Well, I guess if only one person gets a 5 every year, then those tests really are easier than they appear. My APH teacher never curved tests, and the class average was almost always in the mid 80’s. I think that’s pretty fair, since the class average on the AP exam was ~4.5 (at a public high school too - no fancy private stuff).</p>
Think of it this way: if only one student a year gets an A on the standardized exam, then why should more then one student get an A in the class?</p>