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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No shade on OP's child, but how do you get an A in AP classes and then get below a 3 on the actual exam?[/quote]
Grade inflation. My kid is the same.  But, also, they don't test well, and has learning disabilities that impact reading long text.[/quote]

My NT kid got a couple of 3s.  His SAT one and done was 1430.

Just like SATs, this board is skewed towards parents that report high scores.

Some ways you get 3s are:

1) Not much prep for exam
2) Course was fall semester, exam in May
3) Teacher's class is not pure AP compliant
4) Wide ability levels in the class, resulting in a curve

[b]Somebody has to get the 1s, 2s, and 3s.  [/b]

ETS has done an analysis that supposedly shows that even students who get a 1 or 2 have an advantage when taking the college class.[/quote]

Unless everyone is getting an A in class, the people getting 1s, 2s, and 3s should be the same people getting Bs and Cs in the class. Which isn't to say they shouldn't take the class -- there's value in being challenged, absolutely.[/quote]

I have a kid with an easy A in physics C who squeaked out a 4 on the AP exam with a huge self study effort. His teacher didn’t cover the AP curriculum, not even close.

Kid sailed through all other AP classes with As and no sweat 5s.

So teachers who don’t follow the curriculum are definitely one explanation. 
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