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<p>Hey, I and my classmates actually weren't made aware of this until last week and I thought I should post this since the FRQs are typically discussed here after the AP. </p>

<p>Important</a> Changes: 2011-12</p>

<p>There will be several versions of each AP exam administered over the next few weeks. Each test will be different, with different multiple choice and different free response questions. Not every free response question from each test will be displayed on AP Central after testing. Only the free response section from the test administered most frequently will be posted on AP Central and the other free response questions may never be discussed. So I would advise against any discussion of the free response questions until after 48 hours passed and you can check on AP central whether the exam you took is the one on AP central and can be discussed. It is unknown how the different versions will be distributed among test takers (i.e whether 20% gets one version, 35% gets another version, etc).</p>

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<p>thanks, this is pretty important</p>

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<p>Only 3% of the US population will be receiving these “new” exams. These are meant for international students.</p>

<p>2011-12 AP Exam administration policy changes</p>

<p>Which subjects will have additional exam versions in 2012?</p>

<p>In 2012, new exam versions developed for use outside of the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands will be administered in 15 subjects: Biology, Calculus AB, Calculus BC, Chemistry, English Language and Composition, English Literature and Composition, Macroeconomics, Microeconomics, Physics B, Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism, Physics C: Mechanics, Psychology, Statistics, U.S. Government and Politics, and U.S. History. A small subset of students in U.S. schools will also take these exam versions each year to help ensure score comparability across different versions of the exam. One complete AP Exam in these subjects will be released to teachers of authorized AP courses each year.</p>

<p>For subjects that have undergone revision in 2012 – French Language and Culture, German Language and Culture, and World History – a small subset of students in U.S. schools will receive an additional version of the exam during the regularly scheduled exam administration.</p>

<p>How does the College Board decide which version of the AP Exam my students will receive?</p>

<p>Different versions of an AP Exam will be distributed to a randomly selected sample of schools of varying sizes across all major U.S. geographic regions; selected schools are representative of the total population in terms of school characteristics and test performance. When a school receives two versions of an exam for a subject, approximately half of the students will take the version given to most U.S. students, and approximately half will take the additional version. Note: these additional forms represent around 3 percent of the total number of U.S. exams in these subjects (the percentage varies by subject).</p>

<p>For subjects that have undergone revision in 2012 – French Language and Culture, German Language and Culture, and World History – a small subset of U.S. schools will receive an additional version of the exam during the regularly scheduled exam administration. At these schools, approximately half of the students will take the version of the World History exam given to most U.S. students, and approximately half will take the additional version. All students taking French Language and Culture and German Language and Culture exams at these schools will take the additional versions of the exams. Note: these additional forms represent around 5 percent of the total number of U.S. exams in these subjects (the percentage varies by subject).</p>

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<p>Oh thanks for that I didn’t know that. So the vast majority of us here on CC should receive the same form an as our classmates</p>

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<p>Do you know if students that take the international form are compared with all test takers as far as what the curve goes? Thanks</p>