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AP United States Government and Politics College Comparability Study 2008

AP United States Government and Politics College Comparability Study 2008. A Presentation and Discussion at the 2008 AP Annual Conference Seattle, WA, July 19, 2008 Ed Wagner Educational Testing Service. Why do we do comparability studies?.

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AP United States Government and Politics College Comparability Study 2008

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  1. AP United States Government and Politics College Comparability Study 2008 A Presentation and Discussion at the 2008 AP Annual Conference Seattle, WA, July 19, 2008 Ed Wagner Educational Testing Service

  2. Why do we do comparability studies? • To create a better fit between college-level grading standards and AP standards • To improve the validity of AP exams and courses

  3. How is the study performed? • College students are given a mini-version of the exam (20 multiple choice questions and one free response question) • Their instructors grade the exams on the A-F scale • AP readers grade the college essays using the same standards as regular AP essays • Statisticians extrapolate an AP grade for each college student and compare it to that student’s college grade

  4. AP US Government and Politics Comparability Study: Sample Size • 23 colleges/universities • 1,171 college participants

  5. Temple University University of Georgia University of Florida Old Dominion University City University of New York Valparaiso University Hofstra University University of Oklahoma Roger Williams University Gustavus Adolphus College Swarthmore College DePauw University University of Memphis University of New Orleans University of Maryland University of Louisville University of Pittsburgh Idaho State University Texas Southern University Wheaton College Macon State University University of Alabama at Birmingham University of New Mexico Who participated in the 2008 study for AP US Government and Politics? Roughly 1,200 students taking Intro to US Government at 23 colleges:

  6. Composite Scores Corresponding to Each Letter Grade (120-point scale) *Cases of college students to whom professors assigned an F for either the exam or the course were removed from the analysis

  7. What were the results of the study? • AP students at the 5-4 cut point scored higher than the average score earned by a college student at the A level • AP students at the 4-3 cut point scored higher than the average score earned by a college student at the B level • AP students at the 3-2 cut point scored higher than the average score earned by a college student at the C level • AP students at the 2-1 cut point scored higher than the average score earned by a college student at the D level

  8. Percentage of Students Earning Each AP Grade * Percentages based on most but not all of the 2008 data

  9. What are the implications of the study for the future of AP US Government and Politics? • The study indicated no serious discrepancy between AP US Government and Politics course content and grading standards and standards used by college courses in the survey

  10. What can AP US Government and Politics teachers do? • Keep doing what they’re doing! • Pay close attention to the course description and supporting materials • Work on developing students’ writing and analytic skills

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