STUDENT SCORE DISTRIBUTIONS* AP Exams - May 2020

STUDENT SCORE DISTRIBUTIONS*

AP Exams - May 2020

Art and Design:

Drawing**

N

% At

Exam Score

15.5

40.3

33.2

9.8

1.2

Art and Design:

2-D**

N

% At

12.1

36.1

41.3

9.8

0.6

22,063

52,990

86,176

56,220

15,995

9.5

22.7

36.9

24.1

6.9

3 or Higher / %

18,251

Mean Score

3.59

3.49

3.18

3.15

3.04

3.07

Standard Deviation

0.90

0.85

0.96

1.21

1.06

1.34

Calculus BC

N

% At

44.6

17.6

19.4

14.1

4.3

33,042

89.5

Calculus BC

Calculus AB Subscore

N

% At

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

23,567

75.6

Chemistry

N

% At

Chinese Language

(Total Group)

N

% At

Chinese Language

(Standard Group)***

N

% At

Mean Score

3.84

N/A

2.76

4.09

3.16

3.26

Standard Deviation

1.25

N/A

1.26

1.22

1.37

1.40

Computer Science

Principles

N

% At

10.9

23.6

37.1

19.8

8.6

N/A

81,611

56.1

Economics - Macro

N

% At

Economics - Micro

N

% At

24,176

30,667

22,715

19,894

25,187

19,215

23,875

13,658

11,729

13,938

19.7

25.0

18.5

16.2

20.5

3,781

88.7

English Language

N

% At

70.9

English Literature

N

% At

3 or Higher / %

83,605

Mean Score

3.09

3.07

3.28

2.96

2.84

2.85

Standard Deviation

1.10

1.42

1.40

1.20

1.13

1.35

77,558

63.2

56,748

68.9

332,272

9.3

17.3

33.5

27.8

12.2

333,980

62.1

200,575

19,391

46,233

21,196

41,489

34,160

60.1

86,820

French Language

(Total Group)

N

% At

5

4

3

2

1

12,928

18,991

24,049

27,504

10,840

5,046

6,869

6,152

2,670

964

Number of Students

94,312

3 or Higher / %

55,968

Mean Score

2.95

3.57

3.40

3.49

3.19

3.34

Standard Deviation

1.22

1.11

1.07

1.23

1.17

1.34

13.7

20.1

25.5

29.2

11.5

23.3

31.7

28.3

12.3

4.4

21,701

59.3

18,067

French Language

(Standard Group)***

N

% At

2,604

5,480

5,319

2,337

830

15.7

33.1

32.1

14.1

5.0

16,570

83.3

13,403

German Language

(Total Group)

N

% At

1,178

1,672

788

962

328

23.9

33.9

16.0

19.5

6.7

4,928

80.9

3,638

German Language

(Standard Group)***

N

% At

400

1,233

667

803

286

11.8

36.4

19.7

23.7

8.4

3,389

73.8

2,300

11.9

28.5

13.0

25.5

21.0

162,469

European History

N

% At

Exam Score

70.4

Environmental Science

N

% At

116,751

535,478

31,030

57,642

111,903

92,700

40,705

49,708

Number of Students

71.6

12.6

20.4

29.1

26.2

11.8

25.6

21.7

23.2

12.8

16.8

70,580

12,775

27,551

43,279

23,131

10,015

82,415

67,235

109,436

155,601

140,130

63,076

2,681

18,048

15,299

16,361

9,036

11,836

5

4

3

2

1

122,639

23.3

29.0

16.6

14.2

16.9

13,011

23.8

14.5

32.6

12.1

17.0

61.4

Computer Science A

N

% At

104,325

14,663

900

548

1,233

458

642

163,682

3 or Higher / %

N/A

55.4

15.5

17.9

5.1

6.1

69.1

127,864

145,540

8,119

2,271

2,621

754

898

161,229

Number of Students

81.6

10.6

18.6

26.9

24.0

19.9

68.7

19.5

20.9

21.0

24.1

14.5

266,430

57,003

22,495

24,827

18,041

5,498

N/A

15,464

27,012

39,135

34,913

29,016

16,190

233,444

52,005

55,754

55,923

64,111

38,637

5

4

3

2

1

Exam Score

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

3,990

15.8

24.9

28.0

21.3

10.0

Calculus AB

N

% At

20,486

5,281

3,721

5,867

6,602

5,025

2,352

% At

Number of Students

89.1

7.2

31.9

36.5

20.9

3.5

Biology

N

3,182

8,259

6,810

1,999

236

36,901

378

1,685

1,927

1,104

187

Art History

N

% At

5

4

3

2

1

Exam Score

4,481

13,338

15,223

3,624

235

Art and Design:

3-D**

N

% At

53.4

Government & Politics

Comparative

N

% At

5,370

6,048

4,067

3,807

2,759

24.4

27.4

18.4

17.3

12.5

22,051

67.9

15,485

* This table reflects 4,751,957 AP Exams taken by 2,642,630 students from 22,152 secondary schools.

** In 2020, the AP Studio Art Program was renamed AP Art and Design. The course names are Drawing, 2-D Art and Design, and 3-D Art and Design.

*** Standard students generally receive most of their foreign language training in U.S. schools. They did not indicate on their answer sheet that they regularly speak

or hear the foreign language of the exam, or that they have lived for one month or more in a country where the language is spoken.

? 2020 College Board. College Board, Advanced Placement, AP, AP Central, and the acorn logo are registered trademarks of College Board.

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AP Exams - May 2020 (continued)

Government & Politics

United States

N

% At

Exam Score

15.5

16.5

25.5

22.0

20.5

Human Geography

N

% At

11.8

22.4

24.8

10.9

30.1

293,196

3 or Higher / %

168,581

Mean Score

2.85

2.75

3.24

3.06

3.92

3.17

Standard Deviation

1.34

1.39

1.12

1.02

1.35

1.35

Latin

128,741

2,518

59.0

Music Theory

N

% At

1,899

214

319

854

429

104

11.1

16.6

44.5

22.3

5.4

1,920

75.4

Music Theory

Aural Subscore

Music Theory

Nonaural Subscore

N

% At

2,157

Physics 1

% At

845

Number of Students

5,850

3 or Higher / %

4,046

Mean Score

3.10

3.28

N/A

N/A

2.65

3.20

Standard Deviation

1.25

1.29

N/A

N/A

1.25

1.09

Physics C E&M

N

% At

Exam Score

40.4

22.4

11.6

16.2

9.5

11,453

N/A

69.2

Physics C Mechanics

N

% At

41.6

26.4

16.3

9.2

6.5

N/A

N/A

Psychology

N

% At

149,488

N/A

Research

N

% At

51.6

15,999

N

% At

3,370

7,634

31,427

8,959

1,172

6.4

14.5

59.8

17.0

2.2

51,613

61,479

38,964

14,868

2,074

17,594

Mean Score

3.68

3.87

3.22

3.20

3.06

3.86

Standard Deviation

1.38

1.23

1.40

0.99

0.81

0.99

Spanish Language

(Standard Group)***

N

% At

17.0

37.1

30.1

13.6

2.2

84.3

Spanish Literature

N

% At

4,245

4,493

9,377

4,995

1,027

17.6

18.6

38.8

20.7

4.3

210,639

N

20,055

71.3

Statistics

% At

72.5

United States History

N

% At

55,905

3 or Higher / %

47,087

Mean Score

3.53

3.25

2.95

2.83

2.88

Standard Deviation

1.00

1.10

1.34

1.31

1.18

18,115

75.1

112,622

13.0

19.2

26.6

20.4

21.0

472,697

60.0

277,444

27,899

69,065

85,338

79,086

41,554

80.7

152,056

9.2

22.8

28.2

26.1

13.7

302,942

58.7

182,302

30.5

36.4

23.1

8.8

1.2

168,998

World History

N

% At

Number of Students

187,741

61,243

90,646

125,555

96,214

99,039

42,431

9,504

20,736

16,847

7,586

1,232

84.2

16.2

20.7

23.1

21.7

18.3

52,562

5

4

3

2

1

24,137

30,380

38,916

43,326

40,670

34,449

14,533

73.3

Spanish Language

(Total Group)

N

% At

Seminar

3 or Higher / %

43,592

8.8

32.1

31.5

25.0

2.5

14.0

24.3

35.0

21.3

5.4

21,835

23,655

295,621

1,770

6,439

6,324

5,012

510

77,169

3,056

5,307

7,636

4,649

1,187

Number of Students

74.4

22.4

25.4

23.5

9.6

19.1

8.8

17.9

24.8

26.5

21.9

9,549

5,294

2,751

3,823

2,238

51,718

66,099

75,057

69,483

28,467

56,515

N/A

13,217

26,823

37,129

39,581

32,738

5

4

3

2

1

Exam Score

21,510

13,671

8,411

4,752

3,374

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

71.4

Physics 2

N

% At

16.5

20.4

32.3

17.9

12.9

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N

83.6

964

1,192

1,890

1,047

757

69.2

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

72.2

23.6

14.0

33.8

12.9

15.6

1,183

5

4

3

2

1

16,550

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

2,581

279

166

400

153

185

% At

24.2

19.3

25.7

22.0

8.8

% At

53.7

9.6

20.3

7.7

8.8

N

4,007

3,191

4,255

3,638

1,459

N

1,387

1,386

248

523

198

226

Japanese Language

(Standard Group)***

N

% At

Number of Students

57.5

18.5

16.8

40.1

19.5

5.1

Japanese Language

(Total Group)

N

% At

45,461

48,323

74,797

64,530

60,085

218,333

465

424

1,010

491

128

Italian Language

(Standard Group)***

N

% At

5

4

3

2

1

Exam Score

25,712

48,809

54,220

23,901

65,691

Italian Language

(Total Group)

N

% At

60.2

* This table reflects 4,751,957 AP Exams taken by 2,642,630 students from 22,152 secondary schools.

** In 2020, the AP Studio Art Program was renamed AP Art and Design. The course names are Drawing, 2-D Art and Design, and 3-D Art and Design.

*** Standard students generally receive most of their foreign language training in U.S. schools. They did not indicate on their answer sheet that they regularly speak

or hear the foreign language of the exam, or that they have lived for one month or more in a country where the language is spoken.

? 2020 College Board. College Board, Advanced Placement, AP, AP Central, and the acorn logo are registered trademarks of College Board.

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