Test Scores {are not everything}

It is that time of the summer when all AP scores are posted.  This can be a time of great relief, or disappointment, for all of the students, families, and teachers involved in Advanced Placement classes.  I find that it is important for us to remember that our learning experiences always equal more than the sum of our test scores.  

That being said, most of us hope to see a score on our AP exam that reflects our work in the course - and that is not always the case (especially when we are dealing with an exam that covers....wait for it...10,000 years of history, throughout the entire globe).

But to provide some perspective on the AP World History exam - I thought I would post the 2014 score distributions, including every AP World History student in the entire nation.  It is my hope that students can gain some clarity about their scores by looking at the distributions.  So here it is:

2014 AP World History Score Distributions (National)

5 - 6.4%

4 - 15.8%

3 - 31.7%

2 - 27.9%

1 - 18.2%

53.9% of all students scored a 3 or above on this year's exam.