In the 2019-20 school year, AP Teachers will have resources like AP question banks available to them to inform their practice exams, homework assignments and more: https://t.co/928vCM12E9
AP Spanish Literature FRQ4, the comparison of poems by Quevedo and Machado, best differentiated across the scale of student ability levels. Students achieving an overall AP score of 5 are generally earning 4-5 points on the content of this essay. https://t.co/wIk2mB04Ye
Easily the most challenging task on this year’s AP Spanish Literature exam was FRQ3, the single text analysis of León-Portilla’s “Los presagios, según los informantes de Sahagún.” The mean score on the content component was 2 out of 5 points possible. https://t.co/Yh65Drmzub
AP Spanish Literature students did superb work on Pardo Bazán’s "Las medias rojas" in the text/art comparison, FRQ2. Over half the students earned the majority of content points possible on this question: https://t.co/c3yltuxfbt
AP Spanish Literature multiple-choice: students scored very high on the interpretive listening tasks, but struggled somewhat, in general, with questions focused on text comparisons & critical commentary.
The 2018 AP Spanish Literature scores: 5: 9.2%; 4: 24.1%; 3: 36.8%; 2: 22.1%; 1: 7.8%. The proportion of 5s holds steady from last year, but otherwise there’s a decline in 3s and 4s, an increase in 1s and 2s.
Students did quite well on even the most challenging task on this year’s AP Spanish exam, FRQ3, the conversation. Here’s a link to the audio prompts for it: https://t.co/kagwMco16d
Many AP Spanish students gave strong cultural presentations (FRQ4) on al trato a los animales; ~20% of students earned all 5/5 pnts. Scores on FRQ2, the persuasive essay on las bibliotecas tradicionales, were almost as high. https://t.co/9tCFFDfTaE
16 students, out of ~60,000 worldwide whose exam data are complete, achieved all 130/130 points possible on this year’s AP Spanish Language and Culture exam.
The 2018 AP Spanish Language and Culture exam scores: 5: 23.2%; 4: 35%; 3: 30.1%; 2: 10.4%; 1: 1.3%. By way of comparison, the percentage of 5s last year was 19.5%. Great work.
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@cafskelly *Important Correction* The resolution is signed by Commissioner of Education, Mr. Key. The Governor allowed us to visit for a few pictures after the Board Meeting 😁
"Nathan Chen is still the quad king!"
This is history. @nathanwchen with SIX quads in his men's free skate program. #WinterOlympics#BestOfUS https://t.co/Ldd0aubwzt