National Percentage of Passing Grades on 2010 AP Exams

<p>Here are the pass rates for each AP exam in 2010 to give you an idea of the degree of difficulty of each test offered. The numbers represented are the percentage of passing grades (3,4,&5 scores) for each AP Exam taken. They are not necessarily indicative of the ease or difficulty of the curriculum of individual courses. </p>

<p>Source: AP:</a> Exam Grades: Summary Reports: 2009</p>

<p>57% Art History
50% Biology
59% Calculus AB
80% Calculus BC
55% Chemistry
97% Chinese Lang. & Culture
62% Computer Science A
76% Computer Science AB
55% Economics: Macro
63% Economics: Micro
60% English Lang. & Comp.
58% English Lit. & Comp.
58% Environmental Science
67% European History
53% French Language
55% French Literature
66% German Language
61% Gov't & Politics: Comparative
55% Gov't & Politics: US
50% Human Geography
54% Italian Lang. & Culture
73% Japanese Lang. & Culture
53% Latin: Literature
64% Latin: Vergil
60% Music Theory
60% Physics B
71% Physics C: Elec. & Magnet.
69% Physics C: Mechanics
68% Psychology
70% Spanish Language
58% Spanish Literature
59% Statistics
68% Studio Art 2-D Design
62% Studio Art 3-D Design
69% Studio Art: Drawing
52% US History
50% World History</p>

<p>97% Chinese Lang. & Culture</p>

<p>Well I am sure if you are Chinese that test is easy and probably most takers are Chinese. Notice that 73% Japanese Lang. & Culture is also pretty high and I am sure is also native speakers.</p>