The 2025 AP World History: Modern Exam scores:
5: 14%; 4: 33%; 3: 17%; 2: 27%; 1: 9%
Multiple-Choice Questions:
Students performed very well across all 9 units, but two units in particular stood out, those focused on 1750-1900 CE: Unit 5 (Revolutions) and Unit 6 (Consequences of Industrialization). 51% of students earned most or all of the points on these questions.
Students scored least well on questions focused on 1450-1750 CE: Unit 3 (Land-Based Empires) and 4 (Transoceanic Interconnections). 41% of students earned most or all of the points on these questions.
Free-Response Questions:
The following commentary on Free Response Questions (FRQ) focuses on FRQ Set 1, which was the version taken by most AP World History students. https://t.co/5f3Eaaf8Nv
AP World History students demonstrated strong knowledge and skills on Short Answer #1, where they analyzed the effect of the discovery of the Americas on Africa. 52% of students earned all points possible on this question.
The most difficult question on this year’s AP World History Exam was Short Answer #4 , about factors that contributed to the outbreak of revolutions between 1750 CE to 1900 CE; 30% of students achieved all available points on this task.
Students showed stronger performance on this year's Document-Based Question than in recent years, and that’s true of the DBQ in Set 2 as well.
In this year's DBQ, students evaluated the impact of new transportation and/or communication technologies on African societies from 1850 CE to 1960 CE:
80% of students earned the thesis point
54% earned the contextualization point
71% earned both evidence from the documents points
19% earned the evidence beyond the documents point
29% earned the analysis and reasoning: sourcing point
17% earned the analysis and reasoning: complexity point
The highest scoring Long Essay was Question 2, which prompted students to write about the extent to which Buddhism, Hinduism, and/or Confucianism influenced Asian societies and political systems between 1200 CE and 1450 CE. 30% of students received 5+ of the 6 possible points on this task, a job well done.
FRQ Set 2 can be found here: https://t.co/lDicToVMwv
All subjects’ AP score distributions for 2025 will be posted here when available: https://t.co/5QOJ6FYVlU
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The 2024 AP US History Exam scores:
5: 13%; 4: 33%; 3: 26%; 2: 20%; 1: 8%.
All subjects’ AP score distributions for 2024 will be posted here when available: https://t.co/zpj3T3VUab
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Let’s honor the memory of the civil rights leaders, families, and children who took extraordinary risks in order to make our schools – and ultimately our country – more fair and more free. And at a time when our public schools are growing more segregated, let’s remember that our work isn’t done until every child can get an education worthy of their promise.