Is a 5 on the AP test = A?

marite
Tue, 20 Feb 2007 00:17:09 +0000

I find this curious because I remember the AP teachers at my school saying this, that in college, the curve is usually such that tests end up being more in the 50%-70% range (for a good score), and I remember thinking that was somewhat odd. Well, now after 3 years of college, I believe that the lowest high score on an exam in a class I took was around 80%. More typically tests are designed such that it’s virtually expected the highest score in the class is in the 90’s (and this is in engineering too). Now, of course, that doesn’t mean the average score is anywhere near that high. But then, the average grade isn’t that high either: B-



If I remember correctly, in one course my S took last year, the class median on a midterm was 54 and the highest score was somewhere in the 80s. I have no idea what that translated to in letter grades.