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Highlights from the Status and Trends in the Education of Hispanics - Advanced Placement Examinations

Executive Summary
Elementary & Secondary School Enrollment
Grade Retention, Suspension, & Expulsion
Dropout Rates
High School Completion
Student Performance in Reading
Student Performance in Mathematics
Student Performance in Science
Trends in Credit Earning & Coursetaking in High School
Advanced Coursetaking in High School
Advanced Placement Examinations
Language Spoken at Home
Enrollment in Colleges & Universities
Degrees Conferred by Colleges & Universities
Adult Education
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Between 1984 and 2000, the number of Hispanic students taking Advanced Placement (AP) examinations increased.

Students who take AP courses in high school are eligible to take the corresponding AP examinations and earn college credit for scores above a minimum threshold. In 2000, Hispanics comprised 9 percent of the students who took AP examinations; minority students overall were 30 percent of those who took AP examinations.39 The number of Hispanic students taking AP examinations increased from 24 to 111 per 1,000 12th-graders between 1984 and 2000. The number of White students taking AP examinations rose from 48 in 1984 to 185 per 1,000 in 2000 and for Blacks from 9 to 53 per 1,000 (supplemental table 4.7).