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Average |
Std. Dev. |
% 5's |
% 4's |
% 3's |
% 2's |
% 1's |
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1986 |
3.10 |
1.17 |
14 |
22 |
33 |
22 |
9 |
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1987 |
3.08 |
1.16 |
14 |
22 |
32 |
23 |
9 |
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1988 |
3.08 |
1.18 |
14 |
22 |
32 |
22 |
10 |
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1989 |
3.02 |
1.18 |
13 |
20 |
32 |
24 |
11 |
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1990 |
3.06 |
1.21 |
15 |
21 |
31 |
23 |
11 |
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1991 |
3.01 |
1.20 |
14 |
19 |
31 |
25 |
11 |
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1992 |
3.05 |
1.20 |
15 |
20 |
31 |
24 |
10 |
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1993 |
3.01 |
1.21 |
14 |
20 |
30 |
24 |
11 |
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1994 |
3.07 |
1.20 |
15 |
20 |
31 |
24 |
10 |
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1995 |
2.97 |
1.23 |
14 |
20 |
28 |
25 |
13 |
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1996 |
3.00 |
1.22 |
14 |
20 |
29 |
24 |
12 |
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1997 |
3.03 |
1.23 |
15 |
21 |
29 |
23 |
12 |
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1998 |
3.03 |
1.22 |
14 |
21 |
29 |
24 |
12 |
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1999 |
3.02 |
1.24 |
15 |
21 |
28 |
24 |
12 |
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2000 |
3.02 |
1.25 |
15 |
21 |
28 |
23 |
13 |
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2001 |
2.97 |
1.24 |
14 |
20 |
27 |
25 |
13 |
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2002 |
3.00 |
1.25 |
15 |
21 |
27 |
23 |
14 |
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2003 |
2.96 |
1.26 |
14 |
20 |
27 |
24 |
14 |
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2004 |
2.96 |
1.28 |
15 |
21 |
26 |
23 |
16 |
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2005 |
2.89 |
1.29 |
14 |
20 |
26 |
23 |
17 |
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2006 |
2.90 |
1.29 |
14 |
20 |
26 |
23 |
17 |
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2007 |
2.89 |
1.31 |
14 |
20 |
25 |
22 |
18 |
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2008 |
2.85 |
1.34 |
14 |
19 |
24 |
21 |
21 |
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2009 |
2.89 |
1.35 |
15 |
20 |
24 |
21 |
20 |
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2010 |
2.86 |
1.36 |
15 |
19 |
23 |
20 |
22 |
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2011 |
2.86 |
1.35 |
15 |
20 |
24 |
21 |
21 |
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2012 |
2.91 |
1.35 |
16 |
20 |
24 |
21 |
20 |
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2013 |
2.89 |
1.32 |
14 |
20 |
25 |
22 |
19 |
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2014 |
2.89 |
1.31 |
14 |
20 |
25 |
22 |
19 |
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2015 |
2.84 |
1.31 |
13 |
19 |
25 |
22 |
20 |
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2016 |
2.87 |
1.32 |
14 |
19 |
24 |
23 |
19 |
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2017 |
2.86 |
1.30 |
13 |
20 |
25 |
24 |
18 |
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2018 |
2.89 |
1.30 |
14 |
20 |
25 |
23 |
18 |
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2019 |
2.91 |
1.30 |
14 |
20 |
25 |
23 |
18 |
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2020 |
3.03 |
1.29 |
16 |
22 |
27 |
21 |
15 |
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2021 |
2.80 |
1.31 |
13 |
19 |
24 |
24 |
21 |
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| Source of data
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| http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/members/repository/gradedistall_47029.pdf |
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| http://professionals.collegeboard.com/profdownload/AP-Score-Distribution-All-Subjects-2011.xls |
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| Accessed Nov.
13, 2012: |
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| http://media.collegeboard.com/digitalServices/pdf/research/2012_score_distribution_all_subjects.pdf |
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| Accessed Oct.
10, 2013: |
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| http://media.collegeboard.com/digitalServices/pdf/research/2013/2013-Score-Distribution-All-Subjects.pdf |
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| Accessed July
16, 2015: |
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| http://media.collegeboard.com/digitalServices/pdf/research/2014/2014-Score-Distribution-All-Subjects.pdf |
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| Accessed
September 10, 2016: |
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| https://secure-media.collegeboard.org/digitalServices/pdf/research/2016/2016-Score-Distribution-All-Subjects.pdf |
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| Accessed
November 29, 2019: |
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| https://secure-media.collegeboard.org/digitalServices/pdf/research/2019/2019-Score-Distribution-All-Subjects.pdf |
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| Accessed
November 22, 2020: |
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| https://secure-media.collegeboard.org/digitalServices/pdf/research/2020/AP-Score-Distributions-All-Subjects-2000-2020.pdf |
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| Accessed May
31, 2022: |
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| https://secure-media.collegeboard.org/digitalServices/pdf/research/2021/2021-ap-score-distributions-all-subjects.pdf |
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