How are the curves for the make-ups determined?

PJGR
Fri, 23 May 2008 18:03:33 +0000

Someone told me that they have a bunch of college students take the test, and then they look at the college students grades and base the curve off of that. For example, they will look at the average score (or look at something similar) on the test for all of the people who made A’s and make the cut-off for a 5 based off of that, and so on.

Is that true?

Or is the curve determined by the actual ap test takers for that given test? Like, for the make-up exam, is the curve based solely off of the make-up test takers of that year?

If it’s the latter, I’m scared because most people who have to take make-ups are smarter than average (because they’re the kids who take like 10 AP’s a year).

If it’s neither, can someone explain how this is done?