Anyone Know The Grading Curve For AP Chem?

gfaith
Wed, 02 May 2007 00:07:37 +0000

Typical cutoffs
5 - 65%
4 - 50-55%
3 - 35%
It varies a little from year to year, but the percentage of students who score 5’s is a fairly consistent 15-17%.

Note, however, that if you are trying to self-score old practice tests, not only do you have to deduct 1/4 point for wrong MC answers, but you also should realize that each FR question is individually weighted. For example, in the 2002 test (the last released exam with a full scoring rubric), FR#1 had 10 points maximum with a multiplier of 1.76 for a total of 17.6 points possible. Compare that to FR#4 which had 15 points maximum with a multiplier of 0.88 for a total of 13.2 points maximum. Even though question 1 had fewer points, it was worth more in the final score. Unless you know the multipliers, its hard to get an accurate idea of your percentage.