Transcript West Virginia’s AP Exam Performance

Highlights of West
Virginia’s AP
Performance
Fall AP Institute
2005-2006
West 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%
10.10%
14.70%
Percentage Increase in
number of AP exams
passed
2006 AP Exam Overivew
18.00%
16.00%
14.00%
Increase in pass rate
12.00%
10.00%
Nation
West Virginia
8.00%
6.00%
4.00%
2.00%
0.00%
Percentage inrease in the numbers of
students taking AP exams
Percentage increase in the total
number of AP examinations
Percentage Increase in the number of
AP exams passed
Top 4 AP Exam Subjects
Subject Area
% of Total
Exams
Pass Rate
• English Language
• 24%
34%
• English Literature
• 21%
48%
• Calculus
• 10%
50%
• History: US
• 9%
52%
Subject Areas With
Largest Increases
Largest Increases
Subject Area
05’
06’
Gain
• Env. Science
28
58
107%
• Microeconomics
27
56
107%
• Physics: C
33
69
109%
• History: World
49
167
241%
• Macroeconomics
12
48
300%
Pass Rate 05’
Env. Sci.
Microeconomics
Physics
History: World
Macroecon.
Pass Rate 06’
57%
50%
16
29
37%
46%
10
26
81%
76%
27
52
36%
52%
18
87
16%
47%
2
48
Total
Student Δ
13
16
25
69
46
208
Demographic
American Ind.
# Test
Takers
# Exams
#Pass
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
#
# Exams :
Passes/
# Test
#
Takers
Exams
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