Re: AP Physics B Exam

[Tim Burgess <tburgess@jaguar1.usouthal.edu>]

> > the grades given by the professors (at these universities) and matches them
> > with performance on the test items. The entire process is statistically

> have seen in the past 9 years where are the standerads going?
> regards george marrash

I can think of three possible explanations. 
1) It appears easier because you are getting more experienced and seasoned...
	shifting your expectations higher..a natural event
2) The colleges are shifting standards and the AP reflects that shift
3) The percent correct may have risen but the final assignment of grades
	will still be rigorous. Remember this test is a normed test...
	not a criterion referenced test. It would be impossible to get
	every professor in every physics department everywhere to agree
	on every criterion objective......

tim


Tim Burgess
Physics Truck Driver
University of South Alabama