The 2023 AP Chemistry scores: 5: 15%; 4: 27%; 3: 33%; 2: 17%; 1: 8%.
The impressive AP Chemistry score distributions align with the latest sequent course performance data from colleges, which found that a much larger proportion of AP Chemistry students is now outperforming college peers when placing ahead.
11 students so far, out of ~141,000 who took the AP Chemistry Exam, earned all 100/100 points possible on this year’s exam. We’ll notify them and their schools in the fall when all late exam scoring is complete.
AP Chemistry students performed especially well on MC questions about Molecular & Ionic Compound Structure & Properties (Unit 2) and Applications of Thermodynamics (Unit 9; 15% of students answered all these questions correctly).
AP Chemistry students’ weakest area in the MC section was Chemical Reactions (Unit 4); the average score on these questions was 44%, and 10% of students earned 0 points on these questions.
AP Chemistry free-response section, long questions: students generally scored somewhat better on Q1 and Q2 than on Q3, with about 17% of students earning 9-10 of 10 points possible on those first two questions, and 9% earning 9-10 points on Q3.
AP Chemistry free-response section, short questions: Q5 earned the highest scores of the FRQs, and students also scored well on Q7, with ~25% of students earning 4/4 points possible on these two questions: apcentral.collegeboard.org/media/pdf/ap23…
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The 2023 AP US History scores: 5: 11%; 4: 15%; 3: 22%; 2: 23%; 1: 29%.
2 students so far, out of 473,000 who took this year’s AP US History Exam, earned all 140/140 points possible across their essays and questions; we’ll notify them and their schools in the fall after all late exam scoring is complete.
AP US History students scored exceptionally well on questions about the period 1865-1898 (Unit 6); 23% of students earned 100% of these points.
The 2023 AP English Language & Composition scores: 5: 10%; 4: 20%; 3: 26%; 2: 29%; 1: 15%. Big praise: AP English Lang teachers achieved the largest equity/access gains of any subject (40,000 more students admitted this year) and scores increased as well.
18 students so far, out of 568,000 who took the AP English Language Exam, earned all 100/100 points possible across this year’s essays and questions. We’ll notify them and their schools in the fall when all late exam scoring is complete.
AP English Language synthesis essay: 96% of students earned the thesis point; evidence/commentary: 16% earned 4 points; 38% earned 3 points; 33% earned 2 points; 10% earned 1 point; 3% earned 0 points; sophistication point: 9% earned.
The 2023 AP European History scores: 5: 13%; 4: 21%; 3: 25%; 2: 29%; 1: 12%.
AP European History students demonstrated strongest understanding of topics from 1450-1648 CE (Units 1-2), with 21% of students earning 90-100% of such points, but also scored very well on topics from 1914-present (Units 8-9).
The most challenging part of the MC section for AP European History students was 1815-1914 CE (Units 6-7), where the average score was 51% correct.
Rare to see such impressive gains as these: AP World History teachers expanded access to ~40,000 more students, and scores increased significantly – with an especially large jump in the % of 5s. As a result, 36,000 more students earned scores of 3+ this year than last!
The 2023 AP World History scores: 5: 15%; 4: 22%; 3: 28%; 2: 22%; 1: 13%. (Congrats – this year’s group earned what are easily the all-time high scores in this subject for as long as I’ve posted these.)
4 students so far, out of ~356,000 students who took the AP World History Exam, earned all 140/140 points possible. We’ll notify them and their schools in the fall when all late exam scoring is complete.
The 2023 AP Environmental Science scores: 5: 8%; 4: 28%; 3: 17%; 2: 27%; 1: 20%.
A very big year for AP Environmental Science teachers and students: 14,000 more students than last year have earned scores of 3+ on the AP Env Science exam. Teachers maintained quality while expanding access to 16% more students than in 2022.
AP Environmental Science students scored very well across the multiple-choice section, but especially on Biodiversity (Unit 2); also, great performance on Earth Systems & Resources (Unit 4), where ~24% of students got every point possible for that unit.
The 2023 AP Comparative Government & Politics scores: 5: 16%; 4: 23%; 3: 32%; 2: 16%; 1: 13%.
Bravo to AP Comparative Govt teachers & students; reviewing the past 13 years of AP Comparative Government performance, only the 2021 students demonstrated (slightly) stronger mastery (and thus had a 1% higher percentage of 3+ scores) than this year’s superb group.
AP Comparative Government students scored highest on questions about Unit 3 (Political Culture / Participation) and Unit 4 (Party / Electoral Systems & Citizen Organizations); 16% of students answered 100% of these questions correctly.