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According to the statistics provided in the article, (a) the number of AP tests taken per capita is going up, and (b) the proportion of AP test-takers who get a
by sethg 17y ago
According to the statistics provided in the article, (a) the number of AP tests taken per capita is going up, and (b) the proportion of AP test-takers who get a 4 or 5 is remaining constant. So there are students who took the AP test and got college credit in 2008 and who, in 1988, wouldn't have even tried to take the test.
- ZachPruckowski 17y agoThis is true - more people are getting 4s and 5s. However, AP grades are complex. It's mostly on a weighted bell curve, so you're grading against the other people taking the test (and it's also adjusted against previous tests). So a roughly constant percentage should be getting 4s and 5s. What we don't know is what accuracy is required to get a 4 or a 5, and how that has changed year-over-year. I know it fluctuates from test to test, such that I've got 5s on tests that I got every question right on, and 5s on tests I know I lost at least a 5th of the possible points on. What this article neither proves nor disproves is the bigger issue - of the people getting 4s and 5s, how many are actually prepared to skip an intro-level college class in the subject?