In case you wonder where I am later in the week, let me tell you. I will be in Daytona Beach (Florida). Sounds pretty slick, huh? But here's the deal. I am grading AP Statistics tests...about 130,000 of them. That's right - there will be just over 500 of us there spending 9 hours a day sitting in a huge room grading stats tests. I know, can you imagine anything MORE fun?
It actually will be, and this is something people (like me) look forward to all year. The cool thing is, I will be learning everything there is to know about the test that you all will take next year. I'll be working right alongside the people who wrote the test, who made up the solutions, and who decide what a passing score is. So my real task is to pick their brains about what YOU need to do to excel on it. And yes, our hotel is right on the beach, so I may spend a little time there as well.
AP Statistics is one of the younger AP courses, introduced in 1997 for the first time. It has also become the fastest growing course in terms of number of tests taken. So you are part of a historical growth in this course. Want to know some of the specifics? Here goes:
Top Exams in 2009:
1. US History: 360,000
2. English Language: 337,000
3. Literature: 332, 000
4. Calculus: 300,000
5. Government: 190,000
6. Biology: 160,000
7: Psychology: 151, 000
8. World History: 143,000
9. Statistics: 117, 000
Mean score on the AP Statistics exam: 2.83 (scale of 1-5)
% Earning at least a 3 (passing): 58.8%
One thing you might do this summer is visit the web sites of the schools you are considering and check to see what credit they will offer you for a passing score on the AP test. You will be surprised what you can earn through this course!
I will post a report when the Reading (they call is reading instead of grading, go figure) is over. Enjoy the summer learning opportunity!!
It actually will be, and this is something people (like me) look forward to all year. The cool thing is, I will be learning everything there is to know about the test that you all will take next year. I'll be working right alongside the people who wrote the test, who made up the solutions, and who decide what a passing score is. So my real task is to pick their brains about what YOU need to do to excel on it. And yes, our hotel is right on the beach, so I may spend a little time there as well.
AP Statistics is one of the younger AP courses, introduced in 1997 for the first time. It has also become the fastest growing course in terms of number of tests taken. So you are part of a historical growth in this course. Want to know some of the specifics? Here goes:
Top Exams in 2009:
1. US History: 360,000
2. English Language: 337,000
3. Literature: 332, 000
4. Calculus: 300,000
5. Government: 190,000
6. Biology: 160,000
7: Psychology: 151, 000
8. World History: 143,000
9. Statistics: 117, 000
Mean score on the AP Statistics exam: 2.83 (scale of 1-5)
% Earning at least a 3 (passing): 58.8%
One thing you might do this summer is visit the web sites of the schools you are considering and check to see what credit they will offer you for a passing score on the AP test. You will be surprised what you can earn through this course!
I will post a report when the Reading (they call is reading instead of grading, go figure) is over. Enjoy the summer learning opportunity!!
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