The 8th Annual AP Report to the Nation State Supplement February 8, 22 Knowledge Skills Behaviors Awareness Rhode Island
Rhode Island Table of Contents Fostering Participation and Success 2 4 About This Report This report provides educators and policymakers with information they can use to celebrate their successes, understand their unique challenges and set meaningful goals to increase opportunity for all students. It s important to note that while AP Exams are valid measures of students content mastery of college-level studies in specific academic disciplines, AP results should never be used as the sole measure for gauging educational excellence and equity. Because reliable demographic data for nonpublic schools are not available for all states, this report represents public school students only. Additionally, this report looks at students entire experience with AP tracking exams taken by graduates throughout their high school career as opposed to reporting exam results from a particular calendar year. Additional data are available at apreport.collegeboard.org. Note: Throughout this report, public high school graduates represent projections supplied in Knocking at the College Door (28), Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education.
Fostering Participation and Success Figure Growth in AP participation and success Number of Number of 93,298,795,97 53 844,95,68 More graduates are succeeding on AP Exams today than took them in 2 Figure 2 Participation in and success on AP Exams in the class of 2 Percentage of Percentage of Percentage of Rhode Island Student Population 8 6 Total Number of Students: 9,76.7% 8.4% 5.6% 6.6% 8.2% 7. 3.7% 3.5%.%.8% 2.4%.4% Art English Math Science Social Science World Languages 9.6% 2. Any Discipline Social science had the greatest number of students achieving a score of 3 or higher Subject Area Exams: Art: Art History, Music Theory, Studio Art: Drawing Portfolio, Studio Art: 2-D Design Portfolio and Studio Art: 3-D Design Portfolio English: English Language and Composition and English Literature and Composition Math: Calculus AB, Calculus BC, Computer Science A, Computer Science AB* and Statistics Science: Biology, Chemistry, Environmental Science, Physics B, Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism and Physics C: Mechanics Social Science: Comparative Government and Politics, European History, Human Geography, Macroeconomics, Microeconomics, Psychology, United States Government and Politics, United States History and World History World Languages: Chinese Language and Culture, French Language and Culture, French Literature*, German Language and Culture, Italian Language and Culture*, Japanese Language and Culture, Latin Literature*, Latin: Vergil, Spanish Language and Spanish Literature * The AP Computer Science AB, French Literature, and Latin Literature Exams were last offered in May 29. AP Italian Language and Culture was last offered in May 29, and was reinstated in the 2-2 school year. 2
Fostering Participation and Success Figure 3 Score distribution of AP Exams taken by the class of 2 during high school + Ten Most Popular AP Exams Score of Score of 2 Score of 3 Score of 4 Score of 5 Rank Subject No. of Exams % of Exam Scores 8 6 6 8 Computer Science A 2 9.5 9.5 4.8 38. 38. Calculus BC 4 9.8 2.2 4.6 26.8 36.6 Music Theory 37 8. 8.9 2.6 8.9 32.4 5 English Language and Composition 265 9. 9.2 29.4 23. 9.2 Studio Art: 2-D Design Portfolio 28 3.6 25. 46.4 7.9 7. 6 Psychology 223 5.7 3. 23.3 29.6 8.4 Studio Art: Drawing Portfolio 46. 3.4 4.3 9.6 8.7 United States Government and Politics 33 8.8 2. 2.3 22.6 26.3 World History 5 2.4 9. 33.3 6.2 9. Macroeconomics 7 7. 7. 24.3 3..4 English Literature and Composition 698 9. 26.2 3.2 22.6.9 Physics C: Mechanics 67 9. 26.9 22.4 23.9 7.9 2 United States History 654 3. 23.2 25.5 24. 4. Spanish Language 69 23. 6. 24.9 2.3 4.8 8 European History 98 3.3 2. 3.8 5.2.6 Microeconomics 8 9.8 23.5 25.9 24.7 6.2 3 Calculus AB 476 3.5 2.6 6.8 3.7 25.4 Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism 29 3.8 3. 7.2 24. 3.8 Physics B 69 2.7 24.9 26..2 7.2 7 Statistics 22 3.2 6.8 2.8 7.8 2.4 Latin: Vergil 8 6.7 33.3 5.6 27.8 6.7 Japanese Language and Culture 8 37.5 2.5 25. 2.5 2.5 4 Biology 4 38. 3.7 6. 2. 2.2 French Language and Culture 36 3.6 22.2 25. 6.7 5.6 Spanish Literature 3 5.4 38.5 38.5 7.7. Human Geography 49 34.7 2.4 34.7.2. 9 Chemistry 92 4.7 2.8 2.5 3. 2. Environmental Science 63 55.8 6.6.. 5.5 Art History Chinese Language and Culture Comparative Government and Politics Computer Science AB* French Literature* German Language and Culture Italian Language and Culture* Latin Literature* Studio Art: 3-D Design Portfolio + Percentages do not always equal due to rounding. * The AP Computer Science AB, French Literature, and Latin Literature Exams were last offered in May 29. AP Italian Language and Culture was last offered in May 29, and was reinstated in the 2-2 school year. Courses with fewer than five exam-takers were omitted from the data for the class of 2. 3
Low Income Figure 4... who are from low-income backgrounds 753 exams were taken by low-income graduates in the class of 2 9 8 7 6 5 3 8.7% 4. 7.2%.5% 2.7% 5.7% N/A N/A 93 48 25 5 357 48 At time of press, the numbers of low-income students for each graduating class and for low-income exam-takers prior to the class of 26 were not available. 4
Black/African American Figure 5 students in the graduating class... who are black/african American 79 black/african American graduates in the class of 2 took an AP Exam during high school 9 8 7 6 5 3 6.3% 2.%.3% 7.9% 2.7%.4% 8.% 8.9% 3.2% 4.%.5%.7% 546 9 7 784 35 2 87 58 6 866 79 2 5
Hispanic/Latino Figure 6 students in the graduating class... who are Hispanic/Latino 24 Hispanic/Latino graduates in the class of 2 took an AP Exam during high school 9 8 7 6 5 3 8.9% 2.7% 2.3% 2.3% 4.9% 4.4% 5.3% 6..8% 2.6% 7.8% 8. 769 24 2,22 63 37,535 93 85,557 24 94 6
American Indian/ Alaska Native Figure 7 students in the graduating class... who are American Indian/Alaska Native 7 American Indian/ Alaska Native graduates in the class of 2 took an AP Exam during high school 9 8 7 6 5 3.4%.6%.6%.8%.2%..3%.4%...3%.3% 38 2 * 58 63 6 3 79 7 3 * Performance data omitted when fewer than five graduates took an AP Exam. 7
Asian/Asian American/ Pacific Islander Figure 8 students in the graduating class... who are Asian/Asian American/Pacific Islander 96 Asian/Asian American/Pacific Islander graduates in the class of 2 took an AP Exam during high school 9 8 7 6 5 3 5. 3.8% 3.2% 4.9% 4.4% 2.7% 5.5% 5.3% 2.9% 5. 4.9% 2.8% 273 45 2 27 57 4 294 96 6 274 96 57 8
White Figure 9 students in the graduating class... who are white,353 white graduates in the class of 2 took an AP Exam during high school 9 8 86.8% 84.4% 8.% 8.6% 8.9% 76.5% 8.% 73.8% 72.9% 79. 7.4% 7.9% 7 6 5 3 6,977 762 46 7,68,5 689 7,39,325 877 6,939,353 923 9
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