![With recent changes to how high school advanced placement (AP) exams are scored, hundreds of thousands more students are passing.](https://san.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/CLEAN-students-testing_Getty-Images_featuredImage_Fri-Jul-26-2024.jpg?w=1920)
[LAUREN TAYLOR]
IT’S GETTING EASIER TO PASS HIGH SCHOOL ADVANCED PLACEMENTS TESTS.
THE TESTS – WHICH HAVE LONG BEEN SEEN AS A BOOST TO HELP STUDENTS GET INTO COLLEGE – HAVE SEEN CHANGES IN RECENT YEARS… WHICH HAVE CAUSED SCORES TO SEE AN UPTICK ACROSS THE BOARD.
THE TESTS’ MAKER UPDATED ITS SCORING MODEL… BY REPLACING A PANEL OF HUMAN EXPERTS – WITH A LARGE-SCALE DATA ANALYSIS.
THAT’S LED TO HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS MORE STUDENTS GETTING A PASSING SCORE ON A-P U-S HISTORY, EUROPEAN HISTORY, GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS, AND CHEMISTRY TESTS.
THE TESTS ARE GRADED ON A 1 TO 5 SCALE… WITH A 3 OR HIGHER CONSIDERED PASSING.
AND THE NUMBER OF PASSING STUDENTS COULD GO UP AGAIN NEXT YEAR.
THE COLLEGE BOARD SAYS IT’S RECALIBRATING OTHER SUBJECTS STILL… INCLUDING A-P ENGLISH LANGUAGE – WHICH IS TAKEN BY HALF A MILLION STUDENTS EVERY YEAR.