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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Judging by the number of 4s and 5s being reported, I'd say the tests are too easy. Or anything below a 4 isn't worth mentioning.

Anyone know when/where a distribution of scores will be published?[/quote]

Because people are not posting the lesser scores, duh. When you look at the statistical breakdown, 3s are much more prevalent than 5s, for example.
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Also, the score distribution has crept up over the years. Even 5-7 years ago, a 5 or a 4 was hard score to achieve. College Board has been tinkering with the tests and scoring over the past few years.. There has been a campaign of sorts (e.g. from Dana Goldstein, an NYT reporter) that the tests were biased against low income and minority students, who scored lower and hence missed out on college credits. The solution from CB was to peg their scores to the rampant grade inflation at colleges (equivalent college courses have pass rates of 60-70% which should be reflected in the APs). And here we are.

My kid scored 5 on Physics C (Mechanics) but just before the exam I realized that he had relatively large gaps in his ability to translate the concepts to solving problems. He would not have received an A in the equivalent college class (I am a Physics prof, and have taught freshman physics to majors).

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