This is false. AP classes are meant to be college-level classes. The goals of these classes is to earn scores that yield college credits. The tests exist to provide some form of standardization around understanding a student's performance against a standard in these classes. AP exams are not measured on a curve like an SAT (although even the SAT has massive score inflation. AP exams are measured against a standard for learning – and the standards are clearly not being met as clearly evidenced by the scores. Similarly grades are meant to be a measurement of learning against a standard. Yet, grades have increased and learning outcomes have not increased. This is a fact.
ceejayoz|2 years ago
They are high school classes at an honors level that may generate college credit. A two on the exam is deemed “possibly qualified” to skip a year of college, for example, but colleges won’t take it. Many won’t take the three score’s “qualified” either.
For purposes of your GPA and high school physics, that’s not a D.
The AP physics exam gives you a 5 if you miss like half the questions, too. That doesn’t fit a ten point GPA scale very well.