Tuesday, February 09, 2010

School
Statistics

Results of the Advanced Placement (AP) and International Baccalaureate (IB) Examinations - 2002 

Advanced Placement Results

Since 1984, each school district in South Carolina has been required to provide Advanced Placement (AP) courses in all secondary schools that include grades 11 or 12. These classes prepare students for the national AP examinations. Students who score 3, 4, or 5 on an AP exam are generally considered qualified to receive credit for the equivalent course(s) at colleges and universities that give credit for AP exams. The data are presented for high school students who participated in AP courses in public schools and took at least one AP exam during the 2001-02 school year.

The following table provides information on AP exam results by school.

Advanced Placement Examinations-All Exams
Percent of 3 to 5 Scores

School

Number
of
Students

Number
of
Exams

Number
of 3 
to 5
Scores

Percent
of 3 
to 5
Scores

Greenville County

1527

2881

1581

55

Berea High 

51

71

28

39

Blue Ridge High 

42

57

35

61

Carolina High 

19

24

11

46

Eastside High 

126

193

134

69

Greenville High 

156

279

197

71

Greer High 

77

109

63

58

Wade Hampton High 

88

124

84

68

Hillcrest High 

128

185

82

44

J. L. Mann High 

176

362

197

54

Mauldin High 

189

437

220

50

Riverside High 

229

397

275

69

Southside High 

103

383

172

45

Travelers Rest High 

92

176

70

40

Woodmont High 

51

84

13

15

International Baccalaureate Results

The International Baccalaureate Organization (IBO), founded in 1968, is a nonprofit educational foundation based in Geneva, Switzerland. It is a comprehensive two-year curriculum, available in English, French and Spanish, that generally allows students to fulfill requirements of various national education systems.

IBO's Diploma Program is a high school program offered to students in the final two years of school and requires that a candidate take one subject from each of the following six groups: (1) the "Language A1" group is the student's first language and includes the study of selections from world literature; (2) the "Second Language" group is a language and literature course in a language other than the student's first language; (3) the "Individuals and Societies" group includes courses such as geography, history, psychology, anthropology, and business and management; (4) the "Experimental Sciences" group includes biology, chemistry, physics, environmental systems, and design technology; (5) the "Mathematics and Computer Science" group includes four math options related to the candidate's anticipated need for math beyond high school (for example, a math course intended for students who will take higher-level math in college related to subjects such as physics or engineering); (6) the "Arts and Electives" group includes visual arts and music and theater arts, as well as Latin and classical Greek, along with the option of a second subject from groups 1-4 or a further course in mathematics.

Each test in the above groups is graded on a scale of 1-7. Below is a table displaying, the 2002 results for The School District of Greenville County students taking IB subject area tests and receiving a score of 4 or higher (4=satisfactory performance; 5=good; 6=very good; 7=excellent).

High School

Southside

Below is a table displaying the number of students who were candidates for a diploma (students in the second year of the two-year IB program can register as Diploma Candidates when testing), the number who were awarded diplomas, and the percentage of diplomas awarded.

High School

Diploma 
Attempted

Diploma 
Awarded

Percentage

Southside

36

18

50%

The two tables above reflect IB results provided by IBO as of Aug. 7, 2002 - score results that were pending and then resolved after Aug. 7 are not reflected in this report.