Indiana high school student Felix Zhang became the 1st person in the world to get a perfect score on the AP calculus AB exam.

Indiana high school student Felix Zhang became the 1st person in the world to get a perfect score on the AP calculus AB exam.

The AP Calculus AB is equivalent to a first semester college calculus course, according to the College Board, the organization that administers the exam.

Sean Cavanagh's most recent blog entry, "Rush to Calculus?," about a math professor at Rutgers University who questions the push for students to take calculus in high school struck a chord with me.

So while some students may take AP Precalculus their junior year as a precursor to AP calculus, others can take the new course their senior year more generally as a precursor to college-level math.

More than 300,000 students took the Advanced Placement Calculus AB Exam last year, and a 17-year-old Los Angeles high school student was one of 12 people in the world to earn a perfect score.