![]() Daily writing to sources= best for AP exam & college success. But there's also need for more focus on evidence-based writing in class. So we'll improve the stability, focus and consistency of the free-response section and rubrics, as announced already to teachers. Part of this is due to too-difficult questions and too many skills on the rubric. My summary of AP World History data: students demonstrate high levels of ability on the multiple-choice section.~95% of students did not earn the synthesis point. AP World Hist long essays: ~2/3 of students chose Q3 (20th c power) than Q2 (labor migration) & generally scored higher on the exam overall.The best example this year of a too-difficult question is the AP World History DBQ, which was very hard for college students & AP students.Thus any variations in exam difficulty=removed, so AP scores changes each yr reflect changes in student ability, not changes in rigor. For all AP exams, profs + psychometricians shift points needed up /down depending on difficulty of questions.But what about this year’s AP World History students who had a very difficult free-response section? Psychometricians + college profs lowered the pts needed for 2,3,4,5 on this year's AP WH exam to match the difficulty of the FRQs.This is why for next year we’re streamlining the rubrics, focusing the free-response Qs on stated periods & giving more essay topic options. Free-response section is not a stable enough target for teachers/students, as you’ll see from low scores on SAQ/DBQ/LEQs.Multiple-choice: students scored highest on topics prior to 600 CE, lowest on topics post-1910.Students scored higher this year than any other year this decade: ~56% earned 3+ vs ~49% in 2011.42 of the Course Desc.) 41% earned 0/7 on Q1: /ap/pdf/ap-huma… Students seem not to have learned about New Urbanism (p.students showed solid understanding of rate of natural increase, many scoring high on FRQ2: /ap/pdf/ap-huma….Students scored very well on multiple-choice questions about population, industrialization, & economic development.AP Human Geography scores declined again this year (2017) as the program expanded from 185,000 to 200,000 students. ![]() We’re developing an official Pre-AP world history/geography course, which may be a better fit for 9th grade in some schools. In my own family, I’ve seen these poles: one relative received a 1, the other a 5, both taking AP Human Geo as 9th graders. We can see justification for both perspectives in the data educators know what is best for their students, & we trust their judgment. Others are concerned that 9th grade's too soon for AP Geo indeed, it’s the only AP course taken by a significant # of 9th graders. They find evidence that taking AP Human Geo, regardless of exam score, benefits their students and creates a college-going culture. Some educators believe AP Human Geo is a great opportunity for 9th graders to get a first taste of college-level rigor. Now, most are 9th graders 49% scored 3+ this year. When AP Human Geo began ('01), most students were seniors 62% scored 3+. My objective in these comments: transparent reporting of what I hear from schools & see in the data, to inform educators/students. AP Human Geography presents some interesting issues & I want to be very careful in my comments there’s no one-size-fits-all answer. ![]()
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