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Jul 5 • 9 tweets • 3 min read • Read on X
How the Great Recalibration of AP Exams will save students millions of dollars in college tuition every year. THREAD.
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This year, about 500,000 more AP exams will earn a 3+ score than before recalibration.

(This estimate is based on a comparison of data from 2021 to 2024 in the 7 AP subjects that have been recalibrated. These 7 subjects alone represent about 2 million AP exams per year.)
If this process continues in other exams in the coming years (and we expect it will), a total of 1,000,000 more AP exams will earn a 3+ score than before recalibration.
No matter which way you slice this data--means, medians, modes, 3+, 4s and 5s, pre-covid, post-covid, the trend is always the same: AP scores are being deliberately and intentionally increased. Image
Students are able to earn college credits based on AP scores of 3, 4, or 5, depending on the policies of their college or university. The policies are searchable here: apstudents.collegeboard.org/getting-credit…
Some states require by law that their public colleges and universities award college credits for scores of 3, 4, or 5 (or 4 and 5, etc., depending on the law). reports.collegeboard.org/ap-program-res…
This means that when the College Board recalibrates scores for an AP exam, tens or hundreds of thousands of students will be automatically granted college credits for that exam.
The precise financial impact of this trend will depend on (1) how quickly the College Board finishes the Great Recalibration, (2) how credit policies evolve at colleges and universities, and (3) how many students actually use the credits.
But the net result is undeniable and very good news for students. Many more high school students will reap the benefit of the AP program and earn college credits while they are in high school. 🎉

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Jul 2
Why AP Exams are easier than ever before. A thread by our founder @HookedonJohnics
Behold the Great Recalibration of AP Exams. In the past few years, the College Board has massively increased the proportion of 4s and 5s on some of its most popular AP Exams. Image
These are not minor adjustments. In AP U.S. History alone, more than 100,000 more students have earned a score of 3 or above this year than they did last year.
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Jul 20, 2023
Updates from Trevor Packer’s town hall for AP teachers at the AP Annual Conference in Seattle 🧵#AP_Conf #APAC2023
1. Topic 1: Incorporating Projects into AP Exam Scores. The idea is to add “a performance task in lieu of an end-of-course FRQ or two to complement the end of course exam.” Image
2.Performance tasks already exist in 7 of the 40 AP courses, and those courses have high degrees of satisfaction. This year, the College Board piloted performance tasks in five subjects: #APLang, #APLit, #APSpanishLanguage, #APCompSciA, #APLatin
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Jan 22, 2023
A lot of people are talking about Florida’s recent rejection of AP African American Studies. Here’s an inside look at the draft syllabus. THREAD 🧵
First, let’s start with words that do not appear in this draft syllabus: “critical race theory” (CRT), “whiteness,” “white fragility,” “The 1619 Project,” etc.
The learning outcomes are about “diversity,” “complexity,” “major themes,” “lenses from multiple perspectives,” “well-supported arguments,” a “broad understanding,” and college-level analysis.
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Aug 18, 2021
1: What is the future of the AP program? Live updates about #APExams from @AP_Trevor at the grande finale of #Mosaic2021 / THREAD
2: The #Mosaic2021 conference has been a summer-long project of free professional development hosted by a team of #APLang and #APLit teachers from around the country, including @susangbarber, @BrandonAbdon, and many others!
3: Demographic data indicates that there has never been better access for non-white students to the AP program at their schools.
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Aug 16, 2021
1. One of the first and most important steps on the path to #collegeadmission is making a good list of colleges you’re going to apply to. Here’s how.
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2. Your college list has got to be well-balanced, well-fitting, and strategic. Get the balance right by applying to a variety of schools with different acceptance rates and academic averages.
3. They should generally fall into one of three categories:
1. Likely/Safety
2. Target/Match
3. Reach
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Jul 19, 2021
1: New data from @CollegeBoard indicates a significant decline in the total number of #APExams administered in 2021. Will the pandemic kill off the AP program? A thread by our founder @HookedonJohnics.
2: Standardized tests and state assessments are not only being canceled, they are being CANCELED. Are these tests engines of inequity? What purpose do they really serve? Wouldn’t we better off without any standardized tests at all?
3: The AP (Advanced Placement) program is more than a standardized test: it’s a year-long program supported by teachers and professors who write the exams and grade them. Millions of students have skipped college requirements and earned credits through high scores on AP Exams.
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