How did your HS Freshman perform on AP exams?

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Anonymous wrote:She did well - both 5s. Art History and World History

At what school did she take World History in 9th?

Several schools have AP World History in 9th.

Which ones?

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Anonymous wrote:My DS who was straight A grades all year in APUSH and he studied like a demon for the exam, only got a 3

It's called grade inflation.

No it isn't. He is kind of a social studies genius. That's his thing.

The AP examiners clearly did not agree.

This. He isn’t a social studies genius with a 3. I have no idea if grades were inflated or not but there are right and wrong things on the ap exams. Your kid was missing a large section of them.

The exam is only 40% multiple choice. Writing skills and legibility can tank a student on 60% of the test.

I didn't know this. His handwriting is awful. I thought the essays were typed. Thank you. So we know where to go from here.

I believe starting this year, they will all be on line. I guess the readers have had enough with chicken scratch from our kids.

Not sure about that: they were online at the start of the pandemic, then some migrated back to pen and paper in school. So not sure about next year.
My son has dysgraphia, and the physical toll of writing legibly distracts completely from his focus on the actual content of the test. Thankfully he was so well prepared he still got 5s this year, but handwriting is always a source of additional stress for him.

You are right, I was thinking of the SAT, which is supposed to go all on line now.