Legitimate question here. The lowest raw score for a 4 on most AP tests is usually around high 50-60 something%. That’s already failing by grade scale standards, so why is 3 (definitely <50% right) considered the minimum for passing?
Seems like the tests results are graded on a scale. Back in 2013, these were the percentages needed to achieve a 5 on each of the subject’s test…
Art History: 71%
Biology: 63%
Calculus AB: 63%
Calculus BC: 63%
Chemistry: 67%
Computer Science A: 77%
English Language and Composition: 75%
English Literature and Composition: 76%
Environmental Science: 71%
European History: 66%
French Language: 80%
German Language: 86%
Comparative Government & Politics: 70%
US Government and Politics: 77%
Human Geography: 61%
Latin: Vergil: 69%
Music Theory: 70%
Macroeconomics: 81%
Microeconomics: 83%
Physics B: 62%
Physics C: Mechanics: 55%
Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism: 59%
Psychology: 75%
Spanish Language: 78%
Spanish Literature: 76%
Statistics: 63%
US History: 61%
World History 64%
Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth!