2020 AP results are out

[Anonymous]

The language exam was less than a half hour. I can’t understand why they didn’t utilize the full time on an already drastically reduced time slot. Not enough opportunity to show what they know.

[Anonymous]

I hope that the tests are improved for next year.

[Anonymous]

Every exam I checked had a higher distribution of 5s than in 2019.

[Anonymous]

They haven’t posted 2020 score distributions. Everything cited here is for the 2019 exams.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They haven’t posted 2020 score distributions. Everything cited here is for the 2019 exams.

Scroll down to July 10 on Trevor Packer's twitter https://twitter.com/ap_trevor?lang=en to see 2020 score distributions.

See also https://www.totalregistration.net/AP-Exam-Registration-Service/AP-Exam-Score-Distributions.php

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Every exam I checked had a higher distribution of 5s than in 2019.

Art exams, CS exams, seminar, research, Japanese and chem had lower % of 5s in 2020 than last year.

[Anonymous]

Language didn’t test reading/writing and the exam was short? Is it possible a section was missed?

[Anonymous]

^foreign language

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They haven’t posted 2020 score distributions. Everything cited here is for the 2019 exams.

wrong

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Every exam I checked had a higher distribution of 5s than in 2019.

Art exams, CS exams, seminar, research, Japanese and chem had lower % of 5s in 2020 than last year.

Interesting. Note those are mostly (not all) project based exams.

[Anonymous]

I still don’t understand why the students weren’t given more than 45 minutes for World History. What would be the harm in giving them at least an hour? That was a lot of writing.

[Anonymous]

10th grader got a 5 on APHUG.

Only 11.6% got a 5 and it had the highest % of students with a 1 (which was also true last year). I’m very proud of him, and I would never say this if this forum weren’t anonymous, but I had been very worried because he popped out of the room after 15 minutes and announced he was done with the first question and it was “really easy.” I know this sounds like a humble brag, but I do wonder if the score distribution is the result of APHUG being common for younger students to take and/or more kids of varying abilities take because it sounds easy?

This subject matter is my kid’s strength, and, fwiw, I don’t think he’ll even bother taking AP Calculus, but I just find this fascinating.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My son took 5 AP exams this year - Calc BC, Macro, Micro, English Lit, Spanish. He did well in the first four (5's and one 4) but upset about his Spanish score of a 3. He's been a strong student in Spanish. I told him not to worry about it since he was planning to continue with Spanish in college (he graduated from high school in May) so he wasn't looking for credit and he has to take a placement test for his school anyway. He seemed to let it go. But this morning he got an email from his Spanish teacher telling him that he should contact the College Board to find out if he can appeal the score (she can only appeal the score if it is a 1 or 2). She listened to his exam (it was oral) and she said it was one of the best from his high school. She asked a friend who is an AP Spanish exam grader to listen as well and she said he should have gotten a 5 or at the very least a 4. Now he's upset again. I told him to just let it go because the College Board won't do anything about it but he's bothered because now he cannot get the Seal of Biliteracy. I don't think there is even a way to appeal a 3 but its up to him if he wants to try.

DC score not as expected either. Why didn’t the exam have a written portion? It only tested a few minutes of speaking and was well under an hour.

I was home when my son took the exam, and I could not believe how short it was. IMO, the AP exams were a joke this year but the College Board didn't want to refund the fees. He's taken many other APs over the years and he said that there's no way these exams shortened from ~3 hours to 45 minutes (or less) assessed anyone's mastery of the material. I am happy to wash my hands of the College Board.

My twins were both done with Spanish Lang in 15-20 minutes. I was also shocked at the length.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Every exam I checked had a higher distribution of 5s than in 2019.

So?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:10th grader got a 5 on APHUG.

Only 11.6% got a 5 and it had the highest % of students with a 1 (which was also true last year). I’m very proud of him, and I would never say this if this forum weren’t anonymous, but I had been very worried because he popped out of the room after 15 minutes and announced he was done with the first question and it was “really easy.” I know this sounds like a humble brag, but I do wonder if the score distribution is the result of APHUG being common for younger students to take and/or more kids of varying abilities take because it sounds easy?

This subject matter is my kid’s strength, and, fwiw, I don’t think he’ll even bother taking AP Calculus, but I just find this fascinating.

I don’t even know which class this is! Geography? Anyway is great about your son! Did he like the class?