STUDENT SCORE DISTRIBUTIONS

STUDENT SCORE DISTRIBUTIONS*

AP Exams - May 2017

Exam Score no data 5 4 3 2 1

Number of Students

3 or Higher / %

Mean Score

Standard Deviation

Art History N % At

2,795 11.1 5,764 22.9 6,854 27.2 6,633 26.3 3,132 12.4

25,178 no data

15,413 61.2

2.94 no data

1.20 no data

Biology N % At

16,346 6.4 53,341 21.0 93,282 36.7 69,871 27.5 21,430 8.4

254,270no data

162,969 64.1

2.90 no data

1.03 no data

Calculus AB N % At

59,250 18.7 56,775 18.0 65,851 20.8 69,631 22.0 64,592 20.4

316,099 no data

181,876 57.5

2.93 no data

1.40 no data

Calculus BC

N % At

56,422 42.6

23,987 18.1

26,341 19.9

18,694 14.1

7,070

5.3

132,514 no data

106,750 80.6

3.78 no data

1.27 no data

Calculus BC

Calculus AB Subscore

N % At

64,197 48.4

29,862 22.5

18,684 14.1

13,277 10.0

6,485

4.9

132,505 no data

112,743 85.1

4.00 no data

1.21 no data

Chemistry

N % At

15,985

10.1

25,760

16.2

41,524

26.1

41,674

26.2

33,988

21.4

158,931 no data

83,269

52.4

2.67 no data

1.26 no data

Exam Score no data 5 4 3 2 1

Number of Students

3 or Higher / %

Mean Score

Standard Deviation

Chinese Language (Total Group) N % At 9,008 68.8 1,530 11.7 1,580 12.1 410 3.1 563 4.3

13,091 no data

12,118 92.6

4.38 no data

1.09 no data

Chinese Language (Standard Group)**

N % At 628 21.8 455 15.8 943 32.7 348 12.1 506 17.6

2,880no data

2,026 70.3

3.12 no data

1.36 no data

Computer Science A N % At

14,623 24.2 12,650 20.9 13,271 21.9

6,970 11.5 13,005 21.5

60,519 no data

40,544 67.0

3.15 no data

1.46 no data

Computer Science Principles N % At 6,115 13.8 9,607 21.7

17,320 39.1 8,101 18.3 3,187 7.2

44,330 no data

33,042 74.5

3.17 no data

1.10 no data

Economics - Macro N % At

24,686 17.4 33,024 23.3 23,930 16.9 22,354 15.8 37,655 26.6

141,649 no data

81,640 57.6

2.89 no data

1.46 no data

Economics - Micro

N % At

20,614

23.5

24,717

28.1

15,774

18.0

10,502

12.0

16,251

18.5

87,858 no data

61,105

69.5

3.26 no data

1.42 no data

Exam Score no data 5 4 3 2 1

Number of Students

3 or Higher / %

Mean Score

Standard Deviation

English Language N % At

52,636 9.1 105,891 18.3 160,372 27.7 178,066 30.7

82,461 14.2

579,426 no data

318,899 55.0

2.77 no data

1.17 no data

English Literature N % At

27,455 6.8 65,014 16.1 120,101 29.7 137,159 33.9 54,408 13.5

Environmental Science N % At

15,090 9.5 39,129 24.5 24,591 15.4 39,036 24.5 41,732 26.2

404,137no data

159,578 no data

212,570 52.6

78,810 49.4

2.69 no data

2.67 no data

1.10 no data

1.34 no data

European History N % At

9,788 9.3 19,632 18.6 29,539 28.0 33,600 31.9 12,788 12.1

105,347 no data

58,959 56.0

2.81 no data

1.15 no data

French Language

(Total Group)

N % At

3,845 17.0

5,643 24.9

7,562 33.4

4,429 19.6

1,142

5.0

22,621 no data

17,050 75.4

3.29 no data

1.11 no data

French Language

(Standard Group)**

N % At

1,919

11.0

4,155

23.8

6,486

37.1

3,939

22.5

987

5.6

17,486 no data

12,560

71.8

3.12 no data

1.06 no data

Exam Score no data 5 4 3 2 1

Number of Students

3 or Higher / %

Mean Score

Standard Deviation

German Language

(Total Group)

N % At

1,169 23.0

1,226 24.1

1,448 28.5

893 17.5

353

6.9

5,089 no data

3,843 75.5

3.39 no data

1.21 no data

German Language

(Standard Group)** N % At

334 9.7 855 24.9 1,176 34.3 767 22.3 300 8.7

Government & Politics

Comparative N % At

5,207 23.2 5,481 24.5 4,565 20.4 3,993 17.8 3,158 14.1

Government & Politics

United States N % At

35,568 11.1 39,784 12.4 82,182 25.7 78,666 24.6 83,412 26.1

3,432no data

22,404 no data

319,612 no data

2,365 68.9

15,253 68.1

157,534 49.3

3.05 no data

3.25 no data

2.58 no data

1.10 no data

1.36 no data

1.30 no data

Human Geography N % At

21,318 10.7 34,587 17.3 41,868 21.0 34,205 17.1 67,778 33.9

199,756 no data

97,773 48.9

2.54 no data

1.38 no data

Italian Language

(Total Group)

N % At

474

18.4

490

19.1

875

34.0

576

22.4

156

6.1

2,571 no data

1,839

71.5

3.21 no data

1.16 no data

* This table reflects 4,957,931 AP Exams taken by 2,741,426 students from 22,169 secondary schools. ** Standard students generally receive most of their foreign language training in U.S. schools. They did not indicate on their answer

sheet that they regularly speak or hear the foreign language of the exam, or that they have lived for one month or more in a country where the language is spoken. End of worksheet

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STUDENT SCORE DISTRIBUTIONS*

AP Exams - May 2017 (continued)

Exam Score no data 5 4 3 2 1

Number of Students

3 or Higher / %

Mean Score

Standard Deviation

Italian Language

(Standard Group)**

N % At

147

7.6

378 19.7

751 39.1

510 26.5

136

7.1

Japanese Language

(Total Group)

N % At

1,096 45.1

267 11.0

506 20.8

200

8.2

360 14.8

1,922 no data

2,429 no data

1,276 66.4

1,869 76.9

2.94 no data

3.63 no data

1.02 no data

1.48 no data

Japanese Language (Standard Group)**

N % At 234 17.9 167 12.8 392 30.0 177 13.5 338 25.8

1,308 no data

793 60.6

2.83 no data

1.41 no data

Latin N

832 1,291 2,091 1,531

902

% At 12.5 19.4 31.5 23.0 13.6

6,647 no data

4,214 63.4

2.94 no data

1.21 no data

Music Theory N % At

3,687 19.2 3,299 17.2 4,719 24.6 4,719 24.6 2,791 14.5

19,215 no data

11,705 60.9

3.02 no data

1.33 no data

Music Theory Aural Subscore

N % At 3,589 18.7 3,516 18.3 4,553 23.7 4,726 24.6 2,829 14.7

19,213 no data

11,658 60.7

3.02 no data

1.33 no data

Exam Score no data 5 4 3 2 1

Number of Students

3 or Higher / %

Mean Score

Standard Deviation

Music Theory Nonaural Subscore

N % At 3,677 19.1 3,167 16.5 4,672 24.3 4,967 25.9 2,730 14.2

19,213 no data

11,516 59.9

3.00 no data

1.33 no data

Physics 1

N % At

9,243

5.4

27,572 16.2

34,612 20.3

49,614 29.1

49,406 29.0

170,447 no data

71,427 41.9

2.40 no data

1.21 no data

Physics 2

N % At

3,223 12.9

4,162 16.7

8,484 34.0

6,889 27.6

2,227

8.9

24,985 no data

15,869 63.5

2.97 no data

1.15 no data

Physics C E&M N % At

7,737 31.9 6,115 25.2 3,461 14.3 4,110 16.9 2,826 11.7

24,249 no data

17,313 71.4

3.49 no data

1.39 no data

Physics C Mechanics N % At

19,996 36.4 14,880 27.1

8,683 15.8 6,843 12.5 4,460 8.1

54,862 no data

43,559 79.4

3.71 no data

1.29 no data

Psychology N % At

57,744 19.1 75,937 25.1 60,390 20.0 44,203 14.6 64,095 21.2

302,369 no data

194,071 64.2

3.06 no data

1.42 no data

Exam Score no data 5 4 3 2 1

Number of Students

3 or Higher / %

Mean Score

Standard Deviation

Research

N % At

971 16.8

1,049 18.1

2,046 35.4

1,578 27.3

143

2.5

5,787 no data

4,066 70.3

3.19 no data

1.09 no data

Seminar

N % At

1,340

6.7

3,011 15.1

12,964 65.0

2,308 11.6

320

1.6

19,943 no data

17,315 86.8

3.14 no data

0.76 no data

Spanish Language

(Total Group)

N % At

32,843 19.5

58,554 34.8

57,479 34.2

16,888 10.0

2,543

1.5

168,307 no data

148,876 88.5

3.61 no data

0.96 no data

Spanish Language

(Standard Group)**

N % At

8,732 15.9

17,511 31.9

19,667 35.9

7,447 13.6

1,482

2.7

54,839 no data

45,910 83.7

3.45 no data

1.00 no data

Spanish Literature N % At

2,477 9.6 6,732 26.1 9,702 37.6 5,270 20.4 1,653 6.4

25,834 no data

18,911 73.2

3.12 no data

1.04 no data

Statistics N % At

29,350 13.6 34,386 15.9 53,488 24.8 43,576 20.2 55,040 25.5

215,840 no data

117,224 54.3

2.72 no data

1.36 no data

Exam Score no data 5 4 3 2 1

Number of Students

3 or Higher / %

Mean Score

Standard Deviation

Studio Art Drawing

N % At

4,378 21.9

5,535 27.7

7,148 35.8

2,578 12.9

318

1.6

Studio Art 2-D Design

N % At

6,331 19.3

10,201 31.2

11,334 34.6

4,273 13.1

593

1.8

Studio Art 3-D Design

N % At

671 12.0

1,226 22.0

2,092 37.6

1,404 25.2

178

3.2

19,957 no data

32,732 no data

5,571 no data

17,061 85.5

27,866 85.1

3,989 71.6

3.56 no data

3.53 no data

3.15 no data

1.02 no data

1.00 no data

1.03 no data

United States History N % At

54,511 10.8 89,586 17.7 112,873 22.3 118,837 23.5 129,495 25.6

505,302 no data

256,970 50.9

2.65 no data

1.32 no data

World History

N % At

25,274

8.5

59,370 19.9

79,584 26.7

88,408 29.6

45,839 15.4

298,475 no data

164,228 55.0

2.76 no data

1.18 no data

* This table reflects 4,957,931 AP Exams taken by 2,741,426 students from 22,169 secondary schools. ** Standard students generally receive most of their foreign language training in U.S. schools. They did not indicate on their answer

sheet that they regularly speak or hear the foreign language of the exam, or that they have lived for one month or more in a country where the language is spoken.

? 2017 The College Board. College Board, Advanced Placement Program, AP, AP Central and the acorn logo are registered trademarks of the College Board.

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