AP Report to the Nation 2010

The 6th Annual AP Report to the Nation

On February 10, College Board President Gaston Caperton and AP Program Vice President Trevor Packer announced findings from the 6th Annual AP Report to the Nation, which included participation and performance data for each state within the context of its population and racial/ethnic demographics. The report also announced that a greater percentage of the nation's students are taking and succeeding on AP Exams, which research shows are predictors of success in college.

• Press release—6th Annual AP Report to the Nation
• Press release in Spanish—6th Annual AP Report to the Nation
• The 6th Annual Advanced Placement Report to the Nation (.pdf/2.7M)
• Appendix C: AP Exams Taken in U.S. Public Schools by the Class of 2009 (.pdf/381K)
• Appendix D: Changes in Equity and Excellence from 2004 to 2009 (.pdf/274K)

State reports

The following reports are in PDF format. Each file is approximately 1.1MB.

Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware District of Columbia Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas

Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina

North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming

Subject reports

See the participation and performance results in each specific AP subject, including gender and race/ethnicity breakdowns for each subject and the number of examinees at each AP score point for specific subjects.

• The 6th Annual AP Report to the Nation – Subject Reports (.pdf/5.0M)

A word about comparing states and schools

Media and others occasionally rank states, districts, and schools on the basis of AP Exam results, despite repeated warnings that such rankings may be problematic. While AP Exams are valid measures of students' content mastery of college-level studies in specific academic disciplines, they should never be used as sole measures for gauging educational excellence and equity.

Data, Reports & Research

• Higher Ed Trends & Related Reports
• Online Score Reports
• SAT® Data & Reports
• PSAT/NMSQT® Data & Reports
• AP® Data & Reports
  • AP Report to the Nation
    • AP Report to the Nation 2011
    • AP Report to the Nation 2010
    • AP Report to the Nation 2009
    • AP Report to the Nation 2008
    • AP Report to the Nation 2007
    • AP Report to the Nation 2006
    • AP Report to the Nation 2005
  • AP Data 2011
  • AP Research Summaries
  • Archived AP Data
• College Board Research