<p>Well, I cannot find the “new MC rule” in any of the course descriptions (Well, I only looked into two: Art History and Calculus). However, I learn that Calculus Exam is undergoing a new change in the exam format.</p>
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<p>^Wow, that’s a pretty significant change if you think about it. That must mean that the amount of time for each part of Section II will change as a result.</p>
<p>The new rule is mentioned in the AP English Course Description. </p>
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<p>Moreover, I wish to mention that there has been an extremely minor change to the AP English Language exam.</p>
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<p><a href=“Supporting Students from Day One to Exam Day – AP Central | College Board”>Supporting Students from Day One to Exam Day – AP Central | College Board;
<p>The MC penalty is gone for this Calculus exam.</p>
<p>There is one good thing that come out of this change!</p>
<p>Now I have all the conversion charts to score my practice tests for next year! And the curve should be pretty accurate for the real 2011 exams considering that CB extrapolated the new curve without any new data to work with.</p>
<p>My AP chem teacher is so mad. Now she’s giving the kids a longer summer assignment. I guess it’s good I took it this year :)</p>
<p>In reality, I don’t think the curves are going to be affected too much.</p>
<p>This is the curve for the 2009 AP European History Exam WITH guessing penalty:</p>
<p>115 - 180 = 5
94 - 114 = 4
63 - 93 = 3
51 - 62 = 2
0 - 50 = 1 </p>
<p>Here is the curve WITHOUT guessing penalty (<a href=“http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/public/repository/european-history-released-exam-2009-scoring-worksheet.pdf):%5B/url%5D”>http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/public/repository/european-history-released-exam-2009-scoring-worksheet.pdf):</a></p>
<p>119-180 = 5
100-118 = 4
71-99 = 3
60-70 = 2
0-59 = 1</p>
<p>Especially on the higher end of the scale (4 and 5), the curve is about the same (if not nicer) than the 2004 exam curve (WITH a guessing penalty, might I add):</p>
<p>121 - 180 = 5
99 - 120 = 4
67 - 98 = 3
49 - 66 = 2
0 - 48 = 1</p>
<p>@314159265, one thing that fails to take into account is that more people will be willing to guess now that there is no penalty. Even though your data may say 119 in reality that really is going to be higher like 121 - 125.</p>
<p>On AP Euro say on average there are 5-10 omits. If you eliminate all the omits on average out of the 5-10 a person will probably get 2-3 correct. I would need to see data about # correct vs # omitted to back that up but it logically makes sense.</p>
<p>It’s not my data, though. It’s CB’s adjusted curve that they calculated–not me.</p>
<p>Email can easily be ignored. If you guys want answers, phone calls are a better idea, I think.</p>
<p>Here is a direct quote from the official Fall 2010 AP US History Course Description booklet:</p>
<p>“Multiple-choice scores are based on the number of questions answered correctly. Points are not deducted for incorrect answers, and no points are awarded for unanswered questions. Because points are not deducted for incorrect answers students are encouraged to answer all multiple-choice questions.”</p>
<p>Wow, this is a very big change. I found out about it on this thread. Thanks to CC. No thanks to the CB.</p>
<p>Seriously, CC keeps me updated on everything. My teachers would never tell me and I doubt that they even knew half of what was going on with CB. Thanks CC :)</p>
<p>I told my AP Calculus teacher about both changes, and he said he hadn’t heard anything from anybody about it–not even the AP Coordinator. I wonder how many of my AP teachers will have found out about it when school starts in August.</p>
<p>Special thanks to the CCers who created and contributed to this thread! </p>
<p>314159265 - your link does not work. Where did you find the revised AP Euro scale? Is this an official CB scale?</p>
<p>Why the hell would they not even award points for unanswered questions when they won’t even deduct 0.25 for wrong answers?</p>
<p>Try this link: [2009</a> AP® European History Released Exam](<a href=“Store App”>Store App)</p>
<p>Look for the “NOTE” near the bottom (above “People who viewed this item also viewed”) and click the link in the note.</p>
<p>If you use this WHOLE THING and type it into your address bar it should come up with a bunch of links to the different AP’s and they have the new grading scale. </p>
<p><a href="site:apcentral.collegeboard.com "Please u" - Google Search; se+the+following+in+place+of+the+scoring+worksheet +found+on&hl=en&filter=0</p>
<p>They really ought to announce this. Most teachers won’t have a clue because nobody reads the scoring sections carefully since it’s the same every year.</p>
<p>^Thanx! I would not have found this myself. Wonder why the CB hasn’t made an announcement. Teachers do not have a clue. CCers are the best!</p>
<p>Yup, its official, no penalty for wrong answers!!!</p>
<p>[OFFICIAL:</a> 2011 AP Exams will no longer penalize for wrong answers](<a href=“http://www.apexamreview.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=577:official-2011-ap-exams-will-no-longer-penalize-for-wrong-answers&catid=33:blog&Itemid=17]OFFICIAL:”>http://www.apexamreview.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=577:official-2011-ap-exams-will-no-longer-penalize-for-wrong-answers&catid=33:blog&Itemid=17)</p>