<p>No, I don’t think it’s particularly useful and I don’t think it should be published. Maybe a percentage of how many people pass (3 or above) would be useful by grade, but I just think there are so many variables that the data wouldn’t be particularly useful. For example, when I took my last AP test 4 years ago, the tests were $100 a pop for us (we had to test off site). That can quickly add up so those who might not pass the test or can’t afford the fee won’t take it, skewing data. Many strong students took the AP Gov test after taking just regular gov whereas weaker students wen on to take the actual AP class, this again will skew data. Then you have teacher variability. We have several teachers that teach AP Calc, AP Stats, etc. Each one could have very different outcomes and grouping all together wouldn’t be particularly helpful. </p>
<p>FWIW, even at my extremely large public high school, students knew which teachers were going to prepare you well for AP exams and which ones weren’t.</p>