AP English Linguistic communication and Limerick: 2021 Results

The following data reverberate the 476,735 students worldwide who took either the paper or the digital AP English Language exam in May. Data from students who tested in June are non yet available.

AP English Linguistic communication score distributions, 2019 vs. 2021

The following table enables comparisons of student performance in 2021 to student performance on the comparable full-length exam prior to the covid-19 pandemic:

AP Score 2019 2021
five 10% 8%
4 18% 23%
three 26% 26%
2 31% 31%
ane 15% 12%

Of these 476,735 students, 11 achieved a perfect score from all professors/readers on all essays and correctly answered every multiple-choice question, resulting in the rare and impressive feat of earning all 100 of 100 points possible on an AP English Exam.

Identities of the 2021 AP English language Linguistic communication Exams' Cited Authors

Beyond the exam versions administered in 2021, 61.8% of the cited texts' authors identified equally non-White, fifty.5% of the authors identified as female:

US Census Category Authors within the 2021 Exams
Asian (5.nine%) 8 (7.iii%)
Black (xiii.4%) 36 (32.vii%)
Latinx (xviii.five%) 14 (12.seven%)
Indigenous (1.5%) 10 (9.1%)
White (60.one%) 42 (38.2%)
Female (50.8%) 56 (l.v%)
Male (49.2%) 55 (49.v%)

The May 12 In-School Newspaper Exam

The largest exam date for AP English Language was May 12, then the following data is specific to the examination version administered on that date.

Multiple-choice section:

Skills:

  • AP English Language students proved especially adept at Skill iii, Reasoning and Organisation, which requires students to empathize the evolution of an writer'south argument. A stellar 35% of students were able to reply virtually all of these multiple-choice questions correctly.
  • The nearly challenging skill for AP English Linguistic communication students was Skill four, Style. Questions ask students to recognize the stylistic choices an writer makes and how they contribute to an argument. Most eight% of students were able to answer all or most of these multiple-selection questions correctly.

Free-response department:

Students scored exceptionally well on the synthesis essay on the place of handwriting instruction in today's schools: 8% of students achieved perfect scores on it, and:

  • Synthesis essay on the place of handwriting pedagogy in today's schools
    • 98% of students earned the thesis point.
    • 26% of students earned all 4 bear witness/commentary points; 44% earned iii points; 23% earned 2 points; 5% earned 1 point; 2% earned 0 points.
    • xiv% of students earned the sophistication signal.
  • Rhetorical analysis essay on President Obama'south accost at the dedication of the Rosa Parks statue in the U.s.a. Capitol building
    • 90% of students earned the thesis betoken.
    • 17% of students earned all four show/commentary points; 37% earned 3 points; 31% earned 2 points; xi% earned 1 point; 4% earned 0 points.
    • 12% of students earned the sophistication point.
  • Argument essay on the value of striving for perfection
    • 97% of students earned the thesis point.
    • fourteen% of students earned all 4 evidence/commentary points; 31% earned iii points; 37% earned 2 points; xiv% earned 1 betoken; 4% earned 0 points.
    • 6% of students earned the composure signal.

    The May 26 Digital Exams

    To support educatee access, different testing modes—paper and digital—were essential. To protect exam security, many different exam versions were necessary. Accordingly, to provide students with similar opportunities for success regardless of which version they took, each version of the test had to exist analyzed separately by psychometricians to identify its unique difficulty level then that standards for scores of 3, four, and 5 could and so be separately identified for each exam version. Analyses focused on:

    • Differences in the testing mode (paper or digital). For sections of the exam that proved easier to take digitally, the digital versions require more points for each AP score. For sections of the test that proved easier to accept on paper, the paper exam requires more points for each AP score.
    • Differences in the difficulty of specific questions. When test questions prove easier, more points are required for each AP score, and when examination questions bear witness more difficult, fewer points are required on 1 version than some other.
    • The net result for this yr'southward AP English Language Exams is that out of 100 points possible, nearly of the digital versions were slightly or somewhat more difficult than the newspaper version, while a few of the digital versions were easier or like to the newspaper version. Appropriately:
      • To receive a three+ on the more hard digital versions, students needed to earn i–6 fewer points (depending on the version) than students who took the paper exam.
      • To receive a iii+ on the easier digital versions, students needed to earn 1–two more than points (depending on the version) than students who took the paper test.