Should high schools publish tables of grades and standardized tests?

[ucbalumnus]

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@QuantMech

Chemistry and physics are both examples where a student could score 800 on the SAT II on the basis of a good pre-AP course. Such courses are pretty rare in practice, though.

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<p>How rare? Back when I was in high school, there was only a regular physics course (no honors or AP version; the physics course used the PSSC book and curriculum). Getting a mid-700s score on the physics achievement test (as the SAT subject test was then called) without test-specific studying was not hard.</p>

<p>On the other hand, if the physics courses at most high schools are so poor that A students struggle to get 500 scores on the SAT subject tests, then the common claim that one should take the AP course before taking the SAT subject test makes more sense.</p>