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In reply to the discussion: One teen’s standardized testing horror story (and where it will lead) [View all]antigop
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Colleges usually require a score of a "4" or a "5" to get credit.
Here is the score distribution for the AP English Language exam (usually taken junior year in high school)
http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/public/repository/ap12_engl_lang_ScoringDist.pdf
Less than a third of the students who took the test got a "4" or a "5".
Here is the score distribution for the AP English Literature exam (usually taken senior year in high school)
http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/public/repository/2011_EngLit_Score_Dist.pdf
About 1/4 of the students got a "4" or a "5".
It stinks. People are forking out money, thinking their kids are going to get college credit, and the reality is, most of them will not get any credit.
There needs to be FULL DISCLOSURE on the pass rate for these exams. The high schools need to tell the parents that most will not get credit.
<edit to add>Even if you throw in the number of students who get a "3" (there are some universities that will take a "3", but not many, in my experience), 40% of students would not get credit for AP English Language because they got a "1" or a "2".
Over 40% got a "1" or a "2" on AP English Lit.