Forum Reader Wrote:
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> Also curious Wrote:
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> > Forum reader: can you provide your source for
> > this information? If you are correct--that
> only
> > one IB student in the entire county--got a 7 on
> > the IB HL math exam then that is very telling
> > data. A 7 is the only score MIT will accept.
> In
> > comparison, I know MIT accepts 4s and 5s on the
> AP
> > exam. Can you provide a comparison--how many
> > students got a 7 on the HL math exam and how
> many
> > got a 4 or 5 in the AP math exam. Thank you.
>
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> Fair question.
>
> Go to:
>
http://www.fcps.edu/suptapps/newsreleases/newsrele
> ase.cfm?newsid=707
>
> Click on: Table 2
> Of the 36 IB "7's" earned in ALL subjects by FCPS
> students in 06-07, 21 were in "History of the
> Americas" and five were in English.
>
> The lowest IB HL "pass" rates ("4" or above) were
> in Physics (45% pass, only two "6's" and zero
> "7's" from 120 students) and biology (55% "pass",
> nine "6's" and zero "7's" out of 143 tested).
>
> I have been unable to find where FCPS posted AP
> scores using the same format. If someone else can
> find the AP numbers, please post the source.
> Perhaps someone will ask FCPS for comparable AP
> data using the Freedom Of Information Act. We do
> know there was a sixty percent pass rate of the
> 1,548 AP AB Calculus exams taken and 83 percent
> pass rate among the 1,077 AP BC exams that were
> taken.
>
> In AP Biology, 955 students were tested and
> seventy percent passed.
>
> In AP Physics, 808 took the exam and two-thirds
> passed.
I had tried earlier to find this data and was unable to do so. It may be that the College Board itself is no longer providing the data in that format. They recently released (two days ago) their National Report and it lists how many kids passed with a 3 or higher, but not the percentages of4's and 5's. For the record, nationally those passing percentages have decreased from 60% to 57%. So, only 57% nationally are getting 3's or higher.
Here is the link for the report, in case anyone is interested:
http://professionals.collegeboard.com/profdownload/ap-report-to-the-nation-2008.pdf
Also, even though the poster said M.I.T accepts certain AP scores, that is one university that I know has a disclaimer stating the scores discussed currently on their webpage are for 2007-2008; students entering in 2008 will find out what college credit they actually will earn in August. Each August it changes slightly, showing a trend towards fewer credits over the past few years.