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8AM, Monday, 05/03/10
The AP Government and
Politics: U.S. Test
covers the United States Government and its Politics
since the writing of the Constitution through present day.
Students are expected to know about various American
political beliefs, political parties, interest groups,
elections, cultures and mass media. Also, they are expected
to know about the three branches of American government and
various supporting institutions, and how these various
entities and elements co-mingle to bring about the formation
of public policy. In addition, the student should have a
substantial understanding of Civil Rights and Liberties, in
particular, the Judiciary's rulings and impact of the
Fourteenth Amendment.
2
The exam is 2 hours and 25
minutes long and includes a 45 minute section of multiple
choice questions and a 100 minute free response section that
includes four essay questions.
1
This exam is consistently
underestimated in terms of it's difficulty as indicated by
the percentage (32.1% in '07) of students who achieved a score
of 2. It's the highest of any AP test. Also, the test ranks
second only to the two AP English tests in terms of the number
of students achieving either a 2 or a 3.
2
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| AP
Government and Politics: US
2 |
Exam
Grade |
2009 |
2008 |
2007 |
2006 |
2005 |
|
N |
% |
N |
% |
N |
% |
N |
% |
N |
% |
|
5 |
24906 |
13.1 |
21551 |
12.1 |
9705 |
6.0 |
11561 |
8.0 |
8349 |
6.5 |
|
4 |
32225 |
17.0 |
23292 |
13.1 |
30488 |
18.9 |
25415 |
17.7 |
23990 |
18.6 |
|
3 |
48287 |
25.4 |
44751 |
25.2 |
43245 |
26.9 |
41982 |
29.2 |
35364 |
27.3 |
|
2 |
46046 |
24.2 |
45850 |
28.8 |
51620 |
32.1 |
44096 |
30.6 |
42742 |
33.1 |
|
1 |
38534 |
20.3 |
42078 |
23.7 |
25920 |
16.1 |
20926 |
14.5 |
18978 |
14.7 |
|
TOT |
189998 |
|
177522 |
|
160978 |
|
143980 |
|
129323 |
|
|
3 + |
105418 |
55.5 |
85594 |
50.5 |
83438 |
51.8 |
78958 |
54.8 |
67703 |
52.4 |
|
4 + |
57131 |
30.0 |
44843 |
25.3 |
40193 |
25. |
36976 |
25.7 |
32339 |
25. |
|
Ave.
|
2.78 |
|
2.64 |
|
2.67 |
|
2.74 |
|
2.69 |
|
|
TOT - Total Test Takers,
3+ - All scores 3 and above,
4+ - All scores 4 and above |
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