Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate Business Rules

Advanced Placement (AP) and International Baccalaureate (IB) Course Data -AP and IB course participation data are reported to the NYSED Student Information and Repository System (SIRS) in Student Class Entry Exit.

• Counts are based on students enrolled in these courses.
• Percentages signify the percentage of students enrolled at a particular grade level who took the AP or IB course.
• Not all students enrolled in AP or IB courses will take the assessment.

Advanced Placement (AP) and International Baccalaureate (IB) Assessment Data -AP and IB assessment data are reported to the SIRS in Assessment Fact.

• Counts are the number of students who took the exam.
• Percentages signify the percentage of students enrolled at a particular grade level in that location who are enrolled in the AP or IB course.
• Not all students who took the AP assessment were enrolled in the course. A dash in the percentage field would signify suppressed data.

Suppression -To protect student privacy, suppression is applied to performance data when less than 5 students are tested. In the table IB Assessments Proficient (4 & Higher), if the Total # Tested is less than 5, performance data in % Total Tested with a Score of 4 or Higher are suppressed. In the table for AP Assessments Proficient (3 & Higher), if the Total # Tested is less than 5, performance data in % Total Tested with a Score of 3 or Higher are suppressed. Suppressed data are represented by a dash.