Nick Vincent

EMHS ‘15, UCO ‘18, SOSU ‘22. M.Ed.

[Trevor Packer @AP_Trevor]

I'm close to having score results to begin sharing for this year's AP Exams. Here's a quick overview of how this will unfold.

The scoring of AP essays and free-response questions by ~30,000 professors and teachers - this year's AP Readers - runs throughout the first three weeks of June, with some make-up exam scoring continuing thereafter.

Once scoring is complete, the psychometric work begins. These annual processes ensure that this year's students are neither disadvantaged by tougher questions or stricter grading, nor advantaged by easier questions or easier grading.

Statistical analysis identifies the precise difficulty and scoring stringency of each question in comparison to prior years. If a given exam version proves to be easier, a higher number of points is required to earn scores of 5, 4, 3, or 2 on that version; if harder, a lower number is required. This work is led for the AP Program by the current president of the National Council on Measurement in Education.

After Readers have finished scoring and psychometricians have set the specific "cut scores" (points required) for each exam version, I'll be able to start sharing key findings as we collectively wait for this work to be completed across all 40+ AP subjects so that scores can be sent to colleges, students, and educators in early July.

Here's what I'll be covering as results come in:

• The focus areas of the free-response questions. (This year's exam questions were crafted by educators from virtually every state and DC; each question is worked on by a minimum of 15 professors and teachers before appearing on the test. I'll use this opportunity to pay tribute to their superb work.)

• Any statistically significant increases or decreases in the difficulty of this year's questions or scoring rigor.

• Particular content areas within the multiple-choice section where students scored especially well, or particularly struggled.

• Specific components of the free-response questions where students scored especially well, or particularly struggled.

All of this is very much an attempt to share in real time the data I'm receiving, to tide us all over until scores are released in a few weeks.

A few reminders:

• I'll report each subject as it's completed, and that timing will depend on how long it takes to score this year’s questions, so I can’t publish a schedule for sharing these updates. But I will have this info for all subjects no later than June 30.

• Because these score distributions include all students worldwide, individual classrooms will often have score distributions that are either higher or lower than this aggregation.

• AP Exams aren't scored on a curve. Rather, as many students as earn the points necessary for college credit receive a score of 3 or higher.

• If you're an AP student, here's information about how to make sure you're able to view your AP scores starting July 6: https://t.co/u2bTSrgujK

• You have until June 20 to indicate which college should receive your free score send: https://t.co/XL9cPGLw7f

• If you're an AP educator, here's information about how to view your students' AP scores starting July 6: https://t.co/oO5ufXWaVe

[Kaylee Olivas @kayleeolivastv]

BREAKING: @GovStitt says he has filed a federal lawsuit today against @Sen_GregTreat and @charles_mccall3 based on the tribal compact extensions being overturned. @kfor 🧵

[Nick Vincent @nvincent96]

@RyanWaltersSupt You are trying to stop “indoctrination” by indoctrinating the children to defend your narrative. Lmao.

[Nick Vincent @nvincent96]

@TeachLeadRepeat And it wastes money that could be better spent elsewhere.

[Alice Keeler @alicekeeler]

Kid scores 100% on a retest... Only given a 70%. For what possible justification do we put scores in the gradebook that do not match what a student knows?

There is no average time to learn something. Punishing students for taking longer to learn something seems archaic

[Nick Vincent @nvincent96]

Engage your students!!! Monday is my first room transformation, the topic is slope!! 🤩🤩🤩 #epsleads #TransformingEducation #math

[Nick Vincent @nvincent96]

@POTUS Lol 😂.

[Geiger Capital @Geiger_Capital]

The IRS is warning Americans that this tax season they must report payments on Venmo, PayPal & Zelle of over $600.

Meanwhile…

The Pentagon just failed its FIFTH audit in a row, as they were unable to account for 61% of their $3.5 trillion in assets. $800 billion annual budget.

[Nick Vincent @nvincent96]

Teachers, if you’re taking grades on binder checks worth 300-500 points, what standards are you grading? I don’t remember organization being a geometry standard…your poor students. SMH. Grades reflect mastery NOT how well a student organizes/keep papers in a binder app semester!

[Nick Vincent @nvincent96]

@CamSpradling He need to sit down, he just a superintendent, lol.

[Nick Vincent @nvincent96]

Why do we expect teachers to differentiate instruction to meet the needs of all students, and then hand them all the same standardized test at the end of the year? Waste of money!

[Nick Vincent @nvincent96]

Teachers/Admin: Don’t tell students you are going to call “mom/dad.” You don’t know if Mom/Dad is not in the picture, or the family unit looks different than what you grew up with. Maybe their parents are gone. This is something you don’t think of, but important!

[Nick Vincent @nvincent96]

Goodbye Public Education in Oklahoma. You are about to watch two men dismantle it in front of your very eyes. So sad!

[Nick Vincent @nvincent96]

If you teach math, do you teach multiple ways to approach a problem or do you teach that your way is the only way? A student said, “my teacher said if we solved it any other way, she would know we cheated and used photomath.” You’re holding the kids back! Teach them all the ways!

[Nick Vincent @nvincent96]

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[Nick Vincent @nvincent96]

@TeachLeadRepeat If I were put in that situation, my response would be, “let’s go fight for a raise…” Talk to legislatures. While I don’t have that mindset, I do agree that teachers are expected to do far more than they are compensated for. I work two jobs so that I can have some extra cash.

[Jim Dunaway @jimdunaway]

The best part of this video is not the field rush, but watch the Tennessee students faces before the kick and when the ball is in the air. I never saw the kick, I just watched the reaction @LateKickJosh @NextRoundLive @dennisdoddcbs @cjogara

[Nick Vincent @nvincent96]

@TeachLeadRepeat Mountain biking, a nice hike, and sleep in!!!

[Nick Vincent @nvincent96]

@TeachLeadRepeat I’m just talking corrections. Not actually retaking. If a retake happens, and a kid knows it better the second time, they should be given what they earned so the gradebook reflects their proficiency of the standards/content.