ESEA: Advanced Placement

FY 2008 Program Performance Plan

Strategic Goal 2
Discretionary
ESEA, Title I, Part G
CFDA 84.330B: Advanced Placement Test Fee Program
84.330C: Advanced Placement Incentives Program

Program Goal: To increase the number of low-income high school students prepared t
education.
Objective 1 of 1: Encourage a greater number of low-income students to participate in the AP and IB
exams.
Measure 1.1 of 6: The number of Advanced Placement tests taken by low-income public school students nationally
increase)
Actual
Year Target Statu
(or date expected)
1999 87,149 Measure not in place
2000 92,083 Measure not in place
2001 105,138 Measure not in place
2002 132,459 Measure not in place
2003 157,334 Measure not in place
2004 187,691 Measure not in place
2005 223,263 Measure not in place
2006 209,411 (January 2007) Pending
2007 230,352 (January 2008) Pending
2008 253,387 (January 2009) Pending
2009 278,726 (January 2010) Pending
2010 306,599 (January 2011) Pending
2011 337,258 (January 2012) Pending
2012 370,984 (January 2013) Pending
2013 408,083 Undefined Pending
Source. The College Board, Fee Reduction Summary Report.
Frequency of Data Collection. Annual
Data Quality. The College Board/Educational Testing Service (ETS): Fee Reduction Summary Report.
The Fee Reduction Summary Report is a year-end accounting file that provides a final count of Advanced
Placement test fee reductions granted that year. Test fee reductions are provided to students with acute
financial need.
Target Context. This is a new measure that was changed to focus on public school students only. The
previous measure reported on public and non-public school students. The new measure now aligns with
the population served by the program. Past data is included for historical purposes. Subsequent targets
are based on the previous year's target plus 10 percent.
Explanation.

Target Met

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 Measure 1.2 of 6: The number of Advanced Placement tests taken by minority (Hispanic, Black, Native American)
nationally. (Desired direction: increase)
Actual
Year Target Stat
(or date expected)
2004 267,608 Measure not in place
2005 315,203 Measure not in place
2006 336,000 359,372 Target Exceeded
2007 376,000 (August 2007) Pending
2008 421,000 (August 2008) Pending
2009 472,000 (August 2009) Pending
2010 528,000 (August 2010) Pending
2011 575,520 (August 2008) Pending
2012 621,562 (August 2009) Pending
2013 671,287 (August 2010) Pending
2014 724,989 (August 2011) Pending
Source. The College Board, Freeze File Report. The Freeze File Report is a mid-year data file of
Advanced Placement exams taken in May of that year.
Frequency of Data Collection. Annual
Data Quality. The Freeze File Report provides basic student demographic characteristics.
Explanation.

Target met

Measure 1.3 of 6: The percentage of Advanced Placement tests passed (tests receiving scores of 3-5) by low-inco
nationally. (Desired direction: increase)
Actual
Year Target Stat
(or date expected)
2005 37.5 Measure not in place
2006 38.5 38.1 Made Progress From Prior Yea
2007 38.6 (August 2007) Pending
2008 39.2 (August 2008) Pending
2009 39.8 (August 2009) Pending
2010 40.2 (August 2010) Pending
Source. The College Board, Freeze File Report. The Freeze File Report provides basic student
demographic characteristics. College Board considers a test "mastered" if it recieved a score of 3, 4 or 5
on a scale of 1 to 5.
Frequency of Data Collection. Annual
Data Quality. The Freeze File Report is a mid-year data file of Advanced Placement exams taken in May
of that year. Please note that percentages are based on estimates using the Freeze File Report rather
than the Fee Reduction Summary Report. While the Fee Reduction Summary Report provides a more
reliable count of exams taken by low-income students (see Measure 1.1), the Freeze File Report is used
here because it is the only file linked to exam scores.
Explanation.

Target not met - Made Progress From Prior Year

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 Measure 1.4 of 6: The number of Advanced Placement tests passed (tests receiving scores of 3-5) by low-income
nationally. (Desired direction: increase)
Actual
Year Target Stat
(or date expected)
2005 79,800 Measure not in place
2006 90,009 95,350 Target Exceeded
2007 99,000 (August 2007) Pending
2008 103,728 (August 2008) Pending
2009 113,194 (August 2009) Pending
2010 126,660 (August 2010) Pending
Source. The College Board, Freeze File Report.The Freeze File Report provides basic student
demographic characteristics. College Board considers a test "mastered" if it received a score of 3, 4 or 5
on a scale of 1 to 5.
Frequency of Data Collection. Annual
Data Quality. The Freeze File Report is a mid-year data file of Advanced Placement exams taken in May
of that year. While the Fee Reduction Summary Report provides a more reliable count of exams taken by
low-income students (see Measure 1.1), the Freeze File report is used here because it is the only file
linked to exam scores.
Explanation. Target met.

Measure 1.5 of 6: The ratio of Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate tests taken in public high sch
to the number of seniors enrolled at those schools. (Desired direction: increase)
Actual
Year Target Sta
(or date expected)
2006 BL+1% (May 2007) Pending
2007 BL+1% (September 2008) Pending
2008 BL+1 (September 2009) Pending
2009 BL+1 (September 2010) Pending
2010 BL+1 (September 2011) Pending
Source. U.S. Department of Education, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, Advanced
Placement, Grantee Performance Report.
Frequency of Data Collection. Annual
Explanation. The calculation is the number of Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate
tests taken in public high schools served by API grants, divided by the total number of juniors and seniors
enrolled at those schools. This was a new measure in 2006. The FY 2006 data will be used as the
baseline.

Measure 1.6 of 6: Cost per passage of Advanced Placement test by a low income public school student. (Desired
Actual
Year Target Statu
(or date expected)
2007 BL-1 (November 2006) Pending
2008 BL-1 (November 2007) Pending
2009 BL-1 (November 2008) Pending
2010 BL-1 (November 2009) Pending
Source. The College Board, Freeze File Report.

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Frequency of Data Collection. Annual
Data Quality. The Freeze File Report is a mid-year data file of Advanced Placement exams taken in May
of that year and provides basic student demographic characteristics and scores.
Explanation. This is a new measure in 2006. The FY 2006 data will be used as the baseline. The
calculation is the amount provided for AP Test fees divided by the total number of tests passed by low-
income students.

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