Do private schools have it easier than normal publics?

ucbalumnus
Thu, 06 Nov 2014 16:35:27 +0000

mathyone:

I disagree. The grading curves on the AP tests are extremely lenient. Presumably this is to account for some differences in curriculum between schools. I don’t think it’s at all like the SAT–where a miscalculation in pacing or missing just a few more or less questions is going to make a noticeable difference in score.



AP tests have 5 possible scores. Each section of the SAT has 61 possible scores. With a much finer grained scoring scale, one correct versus incorrect multiple choice answer has a much greater chance of changing the final score on an SAT section.