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Table 4.8a. Number and percent change of 12th-grade students taking Advanced Placement (AP) examinations, by race/ethnicity: 1999 through 2007 |
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Race/ethnicity | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | Percent change, 1999 to 2007 |
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Total1 | 349,300 | 378,540 | 407,572 | 440,916 | 470,398 | 490,232 | 532,128 | 561,114 | 604,597 | 73.1 |
White | 234,307 | 262,399 | 280,165 | 302,463 | 321,074 | 331,683 | 353,419 | 366,363 | 392,504 | 67.5 |
Black | 16,942 | 19,469 | 21,027 | 23,105 | 25,649 | 27,069 | 31,657 | 35,782 | 40,389 | 138.4 |
Hispanic | 28,501 | 33,641 | 37,438 | 41,429 | 47,233 | 51,013 | 57,924 | 62,670 | 69,096 | 142.4 |
Asian/Asian American | 37,182 | 41,538 | 44,539 | 48,040 | 50,710 | 52,071 | 56,789 | 61,665 | 66,847 | 79.8 |
American Indian/Alaska Native | 1,679 | 1,779 | 1,799 | 1,948 | 2,106 | 2,289 | 2,534 | 2,800 | 2,986 | 77.8 |
1 Total includes other race/ethnicity categories not separately shown. |
NOTE: The College Board collects race/ethnicity information based on the categories American Indian/Alaskan; Asian/Asian American; Black/Afro-American; Latino: Chicano/Mexican, Puerto Rican, and Other Latino; White; and Other. Black refers to test takers who identified themselves as Black/Afro-American, and Hispanic refers to the sum of all Latino subgroups. Pacific Islander may or may not be included in Asian/Asian American because the response option provided by The College Board was given only as Asian/Asian American. |
SOURCE: The College Board, Advanced Placement Program, National Summary Report, 1999 to 2007. |
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