12 Essays: less than 1%?

quiescentcat
Tue, 23 Feb 2010 16:45:01 +0000

How common are 12 essays these days? There were some articles back in 2006 stating that less than 1% received 12s. A November 2006 NY Times article narrowed that figure to .006% or 8,000 students nationwide. I’ve been searching, but can’t find any data on the frequency of 12 scores in recent years…