1997 was the first year for Advanced Placement Statistics nationwide. How well did Ithaca High School students do on the AP exam? Here are the summary statistics reported by the College Board for that year's AP Statistics and BC Calculus exams, as well as a breakdown of the AP Stat scores by gender.
AP Stat Grade Grade Distributions
Global Group
5 15.60% 49.0%
4 22.1% 30.6%
3 24.5% 16.5%
2 19.6% 4.4%
1 18.1% 0.0%
Candidates 49

AP Grade Calculus BC Statistics
5 29 24
4 8 15
3 6 8
2 1 2
1
Total 44 49

AP Stat Grade Gender
M F
5 19 5
4 8 7
3 5 3
2 1 1
1 0 0
Some questions to consider:
1. How did IRS AP Stat scores compare to the national results?
2. How did AP Stat students do compared to the BC Cale students?
3. DO these results indicate that IRS males and females may perform differently on the AP Statistics exam?