<p>Seems to me that when you have a test where the percentage of people that score a 5 is that far off from every other test, the test has to be flawed. Only World History was about as low, with a couple of others (Env. Science, English Lit and Composition) pretty low also. But what is especially problematic regarding the new test is that it represents a drop from about 19% scores of 5 last year [2012</a> AP Exam Score Distributions](<a href=“2012 AP Exam Score Distributions”>2012 AP Exam Score Distributions) while those other subjects had similar scores in previous years. I suppose one could argue that the previous tests were too easy or something, but I would be more than a little peeved if I were a student taking the new test and scored low after scoring high on previous year’s practice tests. Of course I am very happy for cruxclaire, but that really is a dramatic drop in scoring.</p>
<p>Just in general, it seems to me a fair test is one where about 15-25% of the people score 5’s, same for 4’s, etc. I could see it being a little skewed towards the higher end since these students are generally higher achievers than the overall population of students, but not 40-50% 5’s and not 5-10% either.</p>