AP Report To The Nation 2008

The 4th
Annual
AP
Report
to the Nation
This report is embargoed until

February 13, 2008, at 11:00 a.m. EST.
Contents
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Part I:
Themes of Equity and Excellence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Theme 1:
States Leading the Nation in AP Student Performance and Participation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Theme 2:
The Work AheadClosing Equity and Excellence Gaps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Part II:
2007 AP Exam Administration Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
Appendix A:
AP Data at a Glance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Appendix B:
AP Exams Taken in U.S. Public Schools by the Class of 2007. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Appendix C:
Raw Numbers for Table 1: U.S. Public Schools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Appendix D:
Changes in Equity and Excellence Gaps from 2002 to 2007. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
A Word About Comparing States and Schools

AP Exams are valid measures of students content
mastery of college-level studies in specic academic disciplines,
but should never be used as a sole measure for
gauging educational excellence and equity.
Introduction
More than ever before, educators across the United
States are enabling a wider and more ethnically
diverse proportion of students to achieve success
in AP. Significant inequities, however, which
jeopardize traditionally underserved students
chances at college success, remain. This Report uses
a combination of state, national, and AP Program
data to provide each U.S. state with context it can
use to celebrate its successes, understand its unique
challenges, and set meaningful and data-driven
goals to prepare more students for success in college.
Additional data and research reports are available at
www.collegeboard.com/appress.
Data Contained
in This Report
Part I of the Report situates each states AP
participation and performance data within
the context of its population and racial/ethnic
demographics. Because one of the chief purposes of
Part I is to provide state departments of education
with new data to gauge success and identify current
challenges in providing equitable educational
opportunity (and because current, reliable racial/
ethnic demographic data for nonpublic schools
are not available for all states), the data in Part I
represent public schools only. Part I summarizes
the AP experiences the graduating class of 2007 had
throughout high school, and, thus, includes the AP
exams taken not just in the 2006-07 academic year,
but throughout these students secondary school
years.
Part II only focuses on the AP Exams taken
by students during the most recent AP Exam
administration, May 2007, as a way of showing for
2007 the total number of students participating
in each of the AP subject areas. Part II of the
Report uses 2007 AP Exam data from all schools
participating in AP globally, public and nonpublic,
to provide overall participation and performance
information for each AP subject.
Note: Improvements to student record-matching

algorithms have eliminated the small percentage of
duplicate student records, enabling us to provide
refined 2006 cohort data in this years Report.
Denition of Success
With 75 percent of U.S. high school graduates
entering college,1 the nation is steadily democratizing
entrance to college. But high college dropout rates
and the fact that about half of all college freshmen
are taking at least one remedial course show us that
it is not enough simply for secondary schools to help
students gain admission.2 If we are to succeed in
democratizing what really countssuccessful college
degree completionthe gulf between high school
graduation standards and freshman college course
requirements must be eliminated.
Throughout the AP Report to the Nation, success
on an AP Exam is defined as an exam grade
of 3 or higher, which represents the score point
that research finds predictive of college success
and college graduation. These findings have held
consistent across the decades. Two examples of
such studies are recent reports from researchers at
the University of California at Berkeley3 and the
National Center for Educational Accountability,4
which both find that an AP Exam grade, and a grade
of 3 or higher in particular, is a strong predictor of
a students ability to persist in college and earn a
bachelors degree.
While students earning 1s and 2s on AP Exams
are not demonstrating stronger college outcomes
than non-AP students, Boston College5 researchers
did find that such AP students had nonetheless
developed stronger content mastery of advanced
math and physics than U.S. students who had
not taken AP courses. Specifically, the Trends
in International Mathematics and Science Study
(TIMSS) found that U.S. advanced math and physics
students were not leading, but lagging behind
other students around the world in mathematics
and physics achievement. AP Calculus students,
The 4th Annual AP Report to the Nation

howevereven those scoring 1s and 2s on the
AP Examdemonstrated calculus knowledge
comparable to that of students from the topperforming country, France.
Because more research is needed, however, to establish
the conditions under which AP Exam grades lower
than 3 relate to college success, this Report uses an AP
Exam grade of 3 or higher as the definition of success.
About the AP Program
The College Board partners with colleges and

universities 6 to create AP courses and exams
that reflect and measure college-level learning.
Concurrently, the College Board supports
secondary schools in training teachers and
developing curricula of high academic intensity
and quality that will enable students to meet the
standards for college-level learning in the 37
AP course and exam subjects. As a result, most
colleges and universities in the United States,
as well as institutions in more than 40 other
countries, award college credit or placement into a
higher-level college course so that college entrants
can move directly into the courses that match their
level of academic preparation.
AP Exam Scores
AP Examswith the exception of AP Studio
Art, which is a portfolio assessmentconsist of
dozens of multiple-choice questions scored by
machine, and free-response questions scored at
the annual AP Reading by approximately 10,000
college faculty and expert AP teachers. AP Readers
use scoring standards developed by college and
university faculty who teach the corresponding
college course.
The composite score for each AP Exam is converted
to an AP Exam grade of 5, 4, 3, 2, or 1. AP Exam
grades of 5 are equivalent to A grades in the
corresponding college course. AP Exam grades of 4
are equivalent to grades of A-, B+, and B in college.
AP Exam grades of 3 are equivalent to grades of B-,
C+, and C in college.
Maintaining
Quality and Rigor
Because of the expertise of the college professors and
AP teachers who create AP courses and exams, the
quality, reliability, and rigor of AP are at an all-time
high, generating healthy pressure on schools to
continuously improve and update their curricula.
Through the AP Course Audit, which was introduced
for the first time in 2007, approximately 130,000 AP
teachers courses at more than 14,000 high schools
underwent a rigorous review conducted by more than
800 select college and university faculty. As a result
of the AP Course Audit, college admissions officials,
students, parents, and educators can have continued
confidence that the AP designation on students
transcripts is only allowed for syllabi that have been
approved by college faculty.
Themes of Equity and Excellence
Part I:
Theme 1: States Leading the Nation in

AP Student Performance and Participation
More than ever before, educators and policymakers nationwide are
helping a wider segment of the U.S. student population experience
success in AP.
States with the greatest

% of graduating seniors
scoring 3+ on an AP
Exam in high school
1. New York (23.4%)
2. Maryland (22.4%)
3. Virginia (21.5%)
4. Florida (20.3%)
4. Massachusetts (20.3%)
6. Connecticut (20.1%)
7. Vermont (19.9%)
8. California (19.7%)
9. Utah (19.5%)
Models of Improvement:
New England States
State Initiatives to
Increase Equity and Excellence
Out of all 50 states and the District of Columbia,

Vermont experienced the largest one-year and five-year
increases in the percentage of its student population
who scored 3 or higher on at least one AP Exam.
Two other states in New England, Maine and New
Hampshire, experienced significant five-year increases
in their students performance. Also noteworthy are
Massachusetts and Connecticut, both of which appear
in the list of top ten states with the largest percentage
of seniors scoring at least one AP grade of 3 or higher
during their high school careers.
A number of states have programs and policies designed

to help students accessand achieve greater success
incollege-level course work. Some of these programs
have been in place for a number of years and others have
been recently implemented. Below is a sampling of the
types of efforts under way:
10. Colorado (19.2%)
States with the greatest

2002 to 2007 expansion
of AP grades of 3+
1. Vermont
2. Maryland
3. Maine
4. Colorado
5. New Hampshire
Credit for these successes goes to educators at all

levels for preparing students across grades 612
for the rigors of college-level AP course work.
Educators and policymakers in the region have
worked collaboratively to foster access to AP courses
among students in rural and urban areas, increase
participation of low-income students in courses
preceding AP, provide teachers with opportunities
for professional development, and support a stronger
articulation of middle and high school education
through vertical teaming.
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in AP and Pre-AP professional development
activities (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida,
Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Kentucky,
Louisiana, Maine, Minnesota, Missouri, New
Mexico, Nevada, Ohio, Oklahoma, Rhode
Island, South Carolina, Texas, West Virginia,
and Wisconsin)
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readiness for all students by enacting
legislation intended to expand access
to AP courses (Arkansas, California,
Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota,
Mississippi, West Virginia)
Table 1: Equity and Excellence in Public Schools

PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS EARNING
A 3 OR HIGHER ON AN AP EXAM
DURING HIGH SCHOOL7
HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF
STATE
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
District of Columbia
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Nation
% CHANGE
2002
2006
2007
ONE YEAR
FIVE YEARS
4.8%
11.0%
7.0%
5.0%
16.5%
13.7%
16.0%
9.3%
8.1%
15.2%
11.2%
6.5%
7.3%
11.7%
7.3%
5.4%
5.6%
6.5%
2.0%
12.0%
16.4%
15.4%
10.3%
9.8%
3.0%
4.7%
8.8%
3.8%
9.6%
10.0%
14.5%
6.9%
20.2%
13.7%
5.1%
8.3%
7.1%
8.0%
9.5%
7.4%
12.7%
6.9%
7.2%
11.1%
18.4%
12.7%
16.9%
9.7%
5.2%
11.8%
5.7%
11.7%
5.8%
12.6%
9.4%
9.9%
19.9%
17.7%
19.2%
14.6%
9.8%
19.8%
14.9%
7.6%
9.4%
15.0%
9.2%
7.7%
7.7%
9.5%
2.3%
14.5%
21.7%
19.5%
12.2%
12.3%
3.6%
6.2%
10.0%
5.8%
13.3%
13.7%
16.6%
9.2%
22.4%
18.2%
6.9%
10.5%
9.7%
10.4%
11.0%
8.4%
12.9%
9.3%
9.7%
14.6%
20.1%
16.2%
20.7%
13.8%
6.5%
15.7%
6.8%
14.7%
6.4%
12.8%
10.0%
9.6%
19.7%
19.2%
20.1%
14.5%
8.1%
20.3%
15.3%
8.3%
10.1%
14.9%
9.7%
8.0%
7.8%
9.7%
2.7%
17.8%
22.4%
20.3%
12.8%
13.4%
3.7%
6.7%
10.6%
5.9%
13.3%
15.3%
17.1%
9.2%
23.4%
18.5%
7.4%
11.0%
9.3%
11.9%
11.7%
8.7%
13.3%
9.7%
10.0%
14.5%
19.5%
19.9%
21.5%
14.7%
7.0%
16.5%
8.4%
15.2%
0.6%
0.2%
0.6%
-0.3%
-0.2%
1.5%
0.9%
-0.1%
-1.7%
0.5%
0.4%
0.7%
0.7%
-0.1%
0.5%
0.3%
0.1%
0.2%
0.4%
3.3%
0.7%
0.8%
0.6%
1.1%
0.1%
0.5%
0.6%
0.1%
0.0%
1.6%
0.5%
0.0%
1.0%
0.3%
0.5%
0.5%
-0.4%
1.5%
0.7%
0.3%
0.4%
0.4%
0.3%
-0.1%
-0.6%
3.7%
0.8%
0.9%
0.5%
0.8%
1.6%
0.5%
1.6%
1.8%
3.0%
4.6%
3.2%
5.5%
4.1%
5.2%
0.0%
5.1%
4.1%
1.8%
2.8%
3.2%
2.4%
2.6%
2.2%
3.2%
0.7%
5.8%
6.0%
4.9%
2.5%
3.6%
0.7%
2.0%
1.8%
2.1%
3.7%
5.3%
2.6%
2.3%
3.2%
4.8%
2.3%
2.7%
2.2%
3.9%
2.2%
1.3%
0.6%
2.8%
2.8%
3.4%
1.1%
7.2%
4.6%
5.0%
1.8%
4.7%
2.7%
3.5%
Figure 1: Equity and Excellence in Public High School Class of 2007
AK
WA
MT
ME
ND
MN
MI
OR
ID
WI
SD
WY
NV
CA
MI
PA
IL
CO
IN
NJ
OH
DE
MD
WV
KS
AZ
NH
MA
CT
NY
IA
NE
UT
VT
OK
NM
MO
DC
NC
TN
AR
SC
MS
TX
VA
KY
AL
GA
LA
FL
HI
Percentage of Students Scoring 3 or Higher

on an AP Exam During High School
04.9%
59.9%
1014.9%
1519.9%
20% +
RI
Theme 2: The Work Ahead

Closing Equity and Excellence Gaps
While more African American, Latino, and American Indian students
are entering AP classrooms and experiencing success, equity and
excellence gaps remain.
The College Board believes that students of all
backgrounds deserve equal preparation for AP courses.
We also believe true equity is not achieved until the
demographics of AP participation and performance
are identical to the demographics of the entire school.
This years Report shows the demographics of AP
participation (Figure 2) and, by state, the racial/
ethnic demographics of the total high school class
compared to the racial/ethnic demographics of the AP
cohort scoring 3 or higher on an AP Exam (Table 2).
An equity and excellence gap appears whenever the
percentage of underserved students achieving access to
and success on AP Exams is less than the percentage
of underserved students in the entire class of 2007. In
other words, if 20 percent of students in the entire high
school cohort are African American, true equity and
excellence would not be achieved until 20 percent of
the students taking AP Exams, and scoring 3 or better,
are African American as well.
Despite strides that have been made by educators
to provide traditionally underrepresented students
with access to AP courses, AP Exam results indicate
that often these students are not receiving adequate
preparation for the rigors of college-level course work.
It is vital for states and educators to help students
learn at the level that will produce a score of 3 or
higher, which is the level of performance research
consistently finds to be predictive of college success
and which can enable many students to earn credit
and/or placement. Major initiatives are needed to
ensure adequate preparation of students in middle
school and ninth and tenth grades so that these
students will have an equitable chance at success
when they go on to take AP courses and exams.
Initiatives to Support
Traditionally Underserved
Students
While several statesincluding Florida, Georgia,
Maryland, and Oklahomahave been able to close
the equity and excellence gap for Latino students,
no state with large numbers of African American or
American Indian students has yet to close the gap.
Several states, however, have implemented programs
to support academic achievement for all students.
Below are just a few examples.
t *OMississippi, the percentage of African
American students in the AP cohort scoring
3 or higher on at least one AP Exam has
steadily increased from 8.9 percent in 2002 to
11.5 percent in 2007 (see Appendix D). In an
effort to expand access to and success in AP
courses, the state of Mississippi requires high
schools to offer AP courses and requires AP
teacher training.
t Illinois has enacted the College and Career
Success for All Students Program, which
offers competitive grants to school districts
emphasizing training for AP teachers,
counselors, and principals.
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embodied in the College Board
Florida Partnership for Minority and
Underrepresented Student Achievement,
Florida has expanded AP participation and
performance among African American and
Hispanic students.

Additionally, the federally funded Advanced
Placement Incentive Program (APIP) provides
grants to state and local educational agencies
working toward increasing participation of lowincome students in both Pre-AP and AP course
work and exams. Funds from the program can
be used toward a variety of activities, including
teacher training, improving articulation between
grade levels, and purchasing classroom resources.
The College Board has a number of initiatives
designed to support traditionally underserved
students. For more information about these or other
initiatives, e-mail [email protected].
t African American Student Achievement
Initiative: Designed to increase
participation and improve African American
student performance on AP Exams within
six largely urban school districts. Districts
work with the College Board to implement
strategies and innovative solutions
specific to their African American student
population.
t AP Start-Up Grants: Three-year competitive,
comprehensive grants aimed specifically at
schools that have few, if any, AP courses.
Schools receive professional, technical,
and monetary support with the end goal of
building an equitable and sustainable AP
program.
t AP Fellows Program: Annual, competitive

grant program awarding $1,000 scholarships
to AP teachers in schools that serve minority
and/or low-income students. Funds are to be
used to attend College Boardendorsed AP
Summer Institutes.
t The National AP Equity Colloquium:
Annual event bringing together educators
from across the country to discuss challenges
and solutions for expanding access and
increasing equity in AP. Session topics
include preparing, recruiting, and retaining
traditionally underrepresented students
in AP; building equitable and effective AP
programs in large urban schools and small
rural schools; and differentiating instruction
to engage and support diverse learners.
Figure 2: The Class of 2007: Race/Ethnicity of AP Examinees

vs. Graduating Seniors in U.S. Public Schools
70
64.0%
61.7%
60
AP Examinee Population8
Overall Student Population9
Percent
50
40
30
20
14.0%
14.0%
14.6%
10.4%
10
7.4%
5.5%
0.6%
Black or
African American
Asian,
Asian American,
or Pacic Islander
Hispanic
or Latino
1.1%
American Indian
or Alaska Native
White
Table 2: Equity and Excellence Gaps: Class of 2007 Racial/Ethnic Demographics of

Total Student Population9 vs. AP Students Earning a 3 or Higher
BLACK OR AFRICAN
AMERICAN STUDENTS
STATE
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
D.C.
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Nation
% OF
STUDENT
POPULATION
32.7%
3.9%
4.8%
21.3%
7.4%
4.7%
12.0%
26.2%
83.7%
19.6%
33.7%
1.5%
0.5%
14.8%
8.8%
2.9%
7.1%
9.1%
43.1%
1.9%
34.5%
8.3%
15.0%
5.6%
47.0%
14.3%
0.5%
4.7%
8.5%
1.1%
14.8%
2.4%
14.6%
27.9%
1.0%
11.7%
9.5%
2.2%
11.7%
9.2%
38.0%
1.0%
21.8%
13.7%
0.9%
0.6%
24.9%
4.6%
3.8%
5.7%
2.9%
14.0%
% OF
EQUITY AND
STUDENTS EXCELLENCE
SCORING 3
GAP
OR HIGHER ELIMINATED
6.7%
1.3%
1.9%
3.9%
1.8%
1.7%
2.2%
6.0%
24.3%
6.0%
9.4%
1.6%
0.4%
3.2%
1.9%
0.9%
1.8%
2.5%
9.2%
0.8%
8.3%
1.9%
2.5%
0.9%
11.5%
2.7%
0.1%
1.4%
2.6%
0.6%
2.7%
1.0%
3.7%
5.8%
0.6%
2.6%
2.8%
0.8%
1.6%
1.3%
8.2%
0.4%
6.7%
3.3%
0.3%
0.5%
5.6%
1.2%
1.0%
1.0%
1.1%
3.3%
HISPANIC OR LATINO
STUDENTS
AMERICAN INDIAN OR
ALASKA NATIVE STUDENTS
% OF
STUDENT
POPULATION
% OF
STUDENTS
SCORING 3
OR HIGHER
EQUITY AND
EXCELLENCE
GAP
ELIMINATED
% OF
EQUITY AND
% OF
STUDENTS EXCELLENCE
STUDENT
SCORING 3
GAP
POPULATION OR HIGHER ELIMINATED
1.5%
3.5%
31.1%
5.1%
37.0%
17.7%
10.7%
5.6%
8.6%
21.8%
5.0%
4.1%
8.3%
12.8%
3.5%
3.4%
7.7%
3.3%
1.8%
0.9%
6.2%
8.3%
2.9%
3.1%
1.0%
2.3%
2.2%
6.4%
21.0%
2.4%
14.5%
46.4%
12.0%
5.4%
1.2%
1.7%
6.5%
9.5%
3.6%
14.7%
2.9%
1.7%
1.5%
36.5%
8.9%
1.3%
6.9%
8.9%
0.3%
4.1%
5.7%
14.6%
2.3%
2.9%
17.6%
6.2%
30.7%
8.0%
5.9%
5.8%
20.5%
27.6%
5.2%
2.7%
4.0%
9.4%
1.9%
1.9%
3.0%
1.7%
3.1%
1.5%
7.0%
4.4%
2.3%
1.5%
2.0%
2.3%
1.1%
3.2%
16.6%
1.3%
8.8%
32.5%
10.3%
4.1%
0.6%
1.5%
6.9%
5.0%
2.2%
3.6%
2.9%
1.6%
2.7%
32.6%
5.1%
0.6%
6.0%
5.0%
1.7%
2.6%
2.5%
13.6%

1.3%
20.7%
5.9%
0.6%
0.9%
0.9%
0.3%
0.5%
*
0.3%
0.2%
0.5%
1.0%
0.4%
0.2%
0.6%
1.2%
0.5%
0.7%
0.5%
0.4%
0.4%
0.9%
1.3%
0.1%
0.3%
7.6%
0.9%
1.4%
0.2%
0.3%
11.7%
0.4%
1.0%
6.2%
0.1%
19.7%
1.9%
0.1%
0.5%
0.2%
4.9%
0.2%
0.3%
1.4%
0.5%
0.3%
2.0%
0.1%
1.0%
2.0%
1.1%
0.3%
3.8%
0.8%
1.0%
0.4%
0.5%
0.2%
0.5%
0.0%
0.3%
0.3%
0.5%
0.6%
0.2%
0.2%
0.2%
0.2%
0.2%
0.4%
0.5%
0.3%
0.2%
0.4%
0.3%
0.2%
0.4%
1.1%
0.4%
0.4%
0.3%
0.1%
1.6%
0.2%
0.5%
0.4%
0.2%
7.4%
0.8%
0.1%
0.3%
0.2%
0.9%
0.3%
0.4%
0.4%
0.3%
0.4%
0.6%
0.6%
0.4%
0.7%
0.4%

*

*Precise American Indian or Alaska Native student enrollments for the District of Columbia are not available from the Western Interstate Commission for
Higher Education.
10
2007 AP Exam Administration Results
Part II:
Part II of this Report broadens its focus to
examine AP participation globally, not just
the participation within U.S. public schools.
Accordingly, the data in Part II include the
thousands of U.S. nonpublic schools that
offer AP, as well as the hundreds of schools
outside the United States that provide AP
Exams to their students.
AP ART HISTORY
Examinees by Grade Level, 2007
AP ART HISTORY
Number of Exams, 20032007
20,000
17,977
60
18,836
54.8%
16,785
13,720
50
Percentage of Examinees
15,000
Number of Exams
AP Art History
13,753
10,000
5,000
40
32.0%
30
20
8.6%
10
4.4%
0.2%
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
9th Grade 10th Grade 11th Grade 12th Grade
AP ART HISTORY GRADE DISTRIBUTION, 2007

NUMBER OF
EXAMINEES
Score of 5
2,286
12.1%
Score of 4
4,243
22.5%
Score of 3
5,006
26.6%
Score of 2
3,550
18.8%
Score of 1
3,751
19.9%
18,836
100.0%
EXAM GRADE
AP ART HISTORY
Examinees by Race and Ethnicity, 2007
Other
5.0%
AP ART HISTORY
Examinees by Gender, 2007
American Indian
or Alaska Native
Not Stated
0.5%
3.9%
Asian, Asian American,
or Pacic Islander
15.1%
Black or
African American
3.6%
Hispanic
or Latino
13.3%
White
58.6%
12
Male
33%
Female
67%
Other
150,000
48.7%
50
144,796
131,783
121,446
111,104
Number of Exams
120,000
103,944
90,000
60,000
30,000
40
37.4%
30
20
9.2%
10
AP Biology
AP BIOLOGY
AP BIOLOGY
3.8%
0.9%
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
Other
AP BIOLOGY GRADE DISTRIBUTION, 2007

NUMBER OF
EXAMINEES
Score of 5
27,996
19.3%
Score of 4
29,338
20.3%
Score of 3
30,749
21.2%
Score of 2
33,664
23.2%
Score of 1
23,049
15.9%
144,796
100.0%
EXAM GRADE
AP BIOLOGY
Other
4.2%
AP BIOLOGY
American Indian
or Alaska Native
Not Stated
0.4%
2.9%
or Pacic Islander
18.4%
Black or
African American
5.6%
Hispanic
or Latino
8.5%
Female
58%
Male
42%
White
59.9%
13
AP CALCULUS AB
AP CALCULUS AB
80
250,000
211,693
166,821
175,094
185,992
70
150,000
100,000
50,000
60
50
40
30
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
18.3%
20
10
76.7%
197,181
200,000
Number of Exams
AP Calculus AB
0.1%
3.7%
1.3%
AP CALCULUS AB GRADE DISTRIBUTION, 2007

NUMBER OF
EXAMINEES
EXAM GRADE
Score of 5
44,409
21.0%
Score of 4
39,682
18.7%
Score of 3
40,448
19.1%
Score of 2
32,704
15.4%
Score of 1
54,450
25.7%
211,693
100.0%
AP CALCULUS AB
Other
3.3%
AP CALCULUS AB
American Indian
or Alaska Native
Not Stated
0.4%
2.6%
or Pacic Islander
16.5%
Black or
African American
4.5%
Hispanic
or Latino
8.4%
White
64.4%
14
Female
48%
Male
52%
Other
80,000
80
70,000
70
72.6%
64,311
Number of Exams
60,000
50,134
50,000
58,603
54,415
45,973
40,000
30,000
20,000
10,000
0
60
50
40
30
20
10
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
22.0%
0.2%
3.2%
2.0%
Other
AP Calculus BC
AP CALCULUS BC
AP CALCULUS BC
AP CALCULUS BC GRADE DISTRIBUTION, 2007

NUMBER OF
EXAMINEES
Score of 5
27,949
43.5%
Score of 4
11,489
17.9%
Score of 3
12,095
18.8%
Score of 2
4,090
6.4%
Score of 1
8,688
13.5%
64,311
100.0%
EXAM GRADE
AP CALCULUS BC
Other
3.5%
AP CALCULUS BC
American Indian
or Alaska Native
Not Stated
0.2%
2.5%

or Pacic Islander
28.2%
Black or
African American
2.2%
White
58.3%
Female
41%
Male
59%
Hispanic
or Latino
5.0%
15
AP CHEMISTRY
AP CHEMISTRY
97,136
100,000
60
87,465
51.7%
50
78,453
80,000
Number of Exams
AP Chemistry
71,070
65,698
60,000
40,000
20,000
38.9%
40
30
20
5.7%
10
3.7%
0.1%
0
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
AP CHEMISTRY GRADE DISTRIBUTION, 2007

NUMBER OF
EXAMINEES
Score of 5
14,820
15.3%
Score of 4
17,462
18.0%
Score of 3
22,321
23.0%
Score of 2
17,928
18.5%
Score of 1
24,605
25.3%
97,136
100.0%
EXAM GRADE
AP CHEMISTRY
Other
4.0%
American Indian
or Alaska Native
Not Stated
0.4%
2.7%

or Pacic Islander
22.1%
Black or
African American
4.4%
Hispanic
or Latino
6.8%
White
59.6%
16
AP CHEMISTRY
Female
47%
Male
53%
Other
3,500
50
3,260
44.6%
3,000
Number of Exams
2,500
2007 was the
2,000
inaugural year of
AP Chinese
1,500
Language and Culture.

1,000
40
30
20
11.3%
10
500
0
36.6%
5.1%
2.5%
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
Other
AP CHINESE LANGUAGE AND CULTURE GRADE DISTRIBUTION, 2007

%
Score of 5
177
48.8%
Score of 4
71
19.6%
Score of 3
60
16.5%
Score of 2
24
6.6%
Score of 1
31
8.5%
363
100.0%
Standard Group*
NUMBER OF
EXAMINEES
Score of 5
2,643
81.1%
Score of 4
386
11.8%
Score of 3
145
4.4%
Score of 2
36
1.1%
Score of 1
50
1.5%
3,260
100.0%
EXAM GRADE
Total Group
NUMBER OF
EXAMINEES
EXAM GRADE
AP CHINESE
LANGUAGE AND CULTURE
AP CHINESE
Other
Hispanic
American Indian
1.6%
or Alaska Native
or Latino
0.1%
0.3% White
Not Stated
Black or
3.9%
4.4%
African American
0.3%
or Pacic Islander
89.4%
Female
55%
AP Chinese Language and Culture
AP CHINESE
AP CHINESE
Male
45%
*Standard group students generally received most of their foreign language training in U.S. schools. They did not indicate on their answer
sheets that they regularly speak or hear the foreign language of the examination at home, or that they have lived for one month or more in
a country where the language is spoken.
17
25,000
50
21,745
20,414
20,000
19,601
19,021
42.4%
20,113
15,000
10,000
5,000
37.6%
40
30
20
15.4%
10
3.3%
1.3%
0
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
Other
AP COMPUTER SCIENCE A AND AB

GRADE DISTRIBUTION, 2007
NUMBER OF
EXAMINEES
Score of 5
4,584
22.8%
Score of 4
4,431
22.0%
Score of 3
3,104
15.4%
Score of 2
1,906
9.5%
EXAM GRADE
Score of 1
6,088
30.3%
20,113
100.0%

Other
4.2%

or Pacic Islander
24.5%
Hispanic
or Latino
6.5%
White
58.2%

American Indian
or Alaska Native
Not Stated
0.3%
2.5%
Black or
African American
3.7%
18


Number of Exams
AP Computer Science A and AB
10
Female
17%
Male
83%
300,000
100
282,230
256,722
200,000
81.2%
230,709
Number of Exams
250,000
198,514
175,860
150,000
100,000
50,000
80
60
40
13.4%
20
0.0%
0
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
3.8%
1.5%
Other
AP ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND COMPOSITION

NUMBER OF
EXAMINEES
EXAM GRADE
25,840
9.2%
Score of 4
51,720
18.3%
Score of 3
88,529
31.4%
Score of 2
85,517
30.3%
Score of 1
30,624
10.9%
282,230
100.0%
AP ENGLISH
LANGUAGE AND COMPOSITION
Other
3.9%
Score of 5
AP ENGLISH
American Indian
or Alaska Native
Not Stated
0.6%
3.0%
or Pacic Islander
10.9%
Black or
African American
7.1%
Hispanic
or Latino
13.0%
Male
37%
Female
63%
AP English Language and Composition
AP ENGLISH
AP ENGLISH
White
61.6%
19
298,478
300,000
100
281,111
87.9%
260,958
229,367
239,493
250,000
200,000
150,000
100,000
50,000
80
60
40
20
8.0%
0.0%
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
3.9%
0.2%
Other
AP ENGLISH LITERATURE AND COMPOSITION

NUMBER OF
EXAMINEES
EXAM GRADE
20,829
7.0%
Score of 4
62,283
20.9%
Score of 3
99,267
33.3%
Score of 2
90,050
30.2%
26,049
8.7%
298,478
100.0%
AP ENGLISH
LITERATURE AND COMPOSITION
Other
3.6%
Score of 5
Score of 1
AP ENGLISH
American Indian
or Alaska Native
Not Stated
0.6%
3.0%
or Pacic Islander
10.3%
Black or
African American
7.4%
Hispanic
or Latino
10.2%
White
64.9%
20
AP ENGLISH
AP ENGLISH
Number of Exams
AP English Literature and Composition
Male
36%
Female
64%
60,000
60
56.6%
52,416
50,000
50
Number of Exams
44,698
38,104
40,000
29,906
32,635
30,000
20,000
10,000
40
33.3%
30
20
10
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
4.8%
3.9%
1.4%
Other
AP ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
NUMBER OF
EXAMINEES
Score of 5
5,670
10.8%
Score of 4
12,092
23.1%
Score of 3
9,383
17.9%
Score of 2
9,183
17.5%
EXAM GRADE
Score of 1
16,088
30.7%
52,416
100.0%
Other
3.9%
AP Environmental Science
American Indian
or Alaska Native
Not Stated
0.4%
3.3%
or Pacic Islander
11.6%
Black or
African American
5.7%
Hispanic
or Latino
10.0%
Female
56%
Male
44%
White
65.0%
21
AP EUROPEAN HISTORY
AP EUROPEAN HISTORY
97,042
100,000
60
91,040
85,427
79,169
50.4%
50
73,807
80,000
Number of Exams
AP European History
60,000
40,000
20,000
40
29.5%
30
16.1%
20
10
3.6%
0.4%
0
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
AP EUROPEAN HISTORY GRADE DISTRIBUTION, 2007

NUMBER OF
EXAMINEES
Score of 5
10,800
11.1%
Score of 4
18,314
18.9%
Score of 3
34,823
35.9%
Score of 2
10,910
11.2%
Score of 1
22,195
22.9%
97,042
100.0%
EXAM GRADE
AP EUROPEAN HISTORY
Other
4.2%
AP EUROPEAN HISTORY
American Indian
or Alaska Native
Not Stated
0.4%
3.1%
or Pacic Islander
12.7%
Black or
African American
3.7%
Hispanic
or Latino
7.9%
White
68.1%
22
Female
54%
Male
46%
Other
80
25,000
21,572
18,496
19,016
70
62.4%
Number of Exams
20,000
21,709
20,239
15,000
10,000
5,000
60
50
40
20
10
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
27.4%
30
0.7%
5.2%
4.3%
Other
AP FRENCH LANGUAGE GRADE DISTRIBUTION, 2007

NUMBER OF
EXAMINEES
EXAM GRADE
NUMBER OF
EXAMINEES
Score of 5
1,244
7.4%
Score of 5
2,743
12.6%
Score of 4
2,510
14.9%
Score of 4
3,655
16.8%
Score of 3
5,331
31.7%
Score of 3
6,643
30.6%
Score of 2
3,816
22.7%
Score of 1
3,928
23.3%
16,829
100.0%
Total Group
Standard Group*
EXAM GRADE
AP FRENCH LANGUAGE
Other
5.9%
Score of 2
4,361
20.1%
Score of 1
4,307
19.8%
21,709
100.0%
AP French Language
AP FRENCH LANGUAGE
AP FRENCH LANGUAGE
AP FRENCH LANGUAGE
American Indian
or Alaska Native
Not Stated
0.2%
3.9%
or Pacic Islander
11.8%
Black or
African American
5.7%
Hispanic
or Latino
8.8%
Male
30%
Female
70%
White
63.7%
23
AP FRENCH LITERATURE
80
2,500
2,009
1,862
1,821
70
2,068
1,835
2,000
Number of Exams
AP French Literature
1,500
1,000
65.8%
60
50
40
30
23.6%
20
500
10
0
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
0.5%
AP FRENCH LITERATURE GRADE DISTRIBUTION, 2007

NUMBER OF
EXAMINEES
Score of 5
501
24.2%
Score of 4
487
23.5%
Score of 3
480
23.2%
Score of 2
337
16.3%
Score of 1
263
12.7%
2,068
100.0%
EXAM GRADE
Other
6.8%
American Indian
or Alaska Native
Not Stated
0.0%
4.5%
or Pacic Islander
10.6%
Black or
African American
6.0%
Hispanic
or Latino
5.6%
White
66.3%
24
4.7%
5.4%
Male
29%
Female
71%
Other
80
6,000
5,139
4,000
4,500
70
4,621
Number of Exams
5,000
5,397
3,973
3,000
2,000
1,000
60
50
40
30
2004
2005
2006
2007
23.6%
20
10
2003
64.9%
5.6%
1.5%
4.4%
Other
AP GERMAN LANGUAGE GRADE DISTRIBUTION, 2007

NUMBER OF
EXAMINEES
EXAM GRADE
NUMBER OF
EXAMINEES
Score of 5
342
9.6%
Score of 5
1,316
24.4%
Score of 4
760
21.3%
Score of 4
1,160
21.5%
Score of 3
938
26.3%
Score of 3
1,158
21.5%
Score of 2
885
24.9%
Score of 2
1,043
19.3%
Score of 1
635
17.8%
Score of 1
720
13.3%
3,560
100.0%
5,397
100.0%
Total Group
Standard Group*
EXAM GRADE
AP GERMAN LANGUAGE
Other
4.2%
American Indian
or Alaska Native
Not Stated
0.4%
3.5%
AP German Language
AP GERMAN LANGUAGE
AP GERMAN LANGUAGE
AP GERMAN LANGUAGE

or Pacic Islander
6.6%
Black or
African American
2.0%
Hispanic
or Latino
3.6%
Female
49%
Male
51%
White
79.8%
25
26
AP GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS:

COMPARATIVE

COMPARATIVE
15,000
12,742
73.0%
13,358
70
12,001
12,000
80
14,447
12,980
Number of Exams
AP Government and Politics: Comparative
9,000
6,000
3,000
60
50
40
30
10
0
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
17.1%
20
5.3%
4.6%
0.1%
Other
AP GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS: COMPARATIVE

NUMBER OF
EXAMINEES
EXAM GRADE
2,188
16.4%
Score of 4
2,635
19.7%
Score of 3
3,000
22.5%
Score of 2
3,039
22.8%
Score of 1
2,496
18.7%
13,358
100.0%

COMPARATIVE
Other
4.7%
Score of 5

COMPARATIVE
American Indian
or Alaska Native
Not Stated
0.5%
3.6%
or Pacic Islander
13.1%
Black or
African American
4.5%
Hispanic
or Latino
7.7%
White
66.0%
Female
48%
Male
52%
70
160,978
143,980
150,000
Number of Exams
80.0%
80
200,000
129,323
104,636
112,894
100,000
50,000
60
50
40
30
20
10.5%
10
0
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
0.6%
5.1%
3.8%
Other
AP GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS: UNITED STATES

NUMBER OF
EXAMINEES
EXAM GRADE
9,705
6.0%
Score of 4
30,488
18.9%
Score of 3
43,245
26.9%
Score of 2
51,620
32.1%
Score of 1
25,920
16.1%
160,978
100.0%

UNITED STATES
Other
3.7%
Score of 5

UNITED STATES
American Indian
or Alaska Native
Not Stated
0.5%
2.8%
or Pacic Islander
12.4%
Black or
African American
5.9%
Hispanic
or Latino
11.5%
White
63.3%
Female
53%
Male
47%
AP Government and Politics: United States

UNITED STATES

UNITED STATES
27
AP HUMAN GEOGRAPHY
AP HUMAN GEOGRAPHY
30,000
50
29,005
43.3%
25,000
21,003
Number of Exams
AP Human Geography
20,000
14,139
15,000
10,471
10,000
7,329
5,000
2003
2004
2005
2006
40
30
21.5%
20
13.4%
10
2007
18.0%
3.9%
AP HUMAN GEOGRAPHY GRADE DISTRIBUTION, 2007

NUMBER OF
EXAMINEES
Score of 5
3,249
11.2%
Score of 4
5,183
17.9%
Score of 3
6,320
21.8%
Score of 2
4,724
16.3%
Score of 1
9,529
32.9%
29,005
100.0%
EXAM GRADE
AP HUMAN GEOGRAPHY
Other
4.1%
AP HUMAN GEOGRAPHY
American Indian
or Alaska Native
Not Stated
0.4%
3.1%
or Pacic Islander
10.7%
Black or
African American
9.7%
Hispanic
or Latino
12.3%
White
59.7%
28
Female
55%
Male
45%
Other
70
1,642
1,597
Number of Exams
1,500
2006 was the

inaugural year of
1,000
AP Italian
Language and
500
Culture.
60
50
40
30
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
16.0%
20
10
77.2%
80
2,000
0.5%
4.7%
1.6%
Other
AP ITALIAN LANGUAGE AND CULTURE GRADE DISTRIBUTION, 2007

NUMBER OF
EXAMINEES
EXAM GRADE
NUMBER OF
EXAMINEES
Score of 5
85
6.8%
Score of 5
252
15.3%
Score of 4
138
11.0%
Score of 4
209
12.7%
Score of 3
311
24.7%
Score of 3
393
23.9%
Score of 2
292
23.2%
Score of 2
329
20.0%
Score of 1
433
34.4%
Score of 1
459
28.0%
1,259
100.0%
1,642
100.0%
Total Group
Standard Group*
EXAM GRADE
AP ITALIAN LANGUAGE
AND CULTURE
Other
3.8%
American Indian
or Alaska Native
0.1%
Not Stated
3.7%
AP ITALIAN LANGUAGE
AND CULTURE

or Pacic Islander
4.3%
Black or
African American
1.4%
AP Italian Language and Culture
AP ITALIAN LANGUAGE
AND CULTURE
AP ITALIAN LANGUAGE
AND CULTURE
Male
35%
Hispanic
or Latino
16.9%
Female
65%
White
69.8%
29
80
2,000
70
1,667
61.5%
Number of Exams
1,500
2007 was the

inaugural year of
1,000
AP Japanese
Language and Culture.
500
60
50
40
2003
2004
2005
2006
20
2007
27.4%
30
10
5.8%
1.9%
3.5%
Other
AP JAPANESE LANGUAGE AND CULTURE GRADE DISTRIBUTION, 2007

EXAM GRADE
NUMBER OF
EXAMINEES
EXAM GRADE
NUMBER OF
EXAMINEES
102
15.3%
Score of 5
724
43.4%
66
9.9%
Score of 4
154
9.2%
Score of 3
182
27.3%
Score of 3
314
18.8%
Score of 2
99
14.8%
Score of 1
218
32.7%
667
100.0%
Total Group
Score of 5
Score of 4
Score of 2
152
9.1%
Score of 1
323
19.4%
1,667
100.0%
AP JAPANESE
Other
6.1%
Not Stated
4.6%
AP JAPANESE
American Indian
or Alaska Native
0.1%
White
22.0%
Hispanic
or Latino
2.2%
Black or
African American
1.8%
30
AP JAPANESE
AP JAPANESE
Standard Group*
AP Japanese Language and Culture
Female
54%
Male
46%

or Pacic Islander
63.2%
50
48.5%
8,700
7,892
7,193
Number of Exams
8,000
42.3%
8,177
6,645
6,000
4,000
2,000
40
30
20
10
5.4%
3.3%
0.5%
0
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
Other
AP LATIN LITERATURE AND AP LATIN: VERGIL

NUMBER OF
EXAMINEES
Score of 5
1,445
16.6%
Score of 4
1,460
16.8%
Score of 3
2,191
25.2%
Score of 2
1,543
17.7%
EXAM GRADE
Score of 1
2,061
23.7%
8,700
100.0%
AP LATIN LITERATURE AND

AP LATIN: VERGIL
Other
4.1%

AP LATIN: VERGIL
American Indian
or Alaska Native
Not Stated
0.4%
3.5%
or Pacic Islander
11.7%
Black or
African American
2.7%
Hispanic
or Latino
3.4%
Female
50%
Male
50%
AP Latin Literature and AP Latin: Vergil
10,000
11

AP LATIN: VERGIL

AP LATIN: VERGIL
White
74.1%
31
AP MACROECONOMICS
AP MACROECONOMICS
80,000
100
70,000
82.9%
60,116
60,000
Number of Exams
AP Macroeconomics
52,599
48,319
50,000
40,000
38,177
41,265
30,000
20,000
60
40
20
10,000
0
11.1%
0.2%
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
4.4%
1.5%
AP MACROECONOMICS GRADE DISTRIBUTION, 2007

NUMBER OF
EXAMINEES
Score of 5
8,462
14.1%
Score of 4
14,693
24.4%
Score of 3
9,881
16.4%
Score of 2
10,311
17.2%
Score of 1
16,769
27.9%
60,116
100.0%
EXAM GRADE
AP MACROECONOMICS
Other
3.9%
American Indian
or Alaska Native
0.3%
Not Stated
3.0%
White
56.6%
AP MACROECONOMICS

or Pacic Islander
19.8%
Black or
African American
4.6%
32
80
Hispanic
or Latino
11.7%
Female
45%
Male
55%
Other
40,000
35,000
25,667
27,674
25,000
20,000
15,000
10,000
5,000
0
60
50
40
30
2004
2005
2006
2007
15.0%
20
10
2003
77.6%
70
33,092
32,359
30,000
Number of Exams
80
37,383
0.1%
4.4%
3.0%
AP MICROECONOMICS GRADE DISTRIBUTION, 2007

NUMBER OF
EXAMINEES
Score of 5
6,080
16.3%
Score of 4
10,300
27.6%
Score of 3
7,766
20.8%
Score of 2
5,459
14.6%
Score of 1
7,778
20.8%
37,383
100.0%
EXAM GRADE
AP MICROECONOMICS
Other
3.9%
American Indian
or Alaska Native
0.3%
Not Stated
3.1%
AP MICROECONOMICS

or Pacic Islander
22.6%
Black or
African American
4.5%
White
57.3%
Other
AP Microeconomics
AP MICROECONOMICS
AP MICROECONOMICS
Female
43%
Male
57%
Hispanic
or Latino
8.3%
33
AP MUSIC THEORY
AP MUSIC THEORY
15,000
60
54.5%
13,194
50
11,809
12,000
Number of Exams
AP Music Theory
9,887
9,077
9,000
7,894
6,000
3,000
32.1%
30
20
8.9%
10
3.7%
0.8%
0
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
AP MUSIC THEORY GRADE DISTRIBUTION, 2007

NUMBER OF
EXAMINEES
Score of 5
2,210
16.8%
Score of 4
2,263
17.2%
Score of 3
3,400
25.8%
Score of 2
3,517
26.7%
Score of 1
1,804
13.7%
13,194
100.0%
EXAM GRADE
AP MUSIC THEORY
Other
3.2%
American Indian
or Alaska Native
0.5%
Not Stated
3.2%
White
68.6%
AP MUSIC THEORY

or Pacic Islander
12.1%
Black or
African American
5.0%
34
40
Hispanic
or Latino
7.3%
Female
43%
Male
57%
Other
60,000
58.5%
60
54,890
50,987
50,000
43,295
40,926
Number of Exams
50
46,971
40,000
30,000
20,000
10,000
40
35.4%
30
20
10
0.2%
0
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
3.8%
2.1%
AP Physics B
AP PHYSICS B
AP PHYSICS B
Other
AP PHYSICS B GRADE DISTRIBUTION, 2007

NUMBER OF
EXAMINEES
8,869
16.2%
Score of 4
9,279
16.9%
Score of 3
14,931
27.2%
Score of 2
10,210
18.6%
Score of 1
11,601
21.1%
54,890
100.0%
EXAM GRADE
Score of 5
AP PHYSICS B
Other
3.7%
American Indian
or Alaska Native
0.4%
Not Stated
2.9%
AP PHYSICS B

or Pacic Islander
20.3%
Black or
African American
3.8%
Hispanic
or Latino
8.1%
Female
35%
Male
65%
White
60.9%
35
36
AP PHYSICS C:
ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM
AP PHYSICS C:
11,777
12,000
10,772
100
11,192
10,481
10,019
83.7%
10,000
Number of Exams
AP Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism
8,000
6,000
4,000
2,000
80
60
40
20
11.4%
0.0%
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
3.7%
1.2%
Other
AP PHYSICS C: ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM

NUMBER OF
EXAMINEES
Score of 5
3,787
33.8%
Score of 4
2,871
25.7%
Score of 3
1,354
12.1%
Score of 2
1,890
16.9%
EXAM GRADE
Score of 1
1,290
11.5%
11,192
100.0%
AP PHYSICS C:
Other
3.8%
AP PHYSICS C:
American Indian
or Alaska Native
0.3%
Not Stated
2.8%

or Pacic Islander
28.6%
Female
22%
Black or
African American
1.7%
White
58.8%
Hispanic
or Latino
3.9%
Male
78%
100
30,000
26,314
25,000
23,505
21,903
Number of Exams
20,491
82.3%
24,480
20,000
15,000
10,000
5,000
80
60
40
13.3%
20
0.0%
0
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
3.6%
0.8%
AP PHYSICS C: MECHANICS
NUMBER OF
EXAMINEES
Score of 5
6,877
26.1%
Score of 4
6,669
25.3%
Score of 3
5,268
20.0%
Score of 2
3,699
14.1%
EXAM GRADE
Score of 1
3,801
14.4%
26,314
100.0%
Other
3.5%
Other
AP Physics C: Mechanics
American Indian
or Alaska Native
0.4%
Not Stated
2.8%
or Pacic Islander
24.2%
Black or
African American
2.4%
Hispanic
or Latino
5.5%
Female
27%
Male
73%
White
61.3%
37
AP PSYCHOLOGY
AP PSYCHOLOGY
116,128
120,000
80
101,221
70
100,000
80,000
87,207
Number of Exams
AP Psychology
72,287
62,666
60,000
40,000
20,000
60.7%
60
50
40
30
20
10
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
31.9%
0.1%
4.4%
2.9%
AP PSYCHOLOGY GRADE DISTRIBUTION, 2007

NUMBER OF
EXAMINEES
Score of 5
21,833
18.8%
Score of 4
30,430
26.2%
Score of 3
23,851
20.5%
Score of 2
15,902
13.7%
Score of 1
24,112
20.8%
116,128
100.0%
EXAM GRADE
AP PSYCHOLOGY
Other
3.8%
AP PSYCHOLOGY
American Indian
or Alaska Native
0.4%
Not Stated
3.0%
or Pacic Islander
12.9%
Black or
African American
6.5%
Hispanic
or Latino
8.7%
White
64.7%
38
Male
35%
Female
65%
Other
50
120,000
98,245
100,000
101,473
43.3%
101,198
90,828
Number of Exams
83,811
80,000
60,000
40,000
35.0%
30
20
11.5%
7.6%
10
20,000
40
2.6%
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
Other
AP SPANISH LANGUAGE GRADE DISTRIBUTION, 2007

NUMBER OF
EXAMINEES
EXAM GRADE
NUMBER OF
EXAMINEES
Score of 5
4,299
10.4%
Score of 5
20,397
20.2%
Score of 4
8,269
20.1%
Score of 4
25,383
25.1%
Score of 3
8,085
19.6%
Score of 3
19,464
19.2%
Score of 2
9,230
22.4%
Score of 1
11,290
27.4%
41,173
100.0%
Total Group
Standard Group*
EXAM GRADE
Score of 2
17,892
17.7%
Score of 1
18,062
17.8%
101,198
100.0%
AP SPANISH LANGUAGE
Other
2.5%
White
30.5%
American Indian
or Alaska Native
0.2%
Not Stated
3.1%
AP Spanish Language
AP SPANISH LANGUAGE
AP SPANISH LANGUAGE
AP SPANISH LANGUAGE

or Pacic Islander
6.1%
Black or
African American
2.3%
Male
36%
Hispanic
or Latino
55.2%
Female
64%
39
AP SPANISH LITERATURE
60
20,000
13,712
15,000
56.1%
50
15,321
Number of Exams
AP Spanish Literature
14,287
12,303
10,848
10,000
5,000
40
29.6%
30
20
7.3%
10
6.1%
0.8%
0
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
NUMBER OF
EXAMINEES
Score of 5
1,757
11.5%
Score of 4
3,464
22.6%
Score of 3
4,207
27.5%
Score of 2
2,277
14.9%
EXAM GRADE
Score of 1
3,616
23.6%
15,321
100.0%
White
13.2%
Other
1.8%
American Indian
or Alaska Native
0.1%
Not Stated
3.1%

or Pacic Islander
3.0%
Black or
African American
0.9%
Male
33%
Hispanic
or Latino
78.0%
40
Female
67%
Other
98,033
100,000
80
72.8%
88,237
Number of Exams
70
76,786
80,000
65,878
60,000
58,230
40,000
20,000
60
50
40
30
19.2%
20
10
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
0.1%
3.9%
4.0%
AP Statistics
AP STATISTICS
AP STATISTICS
Other
AP STATISTICS GRADE DISTRIBUTION, 2007

NUMBER OF
EXAMINEES
Score of 5
11,643
11.9%
Score of 4
21,076
21.5%
Score of 3
24,922
25.4%
Score of 2
16,755
17.1%
Score of 1
23,637
24.1%
98,033
100.0%
EXAM GRADE
AP STATISTICS
Other
3.2%
American Indian
or Alaska Native
0.4%
Not Stated
2.7%
AP STATISTICS

or Pacic Islander
16.7%
Black or
African American
4.7%
Hispanic
or Latino
7.2%
Female
50%
Male
50%
White
65.1%
41
42
AP STUDIO ART:
DRAWING, 2-D DESIGN, 3-D DESIGN
AP STUDIO ART:
29,288
30,000
80
26,402
21,769
20,000
19,734
15,000
10,000
5,000
60
50
40
30
2004
2005
2006
2007
17.5%
20
10
2003
75.1%
70
24,254
25,000
Number of Exams
AP Studio Art: Drawing, 2-D Design, 3-D Design
12
0.1%
5.4%
1.9%
Other
AP STUDIO ART: DRAWING, 2-D DESIGN, 3-D DESIGN

NUMBER OF
EXAMINEES
EXAM GRADE
3,398
11.6%
Score of 4
5,655
19.3%
Score of 3
10,643
36.3%
Score of 2
7,885
26.9%
Score of 1
1,707
5.8%
29,288
100.0%
AP STUDIO ART:
Other
4.2%
Score of 5
American Indian
or Alaska Native
0.6%
Not Stated
3.7%
AP STUDIO ART:

or Pacic Islander
11.2%
Black or
African American
5.3%
Hispanic
or Latino
11.1%
White
63.9%
Male
30%
Female
70%
350,000
100
333,561
311,000
300,000
83.1%
285,368
Number of Exams
262,906
250,000
242,699
200,000
150,000
100,000
80
60
40
20
8.1%
50,000
0.1%
0
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
5.2%
3.4%
Other
AP UNITED STATES HISTORY

NUMBER OF
EXAMINEES
Score of 5
37,110
11.1%
Score of 4
66,324
19.9%
Score of 3
74,153
22.2%
Score of 2
87,268
26.2%
EXAM GRADE
Score of 1
68,706
20.6%
333,561
100.0%

Other
3.8%
AP United States History



American Indian
or Alaska Native
0.5%
Not Stated
or Pacic Islander
2.8%
11.3%
Black or
African American
6.4%
Hispanic
or Latino
10.8%
Female
55%
Male
45%
White
64.4%
43
AP WORLD HISTORY
AP WORLD HISTORY
80
120,000
101,975
84,143
80,000
64,207
60,000
47,558
40,000
34,286
20,000
60
50
40
30
20
10
2003
2004
2005
2006
76.5%
70
100,000
Number of Exams
AP World History
2007
10.0%
5.5%
4.6%
AP WORLD HISTORY GRADE DISTRIBUTION, 2007

NUMBER OF
EXAMINEES
Score of 5
11,461
11.2%
Score of 4
17,183
16.9%
Score of 3
26,616
26.1%
Score of 2
24,773
24.3%
Score of 1
21,942
21.5%
101,975
100.0%
EXAM GRADE
AP WORLD HISTORY
Other
4.2%
AP WORLD HISTORY
American Indian
or Alaska Native
0.5%
Not Stated
2.8%
or Pacic Islander
13.6%
Black or
African American
7.8%
Hispanic
or Latino
13.8%
White
57.3%
44
Female
55%
Male
45%
3.5%
Other
Appendixes
Appendix A: AP Data at a Glance

2007 School Participation in AP AP Exams Taken Most Frequently by the
t 4UVEFOUTSFQSFTFOUJOH TFDPOEBSZ
schools took AP Exams.
t PGUIFTFTDIPPMTBSFMPDBUFEJOUIF
50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia
Class of 2007
AP Exams taken by the largest numbers of students
of the class of 2007 during their high school years:
1. AP U.S. History
t BSFQVCMJDTDIPPMT BOJODSFBTF
of 204 over last year.
2. AP English Literature and Composition
t BSFOPOQVCMJDTDIPPMT BO
increase of 179 over last year.
4. AP Calculus AB
t PGUIFTFTDIPPMTBSFMPDBUFEPVUTJEFPGUIF
United States, an increase of 81 over last year.
t 0OBWFSBHF TDIPPMTUIBUPFS"1PFSOJOF
different AP courses.
Student Participation
and Performance
U.S. Public School Class of 2007
By focusing on the AP experiences acquired by the
U.S. public school class of 2007 before they exited
high school, we can assess the nations progress
in fortifying its college-bound students with a
successful AP experience.
3. AP English Language and Composition
5. AP U.S. Government and Politics

6. AP Biology
7. AP Psychology
8. AP Statistics
9. AP Spanish Language
10. AP Chemistry
AP French Literature was taken by the smallest
number of students of the class of 2007 during their
high school years.
Note: AP Chinese Language and Culture and AP
Japanese Language and Culture are not included
in this ranking because they were new in 2007;
consequently, these exams were not available to the
class of 2007 until their final year of high school.
t 5PUBMIJHITDIPPMHSBEVBUFT
t TUVEFOUT
t TUVEFOUT
t 5PUBMIJHITDIPPMHSBEVBUFTXIPUPPLBO"1
Exam at some point in high school:
t
t
t 5PUBMIJHITDIPPMHSBEVBUFTXIPFBSOFEBPS
higher on an AP Exam at some point in high
school:
t
t
t 5PUBMOVNCFSPG"1&YBNTUBLFOCZUIFDMBTT
of 2007 across their entire high school years:
1,957,424
t 5PUBMOVNCFSPG"1&YBNTFBSOJOHHSBEFT
of 3 or higher, as taken by the class of 2007
across their entire high school years: 1,121,047
47
Appendix B: AP Exams Taken in

U.S. Public Schools by the Class of 2007
NUMBER OF STUDENTS FOR EACH EXAMINATION
Government and
Politics: Comparative
German Language
French Literature
French Language
European History
Environmental
Science
English Literature
and Composition
183
86
23
50
38
162
190
41
67
115
11
15
16
683
172
235
41
238
131
708
1,100
176
213
169
16
13
32
17,397
103
883
1,017
266
413
50
12
270
177
2,423
3,540
240
724
235
19
14
100
31,950
115
1,722
1,217
122
530
38
361
205
6,699
8,282
337
498
175
15
12
160
52,831
256
3,105
4,929
440
2,107
395
25
1,604
891
5,917
6,299
1,820
1,129
260
21
27
234
113,590
556
6,539
8,234
1,183
3,371
547
57
2,523 1,442
15,909
19,411
2,614
2,631
954
82
81
542
1.83
2.69 2.77
1.91
2.06
1.95
2.61
1.71
1.65
2.44
1.72
1.77
1.90
2.00
1.58
2.08
2.72
1.96
50,739
250
5,678
6,321 6,534
3,576
802
583
394
1,514
1,032
1,866
2,214
721
1,301
132
23
32
214
59,180
512
4,633
5,203 2,497
3,349
126
617
195
2,343
1,583
4,293
5,750
1,186
1,968
266
29
56
294
65,918
645
4,317
4,967 2,508
3,547
33
372
181
1,499
1,062
7,206
8,186
886
3,372
601
32
57
321
57,283
468
4,093
3,997
839
2,520
211
90
1,457
701
8,341
7,814
808
1,465
429
24
58
324
453
2,571
5,709
1,681
3,039
10
852
203
1,826
862
2,364
1,978
1,408
1,451
445
20
40
238
2,328 21,292 26,197 14,059 16,031
979
8,639 5,240
24,070
25,942
5,009
9,557
1,873 128
2.58 3.09
44,256
277,376
2,635 1,063
243 1,391
3.05
2.84
3.32
3.09
3.81
3.12
4.74
2.95
3.46
3.03
3.23
2.79
2.94
2.80
3.02
10,415
14
201
528
257
85
29
10
90
47
153
177
46
83
15,396
114
362
681
171
163
52
12
273
154
639
862
202
22,316
171
660
1,114
291
319
41
14
321
177
2,171
2,686
197
29,504
182
1,264
1,277
128
392
25
496
212
6,124
5,750
274
462
155
10
72
39,131
268
1,886
4,089
400
1,400
205
18
1,712
602
4,423
2,914
970
865
297
11
38
121
116,762
749
4,373
7,689
1,247
2,359
352
57
2,892
1,192
13,510
12,389
1,689 2,243
632
23
65
296
2.93
2.94
20
16
190
39
33
643
121
54
1.94 2.09
1.89
2.16
2.39
2.23
2.02
2.00
2.81
1.79
2.08
2.88
1.80
2.02
1.96
2.16
1.86
2.18
1,130
62
118
67
25
11
19
34
50
11
20
1,980
13
91
110
32
51
15
44
25
155
184
54
61
3,137
31
121
153
39
74
11
44
37
370
525
45
146
19
3,950
31
211
138
14
96
72
27
704
794
49
85
15
3,912
42
210
330
29
126
37
162
125
280
297
164
165
24
26
14,109
123
695
849
181
372
83
13
341
222
1,543
1,850
323
477
46
18
69
2.47
2.27
2.40
2.47
3.52
2.34
2.45
3.00
2.08
1.94
2.33
2.40
2.07
2.34
2.11
2.50
2.22
11,400
36
368
677
362
186
52
21
122
55
226
240
83
134
42
11
41
15,804
150
505
732
218
250
64
13
389
169
815
1,141
305
361
82
14
49
21,555
239
694
968
293
404
53
14
347
196
2,359
2,852
291
829
195
19
83
25,972
221
1,149
1,040
110
421
37
469
161
5,221
4,941
337
526
157
10
116
34,876
344
1,680
2,854
350
1,263
255
24
1,679
578
3,516
2,745
1,322
902
263
20
23
137
109,607
990
4,396
6,271
1,333
2,524
461
80
3,006
1,159
12,137
11,919
2,338
2,752
739
38
77
426
2.48
2.31
2.26
2.26
3.10
2.08
2.18
2.99
1.94
2.10
2.09
2.26
1.93
2.38
2.30 2.13
2.74
2.39
Mean Grade
* Frequency distributions and mean grades are reported when there are five or more exam takers in a field.
48
English Language
and Composition
Economics Micro
Economics Macro
Computer Science
AB
Computer Science A
Chinese Language
and Culture
Chemistry
Calculus BC
388
574
Mean Grade
Other
Hispanic,
Latino, or
Latin
American
Calculus AB
255
60
Mean Grade
Puerto
Rican
Biology
22
8,473
Mean Grade
Mexican
or
Mexican
American
Art History
2,939
Mean Grade
Asian,
Asian
American,
or Pacific
Islander
Total Exams
AP GRADE
Black or
African
American
5
4
Number of Students
World History
United States
History
Studio Art: Drawing
Studio Art: 3-D

Design
Studio Art: 2-D

Design
Statistics
Spanish Literature
Spanish Language
Psychology
Physics C:
Mechanics
Physics C: Electricity
and Magnetism
Physics B
Music Theory
Latin: Vergil
Latin Literature
Japanese Language
and Culture
Italian Language
and Culture
Human Geography
Government and
Politics: United States
108
33
31
35
14
32
311
41
74
32
42
387
105
486
73
10
46
96
31
61
944
142
14
260
87
10
78
1,286
271
1,237
107
16
21
100
245
26
91
1,041
258
17
529
175
30
187
2,119
707
2,851
155
11
10
211
315
37
102
975
384
669
194
32
209
4,249
1,042
3,593
414
11
35
18
193
1,037
35
215
3,159
953
41
2,468
78
14
115
8,681
2,303
8,275
782
20
13
73
62
581
1,728
143
501
6,430
1,778
86
4,000
566
93
631
16,722
4,428
1.87
1.92
1.95
1.85
2.08
2.52
2.16
1.71
2.66
2.19
2.11
1.84
2.36
1.70
2.65 2.61
2.56
1.83
1.83
1,191
329
125
45
69
292
1,444
889
1,484
2,843
628
51
2,283
121
10
260
4,277
1,207
3,419
397
38
41
67
232
1,465
616
1,229
3,237
1,050
111
3,319
209
21
285
6,847
1,696
4,717
374
23
93
66
93
300
2,315
308
914
2,290
1,341
82
3,273
307
58
473
6,721
2,378
5,668
204
13
45
39
58
245
1,336
356
624
1,448
1,232
36
2,001
235
43
271
7,806
1,976
1,723
247
659
2,178
983
50
4,910 11,996
5,234
2,653
278
19
77
82
58
80
17,648
1,582
60
378
273
345
1,149
2.71
3.19
2.30
3.24
2.74
3.09
3.36
2.95
3.64
3.46
3.26
125
23
16
53
25
47
192
8,283 2,416
2,740
33
13
45
5,771
1,417
330 13,616
905
145
1,334
31,422
8,674
2.83
3.23
3.03
3.17 2.81
3.33
2.87
2.92
7,266
316
88
33
359
66
27
513
48
11
28
99
24
66
406
7,583
1,053
242
65
14
76
996
212
1,253
76
10
10
62
313
23
91
499
6,037
1,694
471
167
42
198
1,819
552
2,882
80
91
293
28
89
434
2,351
902
509
138
34
192
3,729
903
3,256
174
11
13
67
1,026
35
221
1,171
1,107
1,413
1,422
49
11
63
6,789
2,075
8,029
401
44
10
19
31
264
1,784
135
514
2,702 24,344
5,378
2,732
446
108
562
13,692
3,808
1.93
2.17
2.89
2.00
2.63
2.23
2.38
1.80
2.82
2.28
2.26
3.72
2.62
1.93
2.74
2.74
2.69
1.86
1.76
21
17
14
86
346
24
10
95
31
109
12
15
37
22
172
360
27
58
17
15
219
56
199
19
36
56
14
169
370
40
93
35
33
314
115
349
17
41
49
22
120
220
23
95
37
23
536
142
275
31
24
78
22
266
163
49
218
573
152
953
88
19
125
237
28
94
813
1,459
147
488
108
10
86
1,737
496
2.22
2.44
2.05
1.67
3.00
2.55
2.43
3.11
2.83
2.62
3.35
2.47
2.13
2.83
3.10
2.88
2.27
2.34
131
79
28
33
96
47
83
450
6,487
411
125
53
66
494
146
626
130
23
36
147
48
114
926
5,556
817
362
129
22
108
1,183
312
1,222
217
54
86
310
21
112
860
4,118
1,169
599
211
49
235
1,750
687
2,471
149
38
10
127
295
41
125
713
1,665
596
582
172
28
167
2,984
876
2,924
391
23
16
18
132
810
58
200
1,816
921
990
1,403
52
10
57
5,510
1,581
4,765 18,747
3,983
3,071
617
116
633
11,921
3,602
2.76
2.10
2.93 2.90
2.94
2.01
2.05
7,374
966
166
14
26
38
414
1,658
215
634
1.99
2.33
2.97
1.86
1.85
1.95
2.30
2.05
2.93
2.61
2.47
3.80
51,423
72,480
47,999
5,970
43,831
49
NUMBER OF STUDENTS FOR EACH EXAMINATION

Government and
Politics: Comparative
German Language
French Literature
French Language
European History
Environmental
Science
English Literature
and Composition
43
22
14
28
30
20
102
27
36
31
21
113
163
28
42
10
2,098
20
99
116
28
60
27
18
302
391
36
117
18
2,724
13
152
120
20
57
31
17
571
566
41
63
15
2,469
16
129
282
34
138
18
72
22
254
214
77
73
11
15
8,970
58
491
690
152
313
43
10
175
84
1,268
1,364
188
315
31
18
59
2.39
2.43
2.47
2.36
3.16
2.19
2.58
2.40
2.34
2.67
2.28
2.43
2.18
2.60
2.16
2.17
2.44
11,981 23,115 12,767
6,587
1,556
844
3,747
2,476
8,305
11,079
2,984
5,478
787
96
618 1,150
1,832 13,994 22,265 5,863
7,943
1,818
512
7,388
4,749
23,654
35,363
6,627
9,658
1,310
115
713 1,412
6,120 10,714
999
420
5,026
3,816
43,937
56,796
5,294 18,574
2,717 157
816 1,721
608
216
5,210 2,725
46,362
43,757
4,874
7,832
2,018
91
727 1,726
441
6,867
9,760
7,284
6,808
7,336
1,979 105
479 1,188
157,866
257,166
820
328,276 2,246 15,369 21,615
280,875
1,498 16,319
173,870
1,443
2.95
17,221 2,049
8,658
7,898 24,252 3,986 10,231
10
1,903
7,839 65,561 108,468 30,785 44,133
29
6,884 2,433 28,238 16,793 132,018 154,279 26,587 48,878
2.88
3.09
3.03
3.69
2.82 2.48
3.07
3.45
2.86
3,027
3.05
2.81
2.99
2.78
2.96
8,811 564 3,353 7,197

2.65 3.01
3.08
2.95
8,000
51
728
838
626
338
63
35
208
132
478
594
151
276
79
12
54
60
12,624
129
817
885
327
397
82
32
371
255
1,130
1,593
346
527
124
10
32
78
16,216
175
833
908
292
524
52
33
297
216
2,121
2,525
288
982
195
35
130
15,668
117
926
789
113
406
29
12
305
166
2,659
2,597
241
479
129
11
30
118
12,856
122
708
1,282
239
660
184
28
521
228
906
741
485
494
144
17
88
65,364
594
4,012
4,702
1,597
2,325
10
410
140
1,702
997
7,294
8,050
1,511
2,758
671
49
168
474
2.80
2.78
2.98
2.83
3.62
2.72 4.80
2.54
3.24
2.67
2.90
2.67
2.84
2.63
2.86
2.80 3.10
3.45
2.80
6,340
45
517
773
451
249
26
45
32
152
120
348
422
106
196
29
43
50
10,028
117
554
681
229
320
83
13
296
213
816
1,265
257
351
68
15
62
12,975
115
638
699
219
381
60
28
205
176
1,601
2,183
204
697
136
24
97
13,033
88
727
586
79
319
27
254
130
2,250
2,220
178
364
134
22
67
466
401
99
18
68
1,211 2,009
487
24
108
337
2.66 3.21
3.14
2.84
11,217
124
572
1,147
178
536
114
27
439
212
896
756
53,593
489
3,008
3,886
1,156
1,805
31
329
109
1,346
851
5,911
6,846
2.74
2.91
2.83
3.60
2.75
2.68
4.74
3.13
2.60
2.88
2.57
2.76
2.47
2.79
249,329
1,247 19,831 32,828 21,290 11,154
837
2,368 1,349
5,916
3,914
11,600
14,996
4,149
7,575
1,229
153
381,830
2,933 21,600 31,342
9,536 12,744
140
2,780
788 11,373
7,300
32,323
47,421
9,181 13,371
2,067
185
854 1,975
489,888
3,745 23,614 31,557 10,056 16,436
40
1,647
704
8,036
5,875
62,490
79,684
7,481 26,084
4,215 223
977 2,543
460,959
2,733 26,563 26,385
3,474 13,399
14
986
347
8,655 4,344
78,931
76,721
7,139 11,774
3,211 158
880 2,613
375,418
3,068 18,759 44,874
7,337 19,500
25
3,963
774 14,882 6,547
28,316
23,228 13,520 12,816
3,522 190
654 2,115
Mean Grade
T
Mean Grade
2.76
766 1,545
1,957,424 13,726 110,367 166,986 51,693 73,233 1,056 11,744 3,962 48,862 27,980 213,660 242,050 41,470 71,620 14,244 909 4,131 10,791
2.83
2.75
2.97
2.89
3.66
2.76 4.66
2.88
3.40
2.69
* Frequency distributions and mean grades are reported when there are five or more exam takers in a field.
50
English Language
and Composition
Economics Micro
Economics Macro
Computer Science
AB
Computer Science A
Chinese Language
and Culture
Chemistry
70
70
Mean Grade
National
Total
Calculus BC
41
Mean Grade
Not Stated
Calculus AB
1,179
T 1,198,053
Other
Biology
Art History
500
Mean Grade
White
Total Exams
AP GRADE
American
Indian or
Alaska
Native
2.92
2.63
2.81
2.60
2.88
2.60 2.95
3.05
2.84
Number of Students
World History
United States
History
Studio Art: Drawing
Studio Art: 3-D

Design
Studio Art: 2-D

Design
Statistics
Spanish Literature
Spanish Language
Psychology
Physics C:
Mechanics
Physics C: Electricity
and Magnetism
Physics B
Music Theory
Latin: Vergil
Latin Literature
Japanese Language
and Culture
Italian Language
and Culture
Human Geography
Government and
Politics: United States
14
14
11
45
18
53
17
80
21
14
107
13
51
11
153
34
152
15
19
42
20
101
29
85
24
17
252
77
233
17
12
34
18
71
28
60
23
17
412
101
148
10
13
55
21
124
41
113
471
84
62
11
53
1,341
313
2.74 2.55
2.81
2.18
2.36
627
60
52
166
24
84
448
117
327
2.33
2.83
2.14
2.00
2.46
2.43
3.50
2.71
2.73
2.27
2.00
2.39
5,943
1,470
95
18
175
246
1,338
3,770 1,702
3,197 12,827
2,307
188
6,470
729
121
804
17,999
4,076
17,977 2,043
97
19
232
266
1,417
4,936 1,334
3,427 18,118
4,453
323 12,350 1,509
175
1,230
35,117
6,919
25,421 2,043
218
45
354
463
2,058
8,223
667
2,793 13,705
5,480
325 14,547 2,513
460
2,510
39,987 10,122
26,472
1,391
201
32
238
351
1,814
4,917
932
1,869
8,455
5,560
148
321
1,568
44,701
8,693
8,379
1,530
308
93
416
399
696
5,131
565
1,580 10,026
5,813
264
26,207
6,198
84,192 8,477
919
2.84
207 1,415 1,725

2.77
7,323 26,977 5,200 12,866 63,131 23,613
3.06
2.42
2.21
2.66
3.12
277
81
13
15
21
51
876
101
23
50
1,251
101
16
27
79
1,601
67
10
13
16
103
2.90
3.51
3.37
3.24
163
91
154
592
205
80
155
845
384
29
131
679
228
43
77
466
2.66
9,487 1,829
268 10,601
318
81
1,252 53,455 6,898 1,158

3.07 2.94
6,376 164,011 36,008 430,970
3.01
2.90
274
25
246
42
45
902
267
373
34
461
74
11
69
1,733
380
424
48
621
123
35
169
1,863
607
386
16
411
119
22
101
2,270
583
3.12
2.84
2.83
840
98
14
11
20
18
49
365
36
115
791
372
44
709
21
15
1,906
568
4,845
448
50
39
72
105
332
1,345
279
632
3,373
1,829
167
2,448
379
79
399
8,674
2,405
2.62
3.00
2.86
2.67
2.79
3.12
2.85
2.68
3.53
3.25
2.99
2.89
2.88
2.64
2.99 2.73
3.07
2.71
2.67
219
51
59
144
73
110
460
429
27
210
50
696
150
29
671
85
10
10
48
169
52
138
709
604
67
412
71
55
1,301
257
907
78
10
18
72
343
25
115
550
605
99
501
105
25
122
1,512
404
1,265
55
10
17
89
202
51
73
366
418
48
411
110
17
104
1,905
421
659
104
10
20
18
46
275
30
93
635
349
102
631
18
23
1,638
501
3,721
373
40
25
53
72
314
1,133
231
529
2,720
2,405
343
2,165
333
54
354
7,052
1,733
2.60
2.74
3.38
3.19
3.00
2.80
2.63
2.76
2.43
2.65
2.95
3.14
2.62
8,029 2,084
153
155
246
354
1,831
5,736 2,852
5,132 17,806 17,784
1,035
9,538 1,050
2.61
2.95 2.91
17,515 2,164
3.01
2.65
2.50
160
1,310
25,262
6,065
262
24,757 2,898
146
68
301
382
1,878
7,175 2,201
5,226 25,464 20,134
2,447
1,927
48,835 10,137
36,359
3,030
331
164
480
638
2,812 12,231 1,107
4,281 19,894 18,662
3,475 20,719 3,660
708 3,944
56,337 15,649
43,792
2,135
285
93
318
472
2,733
7,669 1,499
2,999 13,048 12,244
1,776 14,225 2,857
506
2,652
68,592 14,737
22,727
3,030
404
210
599
546
1,300 10,500 1,012
3,126 20,166 10,702
2,960 20,305
138
595
57,546 14,879
135,664 13,177 1,319

2.64
2.91
2.51
583
3,887
21,746
19,876
698,182
690 1,944 2,392 10,554 43,311 8,671 20,764 96,378 79,526 11,693 82,302 10,314 1,774 10,428 256,572 61,467
2.80
2.63
2.80
3.02
2.77
3.51
3.30
3.08
3.28
2.73
2.78
3.02 2.89
3.07
2.67
2.64
51
Appendix C: Raw Numbers for Table 1:

U.S. Public Schools
# OF STUDENTS
# OF STUDENTS
WHO TOOK AN
AP EXAM IN HIGH
SCHOOL
% OF STUDENTS
WHO TOOK AN
AP EXAM IN HIGH
SCHOOL
# OF STUDENTS
WHO SCORED 3+
ON AN AP EXAM IN
HIGH SCHOOL
% OF STUDENTS
WHO SCORED 3+
ON AN AP EXAM
IN HIGH SCHOOL
2002
2002
2006
2007
2002
2006
2007
1,780
764
3,278
1,337
53,790
5,574
5,142
617
234
17,341
7,655
682
1,156
13,693
4,079
1,832
1,645
2,371
760
1,515
8,443
8,769
9,623
5,642
696
2,572
929
738
1,375
1,239
11,246
1,218
28,366
8,943
411
8,970
2,622
2,498
10,922
666
3,966
611
3,151
24,914
5,586
886
11,203
5,627
886
7,123
347
2,164
941
4,958
2,653
71,215
7,762
6,818
1,017
236
25,043
10,901
789
1,508
18,126
5,377
2,485
2,238
3,351
842
1,870
12,130
11,536
12,141
7,143
798
3,412
1,013
1,091
2,306
1,797
14,775
1,628
33,466
12,613
520
11,635
3,397
3,256
13,499
844
4,536
766
4,076
34,804
6,113
1,052
14,760
8,223
1,072
9,431
368
2,423
957
5,455
2,611
72,314
8,574
7,325
979
210
26,448
11,675
867
1,605
18,862
5,809
2,647
2,250
3,536
923
2,276
12,928
12,308
13,086
7,825
843
3,697
1,036
1,105
2,430
2,027
15,766
1,640
35,685
13,310
542
12,399
3,317
3,845
14,445
900
4,770
794
4,347
34,990
5,913
1,319
16,021
9,017
1,149
10,090
443
4.8%
11.0%
7.0%
5.0%
16.5%
13.7%
16.0%
9.3%
8.1%
15.2%
11.2%
6.5%
7.3%
11.7%
7.3%
5.4%
5.6%
6.5%
2.0%
12.0%
16.4%
15.4%
10.3%
9.8%
3.0%
4.7%
8.8%
3.8%
9.6%
10.0%
14.5%
6.9%
20.2%
13.7%
5.1%
8.3%
7.1%
8.0%
9.5%
7.4%
12.7%
6.9%
7.2%
11.1%
18.4%
12.7%
16.9%
9.7%
5.2%
11.8%
5.7%
STATE
2002
2006
2007
2002
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
D.C.
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
37,170
6,945
46,774
26,984
325,895
40,760
32,192
6,638
2,894
113,836
68,384
10,452
15,874
116,600
56,156
33,789
29,509
36,366
37,564
12,605
51,391
56,932
93,653
57,440
23,398
54,301
10,554
19,387
14,282
12,452
77,663
17,776
140,129
65,513
8,084
107,576
36,852
31,155
114,943
9,015
31,189
8,865
43,868
225,290
30,337
6,978
66,474
57,917
17,147
60,575
6,106
37,215
7,478
52,841
26,699
358,266
43,740
35,578
6,960
2,418
126,386
73,150
10,327
15,978
120,885
58,199
32,346
28,964
35,222
36,433
12,903
55,895
59,303
99,794
58,154
22,419
54,703
10,104
18,759
17,392
13,128
88,941
17,668
149,387
69,470
7,536
110,585
35,197
31,371
122,220
10,052
35,172
8,260
42,155
238,090
30,439
6,477
71,278
59,643
16,448
59,926
5,417
38,061
7,493
54,432
27,183
367,410
44,727
36,434
6,730
2,583
130,086
76,516
10,416
15,916
126,283
60,071
32,927
28,754
36,278
34,593
12,780
57,612
60,772
102,581
58,497
22,601
55,509
9,796
18,853
18,246
13,227
92,414
17,846
152,503
72,080
7,334
112,682
35,768
32,403
123,440
10,288
35,942
8,225
43,598
241,861
30,333
6,618
74,546
61,244
16,488
60,970
5,252
3,267
3,790
4,325
1,089
1,471
1,497
5,092
8,131
9,130
2,636
8,076
8,763
78,795 106,345 110,620
8,573 12,331 13,765
6,989
9,272 10,092
1,017
1,890
1,843
590
806
1,025
28,312 45,141 49,390
13,513 19,664 21,890
1,239
1,591
1,702
1,795
2,470
2,507
18,934 25,712 27,793
7,578 10,900 11,393
2,690
3,732
4,021
2,528
3,475
3,585
4,583
6,646
7,099
1,405
1,857
1,987
2,295
3,013
3,682
12,078 18,247 20,314
12,101 16,067 17,060
14,765 18,423 20,166
8,954 10,867 12,629
1,659
2,378
2,603
3,905
5,255
5,885
1,368
1,535
1,546
1,210
1,726
1,888
2,239
3,918
4,371
1,789
2,560
2,818
15,383 20,697 21,932
2,502
3,389
3,427
42,365 51,039 54,182
15,125 21,804 22,965
585
728
768
14,282 18,813 20,292
5,008
7,031
7,084
3,679
5,255
6,180
15,916 20,053 21,891
1,118
1,298
1,438
6,513
7,800
8,161
1,009
1,285
1,276
5,220
7,110
7,977
43,513 62,513 66,114
7,748
8,848
8,766
1,258
1,591
1,926
17,852 22,951 25,669
8,552 13,428 14,862
1,835
2,254
2,512
10,260 13,572 14,547
619
728
824
8.8%
15.7%
10.9%
9.8%
24.2%
21.0%
21.7%
15.3%
20.4%
24.9%
19.8%
11.9%
11.3%
16.2%
13.5%
8.0%
8.6%
12.6%
3.7%
18.2%
23.5%
21.3%
15.8%
15.6%
7.1%
7.2%
13.0%
6.2%
15.7%
14.4%
19.8%
14.1%
30.2%
23.1%
7.2%
13.3%
13.6%
11.8%
13.8%
12.4%
20.9%
11.4%
11.9%
19.3%
25.5%
18.0%
26.9%
14.8%
10.7%
16.9%
10.1%
10.2%
19.7%
15.4%
30.2%
29.7%
28.2%
26.1%
27.2%
33.3%
35.7%
26.9%
15.4%
15.5%
21.3%
18.7%
11.5%
12.0%
18.9%
5.1%
23.4%
32.6%
27.1%
18.5%
18.7%
10.6%
9.6%
15.2%
9.2%
22.5%
19.5%
23.3%
19.2%
34.2%
31.4%
9.7%
17.0%
20.0%
16.8%
16.4%
12.9%
22.2%
15.6%
16.9%
26.3%
29.1%
24.6%
32.2%
22.5%
13.7%
22.6%
13.4%
11.4%
20.0%
16.8%
32.2%
30.1%
30.8%
27.7%
27.4%
39.7%
38.0%
28.6%
16.3%
15.8%
22.0%
19.0%
12.2%
12.5%
19.6%
5.7%
28.8%
35.3%
28.1%
19.7%
21.6%
11.5%
10.6%
15.8%
10.0%
24.0%
21.3%
23.7%
19.2%
35.5%
31.9%
10.5%
18.0%
19.8%
19.1%
17.7%
14.0%
22.7%
15.5%
18.3%
27.3%
28.9%
29.1%
34.4%
24.3%
15.2%
23.9%
15.7%
5.8%
12.6%
9.4%
9.9%
19.9%
17.7%
19.2%
14.6%
9.8%
19.8%
14.9%
7.6%
9.4%
15.0%
9.2%
7.7%
7.7%
9.5%
2.3%
14.5%
21.7%
19.5%
12.2%
12.3%
3.6%
6.2%
10.0%
5.8%
13.3%
13.7%
16.6%
9.2%
22.4%
18.2%
6.9%
10.5%
9.7%
10.4%
11.0%
8.4%
12.9%
9.3%
9.7%
14.6%
20.1%
16.2%
20.7%
13.8%
6.5%
15.7%
6.8%
6.4%
12.8%
10.0%
9.6%
19.7%
19.2%
20.1%
14.5%
8.1%
20.3%
15.3%
8.3%
10.1%
14.9%
9.7%
8.0%
7.8%
9.7%
2.7%
17.8%
22.4%
20.3%
12.8%
13.4%
3.7%
6.7%
10.6%
5.9%
13.3%
15.3%
17.1%
9.2%
23.4%
18.5%
7.4%
11.0%
9.3%
11.9%
11.7%
8.7%
13.3%
9.7%
10.0%
14.5%
19.5%
19.9%
21.5%
14.7%
7.0%
16.5%
8.4%
2,614,629 2,747,371 2,809,202 473,330 649,476 698,182
18.1%
23.6%
24.9% 305,433 404,495 425,733 11.7% 14.7%
15.2%
Nation
52
2006
2007
2006
2007
Appendix D: Changes in Equity and Excellence

Gaps from 2002 to 2007
BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDENTS IN U.S. PUBLIC SCHOOLS
CLASS OF 2002
STATE
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
D.C.
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Nation
% OF STUDENT
POPULATION
% OF
STUDENTS
EARNING 3
OR HIGHER
31.9%
3.6%
4.3%
21.4%
7.2%
4.4%
11.2%
26.3%
86.6%
19.9%
32.8%
1.6%
0.5%
13.9%
7.7%
2.2%
6.3%
8.7%
40.5%
0.9%
33.0%
8.2%
12.6%
3.7%
47.3%
13.4%
0.3%
3.9%
7.1%
0.9%
15.1%
2.3%
14.0%
26.5%
0.7%
10.4%
9.0%
1.9%
10.1%
7.3%
37.8%
0.5%
18.0%
13.3%
0.6%
0.3%
23.7%
3.9%
3.5%
5.2%
1.0%
13.2%
5.6%
0.7%
1.2%
3.0%
1.6%
1.3%
2.1%
4.7%
31.2%
5.6%
8.7%
1.6%
0.2%
2.3%
1.4%
0.7%
0.7%
1.8%
8.8%
0.2%
6.4%
1.7%
2.3%
0.6%
8.9%
2.7%
0.1%
1.2%
2.2%
0.3%
2.1%
0.8%
3.6%
5.3%
0.7%
2.1%
2.7%
0.2%
1.4%
1.5%
7.5%
0.5%
6.5%
2.8%
0.2%
0.1%
5.1%
1.1%
0.8%
0.6%
0.3%
2.8%
CLASS OF 2006
EQUITY AND
EXCELLENCE
GAP
ELIMINATED
% OF STUDENT
POPULATION
32.2%
4.2%
4.7%
21.1%
7.3%
4.7%
11.3%
26.5%
82.4%
19.7%
33.1%
1.6%
0.5%
13.6%
8.3%
2.6%
6.6%
9.0%
44.0%
1.9%
34.2%
8.3%
13.9%
5.2%
46.0%
14.0%
0.5%
4.6%
8.1%
1.2%
14.8%
2.3%
14.4%
27.3%
1.0%
11.0%
9.6%
2.2%
11.8%
8.9%
37.7%
1.0%
21.0%
13.5%
0.9%
0.6%
24.1%
4.5%
3.9%
5.4%
2.4%
13.7%
% OF
STUDENTS
EARNING 3
OR HIGHER
5.5%
1.3%
1.5%
4.2%
1.7%
1.6%
1.9%
6.2%
27.1%
5.5%
9.3%
1.8%
0.5%
3.0%
2.2%
1.1%
1.7%
2.3%
6.9%
0.5%
7.1%
1.9%
2.5%
0.9%
9.9%
2.5%
0.3%
1.2%
2.9%
0.5%
2.5%
1.5%
3.3%
6.1%
0.2%
2.8%
2.9%
0.6%
1.5%
1.4%
7.8%
0.9%
7.2%
3.3%
0.4%
1.0%
5.7%
1.3%
0.7%
0.7%
0.5%
3.1%
CLASS OF 2007
EQUITY AND
EXCELLENCE
GAP
ELIMINATED

% OF STUDENT
POPULATION
% OF
STUDENTS
EARNING 3
OR HIGHER
32.7%
3.9%
4.8%
21.3%
7.4%
4.7%
12.0%
26.2%
83.7%
19.6%
33.7%
1.5%
0.5%
14.8%
8.8%
2.9%
7.1%
9.1%
43.1%
1.9%
34.5%
8.3%
15.0%
5.6%
47.0%
14.3%
0.5%
4.7%
8.5%
1.1%
14.8%
2.4%
14.6%
27.9%
1.0%
11.7%
9.5%
2.2%
11.7%
9.2%
38.0%
1.0%
21.8%
13.7%
0.9%
0.6%
24.9%
4.6%
3.8%
5.7%
2.9%
14.0%
6.7%
1.3%
1.9%
3.9%
1.8%
1.7%
2.2%
6.0%
24.3%
6.0%
9.4%
1.6%
0.4%
3.2%
1.9%
0.9%
1.8%
2.5%
9.2%
0.8%
8.3%
1.9%
2.5%
0.9%
11.5%
2.7%
0.1%
1.4%
2.6%
0.6%
2.7%
1.0%
3.7%
5.8%
0.6%
2.6%
2.8%
0.8%
1.6%
1.3%
8.2%
0.4%
6.7%
3.3%
0.3%
0.5%
5.6%
1.2%
1.0%
1.0%
1.1%
3.3%
EQUITY AND
EXCELLENCE
GAP
ELIMINATED
53
HISPANIC OR LATINO STUDENTS IN U.S. PUBLIC SCHOOLS

CLASS OF 2002
STATE
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
D.C.
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Nation
54
CLASS OF 2006
% OF STUDENT
POPULATION
% OF
STUDENTS
SCORING 3
OR HIGHER
EQUITY AND
EXCELLENCE
GAP
ELIMINATED
0.7%
2.7%
26.3%
2.3%
33.5%
14.0%
9.0%
3.8%
6.7%
16.8%
2.4%
4.5%
6.7%
10.5%
2.3%
2.0%
5.1%
0.7%
1.3%
0.5%
3.7%
7.3%
2.2%
1.8%
0.5%
1.3%
1.5%
3.6%
16.3%
1.6%
12.3%
43.4%
11.1%
2.4%
0.8%
1.3%
4.2%
6.4%
2.7%
9.5%
1.2%
0.7%
0.6%
33.1%
5.2%
0.4%
3.8%
6.7%
0.4%
3.0%
5.3%
11.9%
1.4%
2.0%
14.6%
2.0%
30.5%
6.5%
5.4%
1.1%
24.8%
24.2%
3.0%
1.0%
2.0%
7.9%
1.6%
1.3%
2.9%
1.3%
4.2%
0.7%
4.3%
3.6%
1.7%
1.2%
1.9%
1.5%
0.9%
0.4%
10.4%
1.1%
7.2%
25.8%
10.1%
2.2%
0.5%
1.1%
3.9%
3.5%
1.4%
4.5%
1.8%
0.5%
2.0%
27.8%
3.0%
0.7%
4.6%
4.0%
0.9%
1.7%
2.3%
12.2%

CLASS OF 2007
% OF STUDENT
POPULATION
% OF
STUDENTS
SCORING 3
OR HIGHER
EQUITY AND
EXCELLENCE
GAP
ELIMINATED
1.3%
3.1%
29.9%
4.5%
36.4%
17.1%
10.0%
4.6%
9.7%
20.7%
4.4%
3.7%
7.9%
12.3%
3.2%
3.2%
7.0%
2.5%
1.7%
1.0%
5.5%
7.8%
2.8%
2.8%
0.8%
2.1%
2.0%
6.1%
20.1%
2.0%
14.1%
45.4%
11.8%
4.6%
1.1%
1.5%
6.0%
8.9%
3.4%
13.7%
2.4%
1.3%
1.3%
35.9%
8.0%
1.0%
6.2%
8.4%
0.5%
3.8%
5.9%
14.0%
2.1%
3.8%
15.9%
5.2%
31.1%
8.4%
6.8%
4.1%
22.5%
27.6%
4.6%
2.7%
3.1%
9.0%
2.1%
1.8%
3.7%
2.3%
5.2%
1.1%
6.6%
4.5%
2.2%
1.1%
2.0%
2.4%
1.5%
3.8%
16.1%
1.5%
8.8%
32.2%
10.7%
4.1%
1.5%
1.7%
6.8%
4.8%
2.3%
4.4%
2.5%
0.7%
2.6%
32.2%
5.2%
0.8%
5.9%
5.6%
1.6%
2.3%
4.9%
13.9%

% OF STUDENT
POPULATION
% OF
STUDENTS
SCORING 3
OR HIGHER
EQUITY AND
EXCELLENCE
GAP
ELIMINATED
1.5%
3.5%
31.1%
5.1%
37.0%
17.7%
10.7%
5.6%
8.6%
21.8%
5.0%
4.1%
8.3%
12.8%
3.5%
3.4%
7.7%
3.3%
1.8%
0.9%
6.2%
8.3%
2.9%
3.1%
1.0%
2.3%
2.2%
6.4%
21.0%
2.4%
14.5%
46.4%
12.0%
5.4%
1.2%
1.7%
6.5%
9.5%
3.6%
14.7%
2.9%
1.7%
1.5%
36.5%
8.9%
1.3%
6.9%
8.9%
0.3%
4.1%
5.7%
14.6%
2.3%
2.9%
17.6%
6.2%
30.7%
8.0%
5.9%
5.8%
20.5%
27.6%
5.2%
2.7%
4.0%
9.4%
1.9%
1.9%
3.0%
1.7%
3.1%
1.5%
7.0%
4.4%
2.3%
1.5%
2.0%
2.3%
1.1%
3.2%
16.6%
1.3%
8.8%
32.5%
10.3%
4.1%
0.6%
1.5%
6.9%
5.0%
2.2%
3.6%
2.9%
1.6%
2.7%
32.6%
5.1%
0.6%
6.0%
5.0%
1.7%
2.6%
2.5%
13.6%

AMERICAN INDIAN OR ALASKA NATIVE STUDENTS IN U.S. PUBLIC SCHOOLS

CLASS OF 2002
STATE
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
D.C.
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Nation
% OF STUDENT
POPULATION
% OF
STUDENTS
SCORING 3
OR HIGHER
1.3%
19.2%
5.8%
0.4%
0.9%
0.8%
0.2%
0.2%
*
0.3%
0.1%
0.3%
1.2%
0.4%
0.2%
0.3%
1.0%
0.1%
0.6%
0.6%
0.3%
0.3%
0.9%
1.2%
0.1%
0.3%
6.8%
0.7%
1.4%
0.2%
0.3%
11.0%
0.3%
1.1%
4.5%
0.1%
16.2%
1.6%
0.1%
0.5%
0.2%
3.8%
0.1%
0.3%
1.0%
0.2%
0.2%
1.9%
0.2%
1.0%
1.7%
1.0%
0.6%
1.8%
0.8%
0.6%
0.3%
0.4%
0.2%
0.6%
0.4%
0.3%
0.3%
0.3%
1.0%
0.1%
0.2%
0.3%
0.5%
0.0%
0.4%
0.1%
0.2%
0.1%
0.4%
0.2%
0.3%
0.3%
0.5%
0.0%
0.6%
0.2%
0.1%
2.9%
0.2%
0.4%
0.5%
0.2%
6.0%
1.0%
0.1%
0.0%
0.3%
0.3%
0.1%
0.3%
0.2%
0.0%
0.4%
0.5%
0.1%
0.3%
0.9%
0.3%
CLASS OF 2006
EQUITY AND
EXCELLENCE
GAP
ELIMINATED

*

% OF STUDENT
POPULATION
% OF
STUDENTS
SCORING 3
OR HIGHER
1.3%
20.5%
5.9%
0.6%
0.9%
0.9%
0.2%
0.4%
*
0.3%
0.2%
0.3%
1.0%
0.3%
0.2%
0.6%
1.1%
0.4%
0.6%
0.5%
0.3%
0.3%
0.8%
1.2%
0.1%
0.3%
7.9%
0.8%
1.3%
0.2%
0.2%
12.2%
0.4%
1.0%
5.9%
0.1%
18.6%
1.7%
0.1%
0.5%
0.1%
4.8%
0.1%
0.3%
1.3%
0.3%
0.3%
1.9%
0.2%
1.0%
2.0%
1.1%
0.5%
2.7%
1.0%
0.9%
0.3%
0.7%
0.1%
0.5%
0.0%
0.3%
0.3%
0.5%
0.6%
0.1%
0.1%
0.2%
0.4%
0.4%
0.2%
0.5%
0.3%
0.2%
0.3%
0.3%
0.1%
0.2%
0.9%
0.3%
0.3%
0.3%
0.1%
2.3%
0.3%
0.4%
0.6%
0.2%
6.7%
0.6%
0.1%
0.0%
0.4%
1.2%
0.2%
0.5%
0.4%
0.2%
0.5%
0.7%
0.4%
0.3%
0.3%
0.4%
CLASS OF 2007
EQUITY AND
EXCELLENCE
GAP
ELIMINATED

*

% OF STUDENT
POPULATION
% OF
STUDENTS
SCORING 3
OR HIGHER
1.3%
20.7%
5.9%
0.6%
0.9%
0.9%
0.3%
0.5%
*
0.3%
0.2%
0.5%
1.0%
0.4%
0.2%
0.6%
1.2%
0.5%
0.7%
0.5%
0.4%
0.4%
0.9%
1.3%
0.1%
0.3%
7.6%
0.9%
1.4%
0.2%
0.3%
11.7%
0.4%
1.0%
6.2%
0.1%
19.7%
1.9%
0.1%
0.5%
0.2%
4.9%
0.2%
0.3%
1.4%
0.5%
0.3%
2.0%
0.1%
1.0%
2.0%
1.1%
0.3%
3.8%
0.8%
1.0%
0.4%
0.5%
0.2%
0.5%
0.0%
0.3%
0.3%
0.5%
0.6%
0.2%
0.2%
0.2%
0.2%
0.2%
0.4%
0.5%
0.3%
0.2%
0.4%
0.3%
0.2%
0.4%
1.1%
0.4%
0.4%
0.3%
0.1%
1.6%
0.2%
0.5%
0.4%
0.2%
7.4%
0.8%
0.1%
0.3%
0.2%
0.9%
0.3%
0.4%
0.4%
0.3%
0.4%
0.6%
0.6%
0.4%
0.7%
0.4%
EQUITY AND
EXCELLENCE
GAP
ELIMINATED

*

*Precise American Indian or Alaska Native student enrollments for the District of Columbia are not available from the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education.
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Notes
1. Kati Haycock, Closing the Achievement Gap,
Educational Leadership (2001), Association for
Supervision and Curriculum Development.
2. Preparing Students for Success in College,
Policy Matters (2005), American Association of State
Colleges and Universities.
3. Saul Geiser and Veronica Santelices, The Role of
Advanced Placement and Honors Courses in College
Admissions (2004), Center for Studies in Higher
Education, University of California: Berkeley.
4. Chrys Dougherty, Lynn Mellor, and Shuling Jian,
The Relationship Between Advanced Placement
and College Graduation (2005), National Center for
Educational Accountability.
5. Engenio J. Gonzalez, Kathleen M. OConnor, and
Julie A. Miles, How Well Do Advanced Placement
Students Perform on the TIMSS Advanced
Mathematics and Physics Tests? (2001), The
International Study Center, Boston College.
t *O$BMDVMVT 64TUVEFOUTEJEOPUGBSF
well, ranking 22nd out of 23 countries. The
exception: AP Calculus students. Even those
students who earned AP Calculus grades of
1 or 2 demonstrated the same level of math
achievement as students from the topperforming nation, France.
t *O1IZTJDT 64TUVEFOUTGBSFEXPSTFUIBO
students of any other nation, ranking 23rd out
of 23 countries. The exception: AP Physics
students. Even those students who earned AP
Physics grades of 1 or 2 were only bested by
students from the top two nations, Norway
and Sweden.
6. Full-time faculty from colleges and universities
nationwide participate in the development the AP
courses, exams, and scoring standards. The faculty
are from dozens of institutions, including Baylor
University, Duke University, Harvard University,
Michigan State University, Middlebury College,
Princeton University, Stanford University, Tufts
University, University of California Berkeley,
University of Maryland, University of North
Carolina, University of Virginia, Washington
University, and Yale University.
7. This percentage was calculated as follows: The

numerator includes each public school student
in the graduating class of 2007 who earned an
AP Exam grade of 3 or higher on an AP Exam
at any point in his or her high school years; if a
student earned more than one AP Exam grade
of 3 or higher, she or he was still only counted
once. The denominator is simply the overall
number of public school students graduating from
high school in 2007, as projected in Knocking
at the College Door (2003), Western Interstate
Commission for Higher Education.
8. These examinees include all public school
students in the class of 2007 who took an AP Exam
at any point in high school. Because some AP Exam
takers identify themselves as Other for ethnicity
or do not provide ethnicity, the AP Examinee
Population in this figure only represents 94.1
percent of the AP population.
9. Knocking at the College Door (2003), Western
Interstate Commission for Higher Education.
10. This page contains data for both AP Computer
Science ExamsAP Computer Science A and AP
Computer Science AB. Charts showing examinees
by grade level, race/ethnicity, and gender include
demographic data from both AP Computer Science
Exams, so some populations may be slightly inflated
when individual students in those populations took
both exams in 2007.
11. This page contains data for both AP Latin
ExamsAP Latin Literature and AP Latin: Vergil.
Charts showing examinees by grade level, race/
ethnicity, and gender include demographic data
from both AP Latin Exams, so some populations
may be slightly inflated when individual students
in those populations took both exams in 2007.
12. This page contains data for all three AP Studio
Art portfolio assessments: Drawing, 2-D Design,
and 3-D Design. Charts showing examinees by
grade level, race/ethnicity, and gender include
demographic data from all portfolios combined,
so some populations may be slightly inflated when
individuals in those populations submitted more
than one type of portfolio in 2007.
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Themes of Equity and Excellence

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Theme 1: States Leading the Nation in

States with the greatest

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A number of states have programs and policies designed

10. Colorado (19.2%)

States with the greatest

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Table 1: Equity and Excellence in Public Schools

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Percentage of Students Scoring 3 or Higher

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