Will AP Bio 2012 be purposely a hard exam?

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<p>I'm trying to view both sides. For one side, this year was supposedly relatively easy, so it'll be relatively a difficult one the next year. Or, they could make it easy since it's the last year they'll have AP Bio intact without the whole restructured format set for 2013. </p>

<p>What do you guys think? I'm really hoping for the latter, I'm not strong in sciences.</p>

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<p>The test was written like 3 years ago, so it is whatever they made the test at the time. They write like 3 years worth of tests or so every few years. So the 2011 test has no bearing on the 2012 test. That’s what an AP reader told me.</p>

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<p>^That’s true. So, I don’t think the AP Bio 2012 exam will be harder/easier than other exams. And if it is, the curve will make up for any differences in difficulty.</p>

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<p>Hmm, I completely skipped that thought. If that’s the case, how has the curve for AP Bio been throughout the years?</p>

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<p>EddieAP, it doesn’t work like that. College Board updates and improves the exam each year to make sure it is “fair.” It is not an alternating cycle that changes in difficulty each year. The composition of the exam is still relatively the same (as stated on the College Board website). Hope that helps.</p>

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<p>@314159: In that case, why have so many people been getting 1s the past couple years compared to the years before those? Are students really unprepared or did the curve just get a bit harsher?</p>

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<p>I just threw together a quick study guide for Chapters 18-27 of “Stats: Modeling the World”, but its definitely usable by anyone studying for the exam. It covers confidence intervals, t-distributions, all of the hypothesis testing, chi-squared test, variance in regression." </p>

<p>You can get it here if interested: <a href=“https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B1qbMwu2Zub0ZmQ1YWhUS1pIYzQ[/url]”>https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B1qbMwu2Zub0ZmQ1YWhUS1pIYzQ&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>2011 AP Biology Score Distribution (Global)</p>

<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;

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<p>35% 1s? What the hell were they doing taking that test lol…The FRQ’s were beyond easy, except for that last water potential question…</p>

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<p>I know. That’s scary. 50% = 1 or 2!</p>

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<p>Collegeboard aims took get 50% pass fail rate I thought</p>

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<p>Well then they are accomplishing their goal.</p>

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<p>Only 2 students (out of about 50-60) that took the AP Biology exam last year at my high school passed. What seems “easy” to CC standards is definitely not easy for them.</p>

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<p>Do you consider passing a 3 or a 4?</p>

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<p>3 or above = passing.</p>

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<p>As an update, I can assure you that it was not “purposely hard.” It was pretty easy, actually. Even compared to previous years, neither the MC nor the FRQs were much trouble.</p>

<p>OhioMom, many of those 1s and 2s are people who don’t fill anything out or only complete the MC and give up on the FRQs. As a result, people who actually try are much more likely to pass.</p>

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<p>I think you need a new AP Bio teacher then if only 2 out of 50-60 got a 3.</p>

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<p>^ Seriously. That’s pitiful.</p>

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<p>My high school is in a low income area… the only AP class with high pass rates is Spanish language.</p>

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<p>The multiple choice on today’s AP Biology test was pathetically easy.</p>