2024 AP Exams - Results
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Anonymous
Oops, it was the reverse. USH was graded much more leniently this year compared to past year. Scores rose across the board. |
Anonymous
APUSH pass rate jumped this year from about 50% to 72%. You can look for yourself and see the jump from last year to this year: https://www.totalregistration.net/AP-Exam-Registration-Service/AP-Exam-Score-Distributions.php I'm speaking as a teacher with a lot of experience. I've also scored exams. Insight is important, but you're right, not 100% critical. Certainly not for a 4, but I would argue for a 5, sometimes it's needed. Depends on how great the student is at the MCQ section. |
Anonymous
Blowing up their own credibility, for $$$. Schools push more less-prepared kids into AP. CB makes tests/grading easier to boost pass rates. Schools post higher stats. Repeat cycle. More $$$ for the CB bank account in the Bahamas. |
Anonymous
USH (30pp higher pass rate) and Calc BC (double the number of perfect scores) reported so far. |
Anonymous
+100 Look no further than AP Pre Calc for another great examples of increasing test sales. |
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Anonymous
Still waiting in MoCo. |
Anonymous
No. Scores didn't drop they went way way higher. The grading on the essays slightly changed. You get 7 documents presented on the DBQ. In years past to get the top score you had to use 6 documents to get two evidence points, this year you only needed to use 4. In the area of explaining and analyzing you had to use three documents in the past and this year only 2. And it is now slightly easier to get the complexity and sophistication point. So last year (2023) only 48% of students got a 3 or higher - 11% got a five; 15% got a 4; 22% got a 3. While this year (2024) 72% of students got a 3 or higher - 13% got a five; 33 % got a 4 and 26.0% got a 3. So huge difference! My son is at a high school with NO grade inflation and it really is tough. It is a public school with primarily students who are college educated. His AP teacher says he grades similar to a college class at a top college. So in his mind if only around 11% of students get a 5 on AP History test, then in his class he only gives around 11% of students A's. My son had to work hard in that class and study for hours for the tests to get a B. They weren't based on the APUSH test because the teacher doesn't believe in teaching to the AP test. He wanted them to think and analyze as well as requiring students to memorize so much information that used to be required on the AP test but no longer is. In around 2013 the APUSH changed so that students didn't have to memorize so many facts. My son's teacher didn't agree with that change. For the semester final it was four parts 1) a one hour essay on a topic they didn't know in advance, 2) a one hour multiple choice test that had 50 or 60 questions 3) Memorize 108 historical figures and why they were important. The teacher said something the person had done and you had to write down their name. 4) A one hour fact pattern test that involved 20 topics that involved things like: write down the first 20 presidents; 10 reasons for colonization; 7 major effects of the Great Awakening, 11 major themes of the Age of Jackson etc. . The answers were given to them to study but in one hour they had to quickly write down all 20 fact patterns so it was about 200 items. He ended up with a 4 on the AP test, so that goes along with his grade. His sibling took a community college US history class and it was 100 times easier perhaps even easier than that. So it's frustrating to hear of people getting 98% in a class an APUSH class when they ended up with a 4 as well. The highest grade in APUSH at his school was a 95% and that was by one student. |
Anonymous
| DS got a 2 in APUSH. Only exam taken. |
Anonymous
He can retake it next year after self study if he wants, or have it hidden from the College Board reports when he has more AP grades that are eventually sent to colleges. Its not the end of the world. |
Anonymous
C- in a public school...2 wasn't surprising. Just like to let DCUM know how the "other half" lives. 
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Anonymous
And that’s ok, speaking as a teacher. He can try a different AP if offered. Many students improve on another attempt. |
Anonymous
There are some interesting tweets from AP Trevor archived there. Some smells fishy. "These scores are higher than last year’s, as dedicated teachers and students build and develop proficiency that was interrupted during the pandemic." "This year’s research into college econ performance found that AP Macro students were significantly outperforming college peers, hence the big jump in 3s/4s/5s this year. Great work." "These scores and the required points are consistent over the past decade. I wish colleges were less stringent in the points they require for 3s/4s/5s in this subject!" "The impressive AP Chemistry score distributions align with the latest sequent course performance data from colleges, which found that a much larger proportion of AP Chemistry students is now outperforming college peers when placing ahead." It seems that CB checks how well AP passers do in later classes. If they outperform peers who took the prereq class at the college, AP increases grades or makes the test easier the next year. No explanation of the score <-> A/B/C grade correlation, though. |
Anonymous
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DC's results are in!
AP Calculus AB - 5 AP Environmental Science - 5 AP European History - 4 AP Spanish Language - 5 AP Spanish Literature - 4 |
Anonymous
Solid! Congratulations! |