Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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?

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.

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).

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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?

College Board already released the national distributions on their website. Most kids get a 3 or higher on any test.

The percent achieving 5s is about 10% for most tests - nationwide average.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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?

College Board already released the national distributions on their website. Most kids get a 3 or higher on any test.

Or most kids get 3 or lower.

Anonymous wrote: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?

Some people, like this PP, have no sense. Instead of considering that the parents of kids who get 1, 2, and 3s don’t post, she thinks the tests are meaningless.

Anonymous wrote:4 5s and 2 4s. A 4 in AB Calc unexpected and disappointing

My senior got a 1. Oy! Senioritis is real.

sorry mcps data is here (previous three years)

https://ww2.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/data/LAR-charts/AP-Exam-by-Subject.html

Anonymous wrote: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?

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.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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?

This is the Lake Woebegone of the internet. All the children are above average.

Anonymous wrote: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?

College Board already released the national distributions on their website. Most kids get a 3 or higher on any test.

Anonymous wrote: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?

This is the Lake Woebegone of the internet. All the children are above average.

Anonymous wrote: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?

It’s been out for weeks:
https://apstudents.collegeboard.org/about-ap-scores/score-distributions

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?

Anonymous wrote:OP here. I didn't expect this to turn into a toxic thread.

we are in the UK right now. Got my DDs results very early this morning. maybe 3am ET

The negativity in the comments is the same reason why my DD will never tell anyone her scores. Her peers aren't happy for her if she does well. The topic of AP scores sets off people's insecurities. Add into that the superior attitude by private school parents, with a hint of insecurity too, about their schools not offering APs, and you get some nasty comments. It's a useful snapshot of parent attitudes though.

Anonymous wrote:It must be remembered that while 5 on any AP course is nice , you only need to get about 75% right to achieve that.

Why must this be remembered? Totally irrelevant to how schools credit AP exam scores. Just feeds your narrative that that these kids today have it so much easier. You are probably one of those SAT score or die parents as well. Let it go!

Rising 10th grader got 5s for AP US Gov and AP Comp Sci Princ. She's relieved, because these were her first AP exams and she didn't know what to expect. Now onto harder APs!