#TBT – Students Failing Tests

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.pdf link icon AP Score Chart – DEKALB COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT ADVANCED PLACEMENT (AP) EXAM RESULTS 2006 – 2012
.pdf link icon AP Exam Order 2014
Maureen Downey asked an interesting question today, “If the majority of students in a class do poorly on a test, how do we know whether the kids didn’t learn the material or the teacher didn’t teach it?”
In 2011 at the DeKalb Schools’ Engineering Magnet, Arabia Mountain, only 7% of the students who took the Advanced Placement (AP) Calculus test scored 3 or higher. In February of this year, the board approved $230,000 to purchase “one AP Exam for all students currently enrolled in a DCSD Advanced Placement Course.”

Number of Exams Taken and Percent Scoring 3 or Higher 
2010-2011 2011-2012 2012-2013
Students %=3 Students %=3 Students %=3
System 8,160 32% 8,375 35% 7,683 38%
Georgia 106,211 52% 116,703 54% 142,011 55%
Arabia Mountain 1125 7% 1003 13% 553 21%
Cedar Grove 233 6% 217 7% 178 4%
Chamblee 982 70% 1028 69% 1006 74%
Clarkston 92 14% 173 11% 257 8%
Columbia 320 5% 308 2% 251 6%
Cross Keys 176 30% 161 31% 164 36%
Dek. Early College 20 40%
Dek School Of Arts 196 55% 228 47% 260 59%
Druid Hills 423 51% 525 51% 505 47%
Dunwoody 888 51% 991 50% 799 58%
Elizabeth Andrews 29 0% 27 0% 0.00%
Lakeside 1077 50% 1170 59% 943 66%
Lithonia 189 10% 175 11% 180 8%
M. L. King 230 13% 257 13% 253 15%
Mcnair Sr. 120 1% 123 3% 108 2%
Miller Grove   166 12% 178 14% 213 9%
Redan 194 9% 193 8% 197 4%
Southwest Dekalb 450 36% 415 40% 492 57%
Stephenson 369 18% 341 16% 288 14%
Stone Mountain 77 30% 114 31% 108 35%
Towers 260 2% 164 4% 135 1%
Tucker 540 16% 582 19% 702 15%
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