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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Scores are not soaring.

https://apstudents.collegeboard.org/about-ap-scores/score-distributions[/quote]

I think this is the same info that was graphed in the OPs link. At least when I checked the scores for AP Govt and a few others they matched the graphs. I think it's too early to tell if AP scores are soaring permanently, but the trends are strange for this year. [/quote]

They are definitely not "soaring"

AP exam scores vary. 
When AP Chinese was introduced something like 76% were getting a 5, mainly because they were native Chinese speakers. Now its closer to 50% both the exams have adjusted as well as the demographic of the students. [/quote]

I agree, you are absolutely right. Quite possible this is just variation. There's not enough info yet to tell.

But for the PP who is a grade-inflation denier, here are some more facts!

https://ies.ed.gov/director/remarks/03-23-2022.asp [/quote]

Leave your petty arguments out of this.

AP scores don’t support any grade inflation arguments which is the point of the thread.[/quote]

Grades are always relevant to AP scores. The college board says they recalibrate score distributions to match current typical college grading practices. When the score distributions have drastically changed, most likely the college board has done this to match the typical distributions of grades in college, which have changed over time. 5's are A or A+. 4's are A- to B. If what it takes to earn A's in college changes, more students will get 5s on AP exams. [/quote]

Are you confusing HS grades and College grades here? you don't take AP exams in college. [/quote]

Nope. The college board explains that they research college standards of grading and recalibrate the test and scoring every 10 years or so to keep the ap score relevant to current college standards. So if standards change on average at the college level for grades in certain courses, the AP test and/or scoring changes, and the AP distribution may then look different for the high school kids taking the test.[/quote]

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