AP Program--Mathematics

The SI math department is very proud of its AP numbers. AP courses are offered in three subjects:

• AP Calculus BC (including the AB Subscore)
• AP Calculus AB
• AP Statistics

The philosophy regarding the Calculus courses is that as many students who are capable of passing the Calculus test should be encouraged to do so. Therefore, the Senior pass rate (the number passing divided by the whole senior class) is a primary measure for success. The philosophy regarding AP Stats is that Stats should be open to all students, especially those who were not in the PreCalculus courses, but who might be interested in the social sciences. Therefore, AP Statistics is basically an open-enrollment class.

BC Calculus

BC Calculus is the higher level Calculus course. Passing this exam carries a full year of college credit. The AB Calculus exam carries one semester of credit. The CollegeBoard gives BC students an AB subscore, so it is possible to receive credit for the one semester exam despite not passing the two semester exam. There are three goals for the BC exam:

• Pass rate vs senior class: minimum = 10%, Goal = 12%
• Pass rate for each year: minimum = 80%, Goal = 85%
• Rate of 4 or 5: minimum = 60%, Goal = 70%
  

Class of	Tests	Passed	Pass Rate	One	Two	Three	Four	Five	4/5 Rate	Sr Class Size	Sr Pass Rate
2000	22	16	72.73	4	2	7	2	7	40.91	357	4.47
2001	30	22	73.33	4	4	9	2	11	43.33	355	6.25
2002	24	21	87.50	0	3	6	3	12	62.50	337	6.23
2003	54	45	83.33	4	5	16	12	17	53.70	348	12.93
2004	48	47	97.87	1	0	16	10	21	64.58	348	13.51
2005	55	45	81.82	7	3	24	8	13	38.18	354	12.71
2006	81	58	71.60	16	11	19	18	21	48.15	337	17.21
2007	63	57	90.48	3	3	19	17	21	60.33	336	16.96
2008	75	56	74.7	11	8	27	14	15	38.7	334	16.77
2009	79	66	83.5	7	6	26	18	22	50.6	354	18.64

Calculus BC--AB subscores

In 2000, the CollegeBoard began giving an AB subscore to students taking the BC test, in order to encourage students to take the more rigorous course without being penalized by having to take two tests or forsake the one they might have passed. SI has set three goals for the AB Subscore:

• Pass rate: minimum = 95%, goal = 100%
• Rate of 4 or 5: minimum = 70%, goal = 80%
• No ones.
  

Class of	Tests	Passed	Pass Rate	One	Two	Three	Four	Five	Rate of 4 or 5
2000	22	19	86.36	0	3	2	7	10	77.27
2001	30	24	80.00	2	4	6	7	11	60.00
2002	24	24	100.00	0	0	5	5	14	79.17
2003	54	51	94.44	0	3	16	10	25	64.81
2004	47	46	97.87	1	0	2	19	25	93.62
2005	55	51	92.73	1	3	16	18	17	63.64
2006	76	65	85.53	7	4	15	21	29	65.79
2007	63	61	96.83	0	2	12	20	29	80.33
2008	75	64	85.33	5	6	19	23	22	60.00
2009	79	72	91.13	3	4	15	28	29	72.15

Calculus AB

The AB Calculus course has 2 goals:

• Pass rate for each year: minimum = 75%, goal = 80%
• Rate of 4 or 5: minimum = 40%, goal = 50%

(There are two other goals below for the AB scores when they are conbined with the BC students' AB Subscores.)

Class of	Tests	Passed	Pass Rate	One	Two	Three	Four	Five	4/5 Rate	Sr Class Size	Sr Pass Rate
1993	60	57	95	0	3	17	29	11	66.67	370	15.41
1994	46	45	97.82	0	1	11	13	21	73.91	340	13.24
1995	57	48	84.21	3	6	14	20	14	59.65	315	15.24
1996	46	43	93.47	0	3	9	20	14	73.91	330	13.03
1997	44	33	75	1	10	15	10	8	40.9	357	9.24
1998	58	52	89.66	1	3	12	17	25	72.4	355	14.65
1999	63	58	92.06	0	5	11	14	33	74.6	368	15.76
2000	56	46	82.14	3	7	10	22	14	64.29	357	12.89
2001	76	56	73.68	5	15	33	17	6	30.26	355	15.77
2002	69	50	72.46	5	14	31	15	4	27.54	337	14.84
2003	80	42	52.5	21	18	17	20	5	31.25	348	12.07
2004	88	60	68.18	10	18	23	29	8	42.05	348	17.24
2005	80	57	71.25	6	17	23	23	12	43.75	354	16.10
2006	61	39	63.93	5	17	16	15	8	37.7	337	11.57
2007	120	80	66.67	13	27	32	29	19	40	336	23.81
2008	87	26	29.9	31	30	13	12	1	14.9	354	11.58
2009	87	41	47.1	16	30	25	13	3	18.4	354	11.58

Combined AB and AB Subscore

There are two additinoal goals for the combined AB and AB Subscore from the BC students:

• Combined AB and BC Subscore 4/ or 5 rate: minimum = 50%, goal = 60%
• Pass rate vs senior class (including subscore): minimum = 30%, goal = 33%
  

Class of	Tests	Passed	Pass Rate	One	Two	Three	Four	Five	Rate of 4 or 5	Sr Class Size	Sr Pass Rate
2000	78	65	83.33	3	10	12	29	24	67.95	357	18.21
2001	106	80	75.47	7	19	39	24	17	38.68	355	22.54
2002	93	74	79.57	5	14	36	20	18	40.86	337	21.96
2003	135	93	68.89	21	21	33	30	30	44.44	348	26.72
2004	135	106	78.52	11	18	25	48	33	60.00	348	30.46
2005	136	109	80.15	7	20	39	41	29	51.47	354	30.79
2006	137	104	75.91	12	21	31	36	37	53.28	337	30.86
2007	183	141	77.05	13	29	44	49	48	53.01	336	41.96
2008	162	90	55.6	36	36	32	35	23	35.8	354	31.36
2009	166	113	68.1	19	34	40	41	32	44.0	354	31.92

AP Stats

Because of the philosophy that led to the offering of this class, the goal is:

• 35% pass rate.

 

Class of	Tests	Passed	Pass Rate	One	Two	Three	Four	Five	Rate of 4 or 5	Sr Class Size	Sr Pass Rate
2001	27	3	11.11	14	10	2	1	0	3.7	352	0.85
2002	24	4	16.67	9	11	2	2	0	8.33	337	1.19
2003	31	11	35.48	5	15	8	2	1	9.68	348	3.16
2004	21	7	33.33	9	5	4	2	1	14.29	348	2.01
2005	19	9	47.34	5	5	4	5	0	26.32	354	2.54
2006	20	5	25	7	8	4	1	0	0.05	337	1.48
2007	22	11	50	7	4	5	2	4	27.27	336	3.27
2008	17	9	52.9	4	4	4	3	2	29.4	354	3.39
2009	14	14	85.7	0	2	7	5	0	35.7	354	3.39

 

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