OFFICIAL 2012 AP Computer Science A Thread

[jkhuggins]

I can say that, yes, stapling paper into the test booklet is allowed. As long as you crossed out the solution in the booklet itself, the reader should see the stapled page and grade it as a "normal" response. (We don't see it frequently, but we do see it.)

[ZeldaMaster123]

@jkhuggins
I know that it's been a long time, but I was wondering, how did the scoring go? Did students perform better on the MC or FR? On the FR, how did most students perform on Q2? And also, do you mind telling me what the curve was for this year? thanks

[jkhuggins]

I'll give you what information I have, but what I have is very limited.

At the reading, we don't get to see the results of the MC portion. Also, the overall curve isn't set until a couple of weeks after the reading, once ETS gets all the numbers and can do all of their statistical analysis on them, so I don't know how the curve was set. "All" we do is score the FRQs.

I didn't score Q2, so I can't comment much on that question. I recall hearing that overall performance on Q2 was about as usual (which for most questions is around 4.5/9) --- but those were unofficial numbers, and my memory ain't the best either. There certainly wasn't anything remarkable about the scoring on that problem --- there were good scores, bad scores, and lots of scores in-between, which is what ETS likes to see.

Probably we at the reading were the most pleased about the overall number of exams ... the unofficial total was just over 26K exams, which I think is the most ever for APCS.

[hscompsci]

I just got my online class results back today for www.hscompsci.com. My student's average score was a 4.5 last year, but it's a 4.0 now. Interesting too because I spent more time on algorithms than I did last year, and the MC really focused on array looping.

I have to take that average with a grain of salt because it could be just my students, but my hypothesis is that the curve is not as generous as it was last year.

All teachers will know more in the next couple of weeks as the overall averages for APCS will be released.

There was no doubt that the multiple choice section was much more difficult than last years, so will be interesting to see the scoring breakdowns. I'll post back when I get these.

[mjsdabeast]

hey i just received my scores yesterday and I'm wondering what other people got if you got the letter or called to find out. I got a 5 as a sophomore so i'm really excited about that.

EDIT: sorry just found a different thread for this

[infiniteloop]

I just got my report today. I have to point out that I hated CS. My teacher was pretty bad but most of the time, I couldn't understand anything. I spent tons of time working on code but still ended up doing really bad. I'm at the bottom of my class.

I got a 4, which I'm pretty happy about. I know I did kind of bad on the MC, and I felt that the FR was really easy, just like everyone else. I'm glad I got a 4, could've been worse. Plus, colleges should accept that, right? Most do.

[jkhuggins]

For those interested, the scoring rubrics for the 2012 exam have been released: AP Central - The AP Computer Science A Exam