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Year after year, the
AP Chemistry exam remains one
of the most challenging Advanced Placement exams. The average score has remained remarkably consistent
over years (2.8 in 2009) and it remains
among the lowest for the high-volume exams. 2
While the fraction of students scoring between 3-5 has
remained fairly consistent, there has been a significant
rise in the number of students taking the test, who likely
are completely unprepared. Students who scored a 1 on
the test has risen from about 24% of the total 2005-2007, to
nearly 30% of the total in 2008 and 2009. However, in
absolute terms, the number of students achieving a 4 or 5,
has gone up significantly. Clearly there is a gap in
the both the quality and quantity of instruction.
The test is three hours
and five minutes in duration and is broken into two
sections. Section 1 includes 75 multiple-choice questions
that need to be completed in 90 minutes. No calculators
are allowed. Section 2 is the free-response section. Part A
consists of three quantitative problems where calculators
are permitted with a time limit of 55 minutes. Part B also
consists of three problems, two of which are essays, but no
calculators are permitted and the time limit is only 40
minutes. Each section is worth 50% of the overall grade.
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AP Chemistry
2 |
Exam
Grade |
2011 |
2010 |
2009 |
2008 |
2007 |
2006 |
|
N |
% |
N |
% |
N |
% |
N |
% |
N |
% |
N |
% |
|
5 |
20883 |
17.0 |
19,721 |
17.1 |
18813 |
18.0 |
18505 |
18.4 |
14820 |
15.3 |
14837 |
17.0 |
|
4 |
22852 |
18.4 |
21,304 |
18.5 |
18758 |
17.9 |
17616 |
17.5 |
17462 |
18.0 |
16114 |
18.4 |
|
3 |
23953 |
19.5 |
22,266 |
19.3 |
21165 |
20.2 |
20071 |
20.0 |
22321 |
23.0 |
19597 |
22.4 |
|
2 |
17947 |
14.6 |
14,635 |
12.7 |
14845 |
14.2 |
14351 |
14.3 |
17928 |
18.5 |
15471 |
17.7 |
|
1 |
37286 |
30.4 |
37,151 |
32.3 |
31208 |
29.8 |
30043 |
29.9 |
24605 |
25.3 |
21446 |
24.5 |
|
TOT |
122651 |
|
115,077 |
|
104789 |
|
100586 |
|
97136 |
|
87465 |
|
|
3 + |
67418 |
55.0 |
63,291 |
55.0 |
58736 |
56.1 |
56192 |
55.9 |
55603 |
56.2 |
50548 |
57.8 |
|
4 + |
43735 |
35.7 |
41,025 |
35.6 |
37571 |
35.8 |
36121 |
35.9 |
32282 |
33.2 |
30951 |
35.4 |
|
Ave.
|
2.77 |
|
2.76 |
|
2.8 |
|
2.8 |
|
2.79 |
|
2.86 |
|
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TOT - Total Test Takers,
3+ - All scores 3 and above,
4+ - All scores 4 and above |
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