PSA: AP exams (updated July 6th: stats being posted by Trevor Packer)

[Arcadia]

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Edited May 4, 2020 by Arcadia

[Brigid in NC]

There are still a lot of moving parts to the AP Exams, which is frustrating and stressful. Here is a handy document that has lots of info--some of it extra info that was not communicated or clear before. It says it's for educators, but as far as I can tell, you do not have to log in to view this: In-Depth FAQ for Educators.

Here are a couple of things that have changed or been clarified:

• Students CAN use two devices if they plan to handwrite. There are two different ways to upload (text file or image). It will be important for students to practice using the demo, because the upload formats are very specific based on whether you are uploading a complete file or uploading page by page. See 2.1.2 and 2.1.5 and 2.5.2  There may be more sections addressing this.
• (not in the FAQ) There will be no line numbers on the AP English passages. This is helpful info since some students like to include line numbers in their essays, and some may be planning to use those line numbers as they take notes to plan their essays on a separate piece of paper. Per Susie Bonsey, Director of AP English Literature and Composition and Aubrey Ludwig, Director of AP English Language and Composition via the AP Teacher Community forum: "To ensure that the exams can be accessed on a wide variety of student devices and the passages can maintain a consistent appearance across variable screen sizes, there will be no line numbers for the passages on the AP English exams."

While the College Board has discouraged students from calling the help line if they are not getting emails, one of my students did call yesterday and sent me this: "I just called the college board and apparently in my account I wasn't subscribed to receiving their emails/updates on AP stuff. So that's fixed now."

• In case you've been looking in your junk/spam folders, be aware that the email sender name for some (maybe all) recent AP emails may be: "Advanced Placement Program" (rather than a "College Board" title ). So you may want to search that way in your junk folder.
• Some students with gmail addresses are also reporting that previously "invisible" emails ARE showing up if they look in their gmail "All Mail" folder. 

I was not getting some AP exam teacher emails, and after calling the CB and reconfirming that "yes, I did check my profile page . . ." I was told there appeared to be nothing wrong with my email/account and they would "elevate" the issue. I started getting emails the very next day. If your student is not getting emails, you might consider calling. Just be prepared to multi-task. It'll probably be a long wait. 😉

[Arcadia]

“Class of 2020: To get college credit or placement for your AP Exam scores, you have to request that we send an official AP score report to the college. Score reports include both this year's and past AP Exam scores. You have until the June 30 deadline to use your free score send.

Learn more and send your scores.
👉 http://spr.ly/6184GH5r0” 

https://apstudents.collegeboard.org/sending-scores

[Arcadia]

https://mobile.twitter.com/AP_Trevor

(ETA: Total Registration has updated too https://www.totalregistration.net/AP-Exam-Registration-Service/AP-Exam-Score-Distributions.php?year=2020)

“The 2020 AP US History scores: 5: 13%; 4: 19.2%; 3: 26.6%; 2: 20.4%; 1: 21%”

“This year's AP Computer Science Principles scores: 5: 10.8%; 4: 23.3%; 3: 36.6%; 2: 17.5%; 1: 11.8%”

“The 2020 AP Art and Design: Drawing portfolio scores: 5: 15.5%; 4: 40.3%; 3: 33.3%; 2: 9.8%; 1: 1.2%”

“The 2020 AP Art and Design: 2D portfolio scores: 5: 12.1%; 4: 36.2%; 3: 41.2%; 2: 9.8%; 1: 0.6%”

“This year’s AP Art and Design: 3D portfolio scores: 5: 7.2%; 4: 32%; 3: 36.5%; 2: 20.9%; 1: 3.6%”

ETA:

“The 2020 AP Seminar scores: 5: 6.4%; 4: 14.5%; 3: 59.7%; 2: 17.2%; 1: 2.3%”

“The 2020 AP Research scores: 5: 8.8%; 4: 32.1%; 3: 31.5%; 2: 25%; 1: 2.6%”

ETA:

“The 2020 AP German Language and Culture scores: 5: 23.9%; 4: 33.8%; 3: 16%; 2: 19.5%; 1: 6.7%.”

“The 2020 AP English Literature and Composition scores: 5: 9.3%; 4: 17.3%; 3: 33.5%; 2: 27.7%; 1: 12.2%.”

“The 2020 AP Music Theory scores: 5: 23.8%; 4: 18.9%; 3: 25.2%; 2: 22%; 1: 10.1%.”

“The 2020 AP Comparative Government and Politics scores: 5: 24.3%; 4: 27.3%; 3: 18.4%; 2: 17.3%; 1: 12.7%.”

“The 2020 AP US Government and Politics scores: 5: 15.3%; 4: 16.2%; 3: 25.1%; 2: 21.8%; 1: 21.6%.”

“The 2020 AP Biology scores: 5: 9.4%; 4: 22.5%; 3: 36.6%; 2: 24.2%; 1: 7.3%.”

“The 2020 AP Japanese Language and Culture scores: 5: 53.9%; 4: 9.6%; 3: 20.1%; 2: 7.6%; 1: 8.8%.”

Edited July 7, 2020 by Arcadia

[Roadrunner]

On 7/6/2020 at 11:02 AM, Arcadia said:

https://mobile.twitter.com/AP_Trevor

(ETA: Total Registration has updated too https://www.totalregistration.net/AP-Exam-Registration-Service/AP-Exam-Score-Distributions.php?year=2020)

“The 2020 AP US History scores: 5: 13%; 4: 19.2%; 3: 26.6%; 2: 20.4%; 1: 21%”

“This year's AP Computer Science Principles scores: 5: 10.8%; 4: 23.3%; 3: 36.6%; 2: 17.5%; 1: 11.8%”

“The 2020 AP Art and Design: Drawing portfolio scores: 5: 15.5%; 4: 40.3%; 3: 33.3%; 2: 9.8%; 1: 1.2%”

“The 2020 AP Art and Design: 2D portfolio scores: 5: 12.1%; 4: 36.2%; 3: 41.2%; 2: 9.8%; 1: 0.6%”

“This year’s AP Art and Design: 3D portfolio scores: 5: 7.2%; 4: 32%; 3: 36.5%; 2: 20.9%; 1: 3.6%”

ETA:

“The 2020 AP Seminar scores: 5: 6.4%; 4: 14.5%; 3: 59.7%; 2: 17.2%; 1: 2.3%”

“The 2020 AP Research scores: 5: 8.8%; 4: 32.1%; 3: 31.5%; 2: 25%; 1: 2.6%”

i don’t know why, but I was convinced those percentages would be all over the place this year. So surprised that they almost perfectly line up with previous years. 

[Arcadia]

3 hours ago, Roadrunner said:

i don’t know why, but I was convinced those percentages would be all over the place this year. So surprised that they almost perfectly line up with previous years. 

Trevor Packer’s tweet

“If you’re interested in comparing this year’s AP scores to last year’s, the 2019 score distributions are available here: http://spr.ly/6015Gr4V7.

1:56 PM · Jul 7, 2020”