ,859':330;/..!...!86 5,4 282,997l 352,7 635,68 704,298 * The 998 and 999 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 999 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 (7); and Physcs C: Mechancs and Physcs C: Electrcty and Magnetsm (6,953).

26 SCHOOL REPORT OF AP EXAMNATONS (BY STATE) TOTAL SCHOOLS PUBLC SCHOOLS NON-PUBLC 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 % 38.3%.4% Alaska % 3.9%.% Arzona % 50.2% -3.7% Arkansas % 32.2%.7% Calfoma,549,095, % 72.3% 2.6% Colorado % 50.7% 2.9% Connectcut % 87.9% 5.6% Delaware % 63.3% 5.9% Dstrct of Columba % 72.5% -0.7% Florda % 62.7% 5.2% 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%.9% Kentucky % 64.8% 4.8% Lousana % 24.4% 0.6% Mane % 63.% 5.7% Maryland % 74.9% 0.8% Massachusetts % 82.5% 0.2% Mchgan % 56.5% 2.4% Mnnesota % 45.3% 2.2% Msssspp % 36.4% -.8% Mssour % 30.2% 3.% Montana % 33.2% 0.9% Nebraska % 22.5% -0.2% Nevada % 4.0% 0.8% New Hampshre % 75.0% 6.0% New Jersey % 87.4% 3.7% New Mexco % 48.4% 4.5% New York, % 75.2% 0.6% North Carolna % 67.6% 4.3% North Dakota % 8.2% 0.6% Oho % 6.0%.3% Oklahoma % 33.7% 8.9% Oregon % 48.7% 0.2% Pennsylvana % 6.7%.% Rhode sland % 76.%.5% South Carolna % 7.4%.4% South Dakota % 2.% 2.% Tennessee % 53.2% 2.6% Texas, % 60.7% 3.8% Utah % 69.4% -2.2% Vermont % 76.8% 7.3% Vrgna % 7.8% 2.3% Washngton % 58.4% 3.7% West Vrgna % 49.4% -5.9% Wsconsn % 64.% 4.0% Wyomng % 30.5%.4% U.S.* % 43.3% -0.9% % 3.3% 0.4% % 56.% -4.4% % 3.0% -0.9% % 82.% -0.2% % 5.2% -.3% % 03.5% 3.5% % 92.0% 3.5% % 65.0% 7.9% % 82.3% -0.7% % 77.0% -2.2% % 92.7% 9.8% % 48.5% 4.6% % 52.6% 0.% % 75.8% -3.% % 34.7% 0.% % 24.0%.% % 67.2% 3.0% % 20.3% 0.0% % 77.% 6.6% % 92.% -.5% % 89.6% -.5% % 60.7%.7% % 45.4%.0% % 36.% -.2% % 27.5% 3.3% % 36.4%.0% % 9.2% -0.5% % 46.8% -4.7% % 84.2% 7.9% % 98.4% 3.4% % 49.2% 2.7% % 83.6% 0.0% % 88.9%.9% % 7.7% 0.6% % 63.%.7% % 33.0% 0.2% % 5.7% -.% % 72.3% 0.3% % 79.5% -5.5% % 90.4% -.6% % 9.8%.6% % 53.%.2%, % 63.8% 3.3% % 73.9% -2.0% % 90.5% 3.6% % 82.7% 0.6% % 6.0% -0.2% % 6.% -8.8% % 73.3% 2.7% % 32.9% -0.4% U.S.* % 25.0% 6.9% % 9.2% 6.7% % 32.8% -3.6% % 40.0% 8.4% % 55.5% 6.3% % 48.8% 5.8% % 62.9% 8.0% % 39.% 8.9% % 34.9% 6.5% % 70.6% 8.8% % 52.6% 9.3% % 50.2% 0.4% % 7.7% 2.0% % 42.9% -6.% % 4.9% 7.8% % 57.0% 0.% % 33.6%.9% % 36.% 2.8% % 54.7% 2.4% % 68.9% 2.7% % 44.4% 3.8% % 44.8% 7.2% % 37.0% -3.4% % 4.9% 2.7% %.5% 0.0% % 46.3%.3% % 25.0%.2% % 55.6%.5% % 65.8% 4.5% % 46.2% 9.0% % 57.9%.7% % 3.2% 7.6% % 6.7% 2.4% % 53.2% -0.2% % 44.% -5.9% % 37.% 2.8% % 42.5%.9% % 69.6% 3.% % 39.3% 6.0% % 35.3% 9.0% % 53.4% 5.7% % 44.8% 5.8% % 47.8% -2.2% % 50.0%.8% % 5.2% 3.7% % 48.9% 3.4% % 4.0%.0% % 34.8% 5.3% 9-0.0%.%.% TOTAL (U.S.) 2,837,643 2, % 56.0% 2.2% NON-U.S./U.S.TERR/CAN GRAND TOTAL 2,48 2,886 *SOURCE: Qualty Educaton Data 6,028 9,37 9, % 59.8%.0% 5,809 2,472 2, % 45.6% 5.0%...o o ,7

27 28 ~. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~. ~. ~. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~. ~ ~ ~ ~ SCHOOL REPORT OF AP EXAMNATONS (BY STATE) llll TOTAL TOTAL AP EXAMS PER 000 EXAM CHG PER 000 TH & 2TH GRADE AP CANDDATES AP EXAMS TH & 2TH GRADERS** TH & 2TH GRADERS % OF GRADES 3 OR ABOVE STATE ENROLLMENT* Alabama 97,093 6,045 5,992 8,982 8, % 57.5% Alaska 7,304,449,496 2,542 2, % 67.9% Arzona 06,338 6,554 7,266 0,449, % 6.7% Arkansas 64,85 2,776 3,333 4,8 5, % 52.2% Colorado 93,998 9,207 0,363 3,757 6, % 64.9% Connectcut 75,742 9,708,08 6,64 8, % 72.3% Delaware 7,247,876,999 3,073 3, % 72.6% ' D~s~ of Columba 7,928,73,799 3,038 3, % 77.% Flonda 28,865 37,034 40,706 62,955 70, % 57.3% Geo~a 66,008 6,46 8,574 25,365 29, % 58.6% Hawa 29,749 2,806 3,096 4,68 5, % 65.7% daho 37,544,736,985 2,546 2, % 63.3% llnos 295,273 24,326 26,740 4,904 46, % 7.8% ndana 42,248 9,294 9,674 3,844 4, % 50,8% owa 8,555 Kansas 68,885 Kentucky 86,874 3,470 3,659 4,874 5, % 69.8% 2,793 3,82 3,842 4, % 63.6% 6,202 6,806 9,59 0, % 50.4% Mane 30,555 2,670 3,23 3,788 4, % 67.2% Mawland 2,559 6,72 7,746 25,542 28, % 7.0% Massachuse~s 33,336 8,054 9,669 29,224 32, % 7.4% Mchgan 229,833 7,783 9,470 26,940 29, % 65.5% ' Mnnesota 28,072,04,893 6,5 7, % 6.4% Msssspp 62,699 2,59 2,972 3,839 4, % 40.3% Mssour 27,752 4,84 ' 5,447 7,745 8, % 73.5% Montana 25,079,386,528,856 2, % 72.0% Nebraska 47595,762,6 2,448 2, % 63.9% Nevada 39,424 2,568 2,92 4,359 5, % 57.6% New Hampshre 30,085 2,790 3,4 4,72 4, % 68.0% New Jersey 57,569 2,430 23,866 35,780 40, % 70.3% New Mexco 42,348 2,640 3,072 3,79 4, % 55.6% New York 376,67 65,972 70,20 05,75 4, % 64.4% North Carolna 49,239 7,597 20,70 28,074 34, % 56.6% North Dakota % 7.8% Oho ,058 2,856 30,274 33, % 64.9% Oklahoma ,502 5,66 6,963 8, % 58.2% Oregon ,396 4,533 6,26 6, % 68.5% Pennsylvanm ,603 25,004 34,682 39, % 65.5% - Rhode sland 2 87,906 2,07 2,868 3, ~ 69.0% South Carolna ,88 0,549 6,369 6, % 56.0% South Dakota 2229,086,00,536, % 57.8% Tennessee ,445 9,080 2,932 4, % 64.8% Texas ,093 5,228 74,92 88, % 56.2% Utah ,845 2,025 8,796 9, % 68.8% Vermont 6 79,489,700 2,23 2, % 65.7% Vrgna ,24 28,047 39,449 49, % 63.3% Washngton ,722 0,20 2,370 4, % 66.9% West Vrgna ,22 2,98 3,224 3, % 55.7% Wsconsn ,887 2,558 7,75 9, % 68.5%! Wyomng % 56.6% TOTAL (U.S.) 6,27,237 68, ,98 99,952,22, % 63.5% NON U.s./U.s. TERR/CAN 6,9 8,37 24,705 27,0 74.4% 74.8% GRAND TOTAL 6,27, ,68 704,298,06,657,49, % 63.8% *Source: Appled Educatonal Research nc. of Prnceton, NJ **Ths s the number of exams taken by the current year's lth and 2th grade AP canddates (number of exams not shown) dvded by the state's " lth and 2th Grade Enrollment" x 000.

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 996 and 997 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 955. 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 lth and 2th 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.

29 NATONAL OFF~ 45 t 7t,lumbus :\venuc New York, New York (22) ; Fax: (22) E-mal: jones@collegeboard.org k~ll l%'ll ~ t ~.' 560 Sherman.'~','t'lltlt', 3lllc l()(ll Evanston, l]]nos (847) ; Fax: (847) E-mal: rmcdonough@collegeboard.org (Servng llnos, ndana, owa, Kansas, Mchgan, Mnnesota, Mssour, Nebraska, North )aknta, Oho. South Dakota, '~Vt!sl Vrgna, and Wscons,) FF( 344( Markt't Street, Sute 40 - Phladelpha, Pennsylvana (25) ; Fax: (25) E- mal: mmccullough@collegeboard.org (Servng l-)elaware, Dstrct of Columba, Maryland, Ncw Jcrsey, New York, Pennsylvana, and Puerto ~.co) ~. llt%'j ~ [rh El K~ 5 lq ~= '][~l][tt~ 7~ d 470[)ltcn J~)nd Roa~l Waltham, Massachusetts (78 ) ; Fax: (78 t ) E-mal: fwetzel@collegeboard.org (Servng Connectcut, Mane, Massachusetts, New Hamwhre, Rhode sland, and Vermont) O! 6%' k'll ~ "q ~ ~ ~qh (0)~.~ [t [0 ll 2099 (;atcwav Place, Sute 480 San Jose, Calforna (408) ; Fax: (408) E-mal: (Servng Alaska, Arzona, Calfwna, Colorado, Hawa, daho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, VCashngton, and Wvtmdno~.,' Mol'ac l]xp,'essway, Sute 200 Austn,Texas (52) ; Fax: (52) E-mal: tb,'own@collegeboard, org (Servng Arkansas, New Mexco. Oklah, mla, and-l-exas) P.O. Box South West Street, Sute 08 Arlngton,Texas 7609 (87) ; Fax: (87) E-mal: kwlson@collegeboard.org OUTHERN REGONAL OFFC PLEX AP OFFC ]00 Crescent Centre l~arkway, Sute 340 Tucker, Georga (770) ; Fax: (770) E-ma[: gfreer@collegeboard.org (Servng A]ahama, Florda, Georga, Kentucky, l.ousana, Msssspp, North Carolna, South Carolna, ]~nm..s~'e, and Vrgna) * SggRg * Punted,~ U,S-A-,N, 20,50