Er, I mean the report for the results for the 2012 AP Exams is
here! Given that some Tipsters are involved with the Psychology
AP, I thought that there might be some interest in getting the
complete report; see:
http://apreport.collegeboard.org/download-press-center
And here are the result for the psychology AP test; see:
http://media.collegeboard.com/digitalServices/pdf/ap/rtn/9th-annual/9th-annual-ap-report-subject-supplement-psychology.pdf
For those involved with the AP test I have a couple of questions:
(1) For the psychology AP test results, the figure makes it appear
that the number of students getting a score of 3 or better on the
1-5 grade score is increasing over time. But this assumes that
the total for each time point is the same. If one adds up the percent
getting 3+ for the four time points, one gets the following:
2002__70.5% scored 3 or higher
2007__65.4%
2011__65.8%
2012__65.7%
Am I correct in claiming that the figure is misleading and that instead
of "Number of Graduates Taking AP Exams" the "Percentage of Graduates"
should be used? Students are doing worse on the Psychology AP exam
relative to 2002?
(2) I was alerted to the AP report by a news article from the Associated
Press (the other AP); see:
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hw9tE-c3HvZUjgAkC_w4MzoD17MQ?docId=3e3280e16bd94a608b2bee4fecd04070
The article claims that overall only 1 in 5 or only 20% of the students
taking
AP courses pass them. Isn't this a terrible pass rate? On page 17 of
the report (Figure 2) the state with the highest number of passing scores
(i.e., 3 or higher) was Maryland with 29.6% (New York is 2nd with 28%;
at the bottom is Mississippi with 4.6 passing rate).
I don't understand what the point of an AP class is if 70% will fail it or,
in the case of Mississippi, 95% will fail. Are the tests that hard or are
out students really that, well, y'know?
-Mike Palij
New York University
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