Highlights of West Highlights of West Virginia’s AP Virginia’s AP

Performance Performance

Highlights of West Highlights of West Virginia’s AP Virginia’s AP

Performance Performance Fall AP InstituteFall AP Institute

2005-20062005-2006West Virginia Center for Professional DevelopmentWest Virginia Center for Professional Development

Nation vs. West Virginia

Nation

West Virginia

Percentage increase in numbers of students taking AP exams 10.00% 13.30%

Percentage increase in total number of AP examinations 10.20% 16.80%

Percentage Increase in number of AP exams passed

10.10% 14.70%

2006 AP Exam Overivew

0.00%

2.00%

4.00%

6.00%

8.00%

10.00%

12.00%

14.00%

16.00%

18.00%

Percentage inrease in the numbers ofstudents taking AP exams

Percentage increase in the totalnumber of AP examinations

Percentage Increase in the number ofAP exams passed

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Nation

West Virginia

Top 4 AP Exam Subjects

Subject Area

• English Language

• English Literature

• Calculus

• History: US

% of Total Pass RateExams

• 24% 34%

• 21% 48%

• 10% 50%

• 9% 52%

Subject Areas With Subject Areas With Largest IncreasesLargest IncreasesSubject Areas With Subject Areas With Largest IncreasesLargest Increases

Largest IncreasesSubject Area

• Env. Science

• Microeconomics

• Physics: C

• History: World

• Macroeconomics

05’ 06’ Gain

28 58 107%

27 56 107%

33 69 109%

49 167 241%

12 48 300%

Pass Rate 05’ Pass Rate 06’ Student Δ

Env. Sci. 57% 50%

16 29 13

Microeconomics 37% 46%

10 26 16

Physics 81% 76%

27 52 25

History: World 36% 52%

18 87 69

Macroecon. 16% 47%

2 48 46

Total 208

Demographic# Test Takers

# Exams #Pass

American Ind. 16 22 11

Asian 121 293 207

Black 50 62 14

Hispanic 48 73 37

White 3059 4527 1988

Other 68 101 58

No Response 74 139 67

Demographic

Ratio

# Passes/

# Exams

# Exams : # Test Takers

American Indian 0.50 1.38

Asian 0.71 2.42

Black 0.23 1.24

Hispanic 0.50 1.52

White 0.44 1.48

Other 0.57 1.48

No Response 0.48 1.87