College Board Announces: AP Tests No Longer Penalize For Guessing

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<p>Yup...
Guess</a> What? Taking AP Exams Just Got Easier - ParentDish</p>

<p>I don't think this will make it any easier though... It'll just raise the curve..</p>

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<p>Deceptive article title.</p>

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<p>To me, that actually sounds like a step forward. But no, the tests are not getting “easier.”</p>

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<p>I think its bad, because before the kids that didn’t know anything, they would just fail and get a negative score. Now they have a chance of getting a higher score, raising the curve for all of us that know our ****.</p>

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I don’t believe this is true? Isn’t there a .25 deduction for getting a question wrong?</p>

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<p>^ Yeah, the article is wrong.</p>

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<p>^Thanks for confirming, Silverturtle</p>

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<p>[College</a> Board to end penalty for guessing on AP tests - USATODAY.com](<a href=“http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/2010-08-10-IHE-College-Board-ending-AP-guessing-penalty11_ST_N.htm]College”>http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/2010-08-10-IHE-College-Board-ending-AP-guessing-penalty11_ST_N.htm)</p>

<p>This is actually correct. bump</p>

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<p>^ We were referring to the SAT. We know (and have known for months) that the AP deduction will be eliminated.</p>

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<p>much ado about nothing, bcos they’ll just change the scaling…if they want to keep the top xx % to 5’s, they will do so.</p>

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<p>^ Yes, we know. But the change is not “nothing” because some people responded more strategically to the deduction than did others.</p>

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<p>It doesn’t matter how they responded. If it takes a 90% to earn a 5, it will still take a 90% to earn a 5. CB will just make the test a little ‘harder’, i.e., one or two more difficult questions will be added to the MC. Of course, the MC is only a portion of the test. Acing the MC and blowing two essays eliminates a 5 on most of the tests. (Calc is its own curve, since 50% earn a great score.)</p>

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<p>Of course it does. Those who more strategically took the test with the deduction in mind will be disadvantaged by the change.</p>

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<p>yeah I’m not a big fan of this change, I felt that I had quite a skill in knowing what to guess and what to skip especially on the history tests. This is not like the SAT where if you are skipping more than 1 or 2, you probably aren’t aiming for a very high 2250+ score, whereas on the AP exams you can easily skip multiple questions and still get a 5.</p>

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<p>I’m not terribly concerned about the change. It is usually on the Essay portions that I falter anyway, and the multiple choice does only count for half of the score.</p>

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<p>Not on all tests.</p>