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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This was the bell curve for APUSH

5: 11.8%
4: 19.2%
3: 26.6%
2: 20.4%
1: 21%

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So 2/3 of the test takers will likely never receive credit for their tests (my kid’s “mediocre” college only gives credit for 4s and 5s). Thanks college board and the public school system! [/quote]

Exact the way it should be.

Reality bites.  Students have inflates egos these days because of rampant grade inflation, then when they have to take a real exam, they find out they're just medicore, which comes as a rude awakening.  The distribution of scores looks pretty reasonable. The test was designed pretty well. Too many kids get As and Bs for poor quality and mediocre work.  We need to back to the days where a C+/- is average work, and As are for outstanding work well above the mean that only about 10% or less of students get.  An A by definition means you're doing much better than the median.  If everyone in a class gets As, then As no longer really mean As.[/quote]

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