Cairo Glyphics September 2011

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Dear Parents,

We begin a new academic year with a sense of relief and excitement. A sense of relief in that we made it through a revolution and in doing so were able to sustain a high level of continuity of student learning despite the fact that many of our high school students were evacuated for several months. A sense of excitement at being able to celebrate the excellent performance of our students in their AP and IB examinations. Despite our Seniors being subjected to a month off school due to Swine Flu in their Junior year and their schooling being significantly disrupted by the revolution and evacuation last year, our students achieved great results, in fact the IB scores are the best that CAC has had since 2002 when 16 students registered for the diploma.

Below is a summary of CAC’s IB results.

International Baccalaureate Organization
School Statistics

Session	May-11
School:	000708 - Cairo American College

Number of candidates registered in the session:		115
Number of diploma candidates registered in the session:		41
Number of subject entries in the session:		466
Number of candidates who successfully passed the diploma		38
Average points obtained by candidates who passed the diploma:		34
Highest diploma points awarded to a candidate:		44
Average grade obtained at the school by candidates who passed the diploma:		5.36

When comparing our results with the May 2010 worldwide results our students performed extremely well.

Our average score of 34 points compares with a world wide average of 29.55
Only 11.61% of IB Diploma students worldwide achieve 34+ points.
Our average grade of 5.36 compares with 4.65 worldwide.

Our AP scores are just as impressive.

Cairo American College (648300)
Total AP Students in Your School: 86
School Totals for this View	5	4	3	2	1	Total Exams
Number of Exams	22	36	42	22	10	132
Percentage of Total	17%	27%	32%	17%	8%	100

The percentage of CAC AP Students with Scores 3+ is 79.1% compared to a worldwide figure of 60.2%
Of the 132 AP examinations taken 76% scored 3+

“Success” on an AP Exam is defined as an exam score of 3 or higher, which represents the score point that research finds predictive of college success and college graduation. These findings have held consistent across the decades. One example of such a study comes from the National Center for Educational Accountability, which found that an AP Exam score, and a score of 3 or higher in particular, is a strong predictor of a student’s ability to persist in college and earn a bachelor’s degree.

There is more detailed analysis of both our AP and IB scores available on the school Moodle sites “IB Diploma News” and “AP News and Resources”. An access key is required for each site. The access key for “IB Diploma News” is ib@cac, and the access key for “AP News and Resources” is ap@cac.

Please check out the Moodle sites regularly as news related to the AP and IB programs will be published on them rather than the school website.

Steve Petra
AP/IB Coordinator