As a school that does not pre-select students for the challenging International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma, American School of The Hague (ASH) supports all students with the capabilities, commitment and drive in their desire to undertake the IB Diploma.
As with each year, it takes passion, planning and hard work on behalf of both the students and their teachers, to deliver excellent results – this year was no exception.
As in previous years, the graduates of the 2015-2016 school year delivered a laudable 94% pass rate on their IB exams (51/54) with all students achieving above the required 24 points.
The global average score for the IB Diploma was 30 points and the ASH students achieved an average score of 35 points, 5 points above the global average.
It is extremely rewarding to see that 22% of the ASH students achieved 40 points or higher; 43% achieved 36 points or higher and a superb 92% achieved in excess of the global average of 30 points.
In that light, we are also very honored to share the results of the students who undertook the exams for the Advanced Placement (AP) program. In May 2016,
ASH administered 225 exams to 83 AP students. With the same philosophy used for the IB program, ASH does not pre-select students for inclusion in the AP program but rather encourages students to challenge themselves in one or more areas of interest in Grades 11 and/or 12 to give them a realistic taste of the expectations of university work.
Thus, students this year sat anywhere from 1 to as many as 6 exams with an average of nearly 3 exams per student. The average global AP score was 2.84 out of 5 but the average score for ASH students per AP exam was 3.72 out of 5.
Globally, 58% of students received a passing grade of 3 or higher but when we talk about ASH students, we can proudly say that 84% received a passing grade of 3 or higher. Moreover, only 13.3% of students received the highest mark of 5 out of 5 on AP exams globally. At ASH, an impressive 32% of students received a 5 on one or more exams.
