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Highlights of West Virginias AP Performance

• Fall AP Institute
• 2005-2006
• West Virginia Center for Professional Development

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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
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Top 4 AP Exam Subjects

• Subject Area
• English Language
• English Literature
• Calculus
• History US

• of Total Pass Rate
• Exams
• 24 34
• 21 48
• 10 50
• 9 52

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Subject Areas With Largest Increases
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Largest Increases

• Subject 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

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Pass Rate 05 Pass Rate
06 Student ?
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
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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
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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