AP Chem is definitely an exercise in memorization and general "knowledge of chemistry" for a good portion of the class. Though not a complete solution, a lab re

AP Chem is definitely an exercise in memorization and general "knowledge of chemistry" for a good portion of the class. Though not a complete solution, a lab report-based assessment could look more similar to the CS Principles exam in another facet: written response. On the APCSP exam, there's actually very few points for your code itself. You get a point for identifying an abstraction and a point for identifying an algorithm, but the rest of the points (there are 8 total) are assigned based on your written responses. Analytical questions could be added to each exam–broad enough that no two students should have too much overlap, but narrow enough that it's clear what is expected of a student response. From there, a few points could be assigned for the quality of the designed experiment, but a majority would be assigned based on the quality of the written response questions. AP Physics follows a similar model on the regular paper exam–you have to prove some theory and design a complete experiment to do so. I believe it also included one light analysis question.