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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]AP scores go a long way in validating the grade in the class. A "3" on the AP test and an "A" in the class -- that's doesn't look good. Mostly, that doesn't look good for the school, their class grade distributions may be suspect.[/quote]

I agree with this but it’s so tough.  My A student got a three last year in a subject she’s really strong in.  I think it was a combination of test nerves and pandemic year making things all a little weird. [/quote]

Meanwhile it really boils down to the teacher.  For AP Calc at our HS, the teachers have it down to a science. They drill the kids with test prep throughout the year.  Finish teaching the material about 1 month before the actual AP test, so they can spend that month with test prep.  But it works.  My kid got a 5 last year and I'm expecting another 5.  Yet interestingly, the teacher doesn't curve the grade for the class and there is no HW grade; the grade is all quizzes and tests (in AP format).  My kid with a 3.99 UW gpa earned a B- first semester and will get the same this semester.  Ultimately (after transcript goes to her college since AP results don't come until July), a 4 or 5 on the AP test will raise my kid's grade a full letter grade.

This AP teacher is known for EVERYONE getting a 4/5 on the test, with about 80% of both AB and BC students earning 5s.  In the last 7 years, only 1 student has gotten a 3 or lower (it was a 3). Kids know the material.  just wish the regular grade was updated with a curve to reflect this before July

However, in other courses (AP Chem/Physics/Comp Sci, etc), those teachers were teaching new material 5-7 days ago.  So not drilling practice tests nearly as much.  For those I don't think it's 80% earning a 5, but there are normally at least 85-90% earning 4s or 5s.

If I were you, you should still be thrilled your student took the AP course, even if they earned a 3.  That same course will now be MUCH MUCH easier when they take it again in College.

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Is this MCPS?  I’ve never heard of the grade being based on the actual exam.[/quote]

My kid got their only B on their report card this year in Calc AB. But ended up.with a 5 on the AP test.

We are at FCPS. The AP score did not bump.their grade up, but the final exam, which was given more than a month before school ended resembled tge AP exam, which was translated to an equivalent of a 5, which contributed to their final grade.  The actual exam had no relation to their grade.[/quote]

I've had HS kids in two different districts around the country, and both did "grade bumps" for 5s on the AP test.  Both were a Single letter grade bump (C- to B-, B to A, A- to A, etc.)  So very similar, except the teacher waited for the results of AP testing---works well for anyone except seniors, and really the final grade doesn't matter for a senior as long as it's a C or better.
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How does that work? Report cards were finalized 3rd week in June. We got the teport card in the mail soon after that..AP.scores did not come out till July 5.

FCPS did do bumps for scoring advanced proficiency in SOLs..

Would have been grear for my kid to have gotten a grade bump with a 5 on the AP test.[/quote]

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