TIMSS - Advanced Mathematics at the End of High School: AP Status

Advanced Mathematics at the End of High School: AP Status

Table 53. Average advanced mathematics scores of U.S. TIMSS Advanced students, by Advanced Placement (AP) status: 2015
AP Status	Average score	s.e.
Average score is higher than U.S. average score at the .05 level of statistical significance. Average score is lower than U.S. average score at the .05 level of statistical significance. NOTE: Standard error is abbreviated as s.e. Students taking the TIMSS Advanced assessment in advanced mathematics were categorized based on whether or not they took an AP calculus course and the level of AP course they took. Students were categorized by their highest mathematics course taken. The category "did not take an AP Calculus course" included students who took a regular or honors calculus course or an International Baccalaureate (IB) mathematics course as their highest mathematics course. SOURCE: International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA), Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) Advanced, 2015.
U.S. total	485	5.2
Took AP Calculus BC	556	5.5
Took AP Calculus AB (but not BC)	477	7.0
Did not take an AP Calculus course	448	11.5