Anonymous wrote:This is why college is so hard to get into and why students are so unprepared once they get there. They all get As and top scores. It means nothing.

I simply disagree with this. My kids worked hard and earned their AP scores; they are also doing very well in college — 100% prepared (more so than I ever was). It’s like kids can’t ever win today. If they earn straight A’s, everyone screams “grade inflation” without having any knowledge of how hard they worked. If a kid gets a 5 on an AP test, it’s grade inflation again. If they earn A’s in college, it’s also grade inflation. But I know my kids and they are hard-working and better prepared than people of my generation. The conversations I have with my kids are more well-informed, and they are excellent writers and critical thinkers. I just don’t get all this talk about kids being stupid, because they are not.

Anonymous wrote:Actually, the only one that should matter right now is the PSAT/NMSQT test. One test. One score. The end.

This would match how other countries do it. It creates a different kind of pressure though, and the pressure hits younger.

This is why college is so hard to get into and why students are so unprepared once they get there. They all get As and top scores. It means nothing.

Anonymous wrote:I liked it better when everyone didn’t get a medal.

+1. Makes the medals lose their meaning.

I liked it better when everyone didn’t get a medal.

Anonymous wrote:Inflated AP scores. Will colleges stop giving credits? Maybe only to 5s?

Inflated school grades/GPA, AP scores .. only good measure remaining might be SAT/ACT scores.

https://www.theeditors.com/p/grade-inflation-sends-ap-test-scores

The elite colleges already limit to 5 in almost all cases. They have for years

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:spanish and computers had less 5s this year than last

FEWER

+1 Grammar is slipping big time.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:spanish and computers had less 5s this year than last

FEWER

correct

Anonymous wrote:You can look at the full distribution historically here.

https://www.totalregistration.net/AP-Exam-Registration-Service/AP-Exam-Score-Distributions.php

These numbers were "tweeted" before the results were released
the whole chart is BS

Anonymous wrote:spanish and computers had less 5s this year than last

FEWER

spanish and computers had less 5s this year than last

You can look at the full distribution historically here.

https://www.totalregistration.net/AP-Exam-Registration-Service/AP-Exam-Score-Distributions.php

Meh. that graph shows "4's and 5's" so its lumping them all together, which is singularly unhelpful to their own argument.

Actually, the only one that should matter right now is the PSAT/NMSQT test. One test. One score. The end.

Inflated AP scores. Will colleges stop giving credits? Maybe only to 5s?

Inflated school grades/GPA, AP scores .. only good measure remaining might be SAT/ACT scores.

https://www.theeditors.com/p/grade-inflation-sends-ap-test-scores