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AP German Language and Culture

{{Short description|Advanced Placement course and exam}}

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Advanced Placement (AP) German Language and Culture (also known as AP German Language or AP German) is a course and examination provided by the College Board through the Advanced Placement Program. This course is designed to give high school students the opportunity to receive credit in a college-level German language course. It is generally taken in the fourth year of high school German study.{{Cite web|url=http://media.collegeboard.com/digitalServices/pdf/ap/ap-course-overviews/ap-german-language-and-culture-course-overview.pdf|title=AP German Language and Culture Course Overview|date=December 2016|website=The College Board|access-date=June 30, 2017}}

Exam

The AP German Language and Culture exam administered around the end of the academic year is split into two parts, a multiple choice section and a free response section, each with equal value in the overall exam score.

=Format=

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SectionNumber of QuestionsNumber of Minutes%
Section I, Part A: Multiple Choice - Interpretive Communication: Print Texts30 questions40 minutesrowspan=2|50%
Section I, Part B: Multiple Choice - Interpretive Communication: Print and Audio Texts35 questions~55 minutes
Section II Part A: Free Response - Writing2 questions~70 minutesrowspan=2|50%
Section II, Part B: Free Response - Speaking6 questions~18 minutes

=Grade distribution=

The grade distributions for the AP German Language and Culture exam since 2009 are:

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!Score

!2009"[https://reports.collegeboard.org/media/pdf/student-grade-distributions-09_1.pdf Student Score Distributions]" (PDF). Retrieved January 17, 2024.

!2010"[https://reports.collegeboard.org/media/pdf/Student-Score-Distributions-2010_1.pdf Student Score Distributions]" (PDF). Retrieved January 17, 2024.

!2011"[https://reports.collegeboard.org/media/pdf/AP-Student-Score-Distributions-2011_1.pdf Student Score Distributions]" (PDF). Retrieved January 17, 2024.

!2012{{Cite web|url=http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/public/repository/ap12_german_lang_ScoringDist.pdf|title=AP German Language Student Score Distributions - Global|date=2012|website=The College Board|access-date=June 21, 2017}}

!2013{{Cite web|url=http://media.collegeboard.com/digitalServices/pdf/ap/apcentral/ap13_german_lang_ScoringDist.pdf|title=AP German Language Student Score Distributions - Global|date=2013|website=The College Board|access-date=June 21, 2017}}

!2014{{Cite web|url=http://media.collegeboard.com/digitalServices/pdf/ap/apcentral/ap14-german-lang-score-dist.pdf|title=AP German Language Student Score Distributions - Global|date=2014|website=The College Board|access-date=June 21, 2017}}

!2015{{Cite web|url=https://secure-media.collegeboard.org/digitalServices/pdf/ap/ap15-german-lang-score-dist.pdf|title=AP German Language and Culture Student Score Distributions - Global|date=2015|website=The College Board|access-date=June 21, 2017}}

!2016{{Cite web|url=https://secure-media.collegeboard.org/digitalServices/pdf/ap/ap16_german_lang_scoring_global.pdf|title=AP German Language and Culture Student Score Distributions - Global|date=2016|website=The College Board|access-date=June 21, 2017}}

!2017{{Cite web|url=https://secure-media.collegeboard.org/ap/pdf/ap17-german-language-scoring-global.pdf|title=AP German Language and Culture Student Score Distributions - Global|date=2017|website=The College Board|access-date=May 13, 2018}}

!2018{{cite web|url=https://secure-media.collegeboard.org/digitalServices/pdf/research/2018/Student-Score-Distributions-2018.pdf | title=Student Score Distributions, AP Exams - May 2018 | website=The College Board | access-date=December 24, 2022}}

!2019"[https://secure-media.collegeboard.org/digitalServices/pdf/research/2019/Student-Score-Distributions-2019.pdf Student Score Distributions]" (PDF). Retrieved January 17, 2024.

!2020{{Cite web|title=STUDENT SCORE DISTRIBUTIONS|url=https://secure-media.collegeboard.org/digitalServices/pdf/research/2020/Student-Score-Distributions-2020.pdf|access-date=June 9, 2021}}

!2021"[https://reports.collegeboard.org/media/pdf/2021-ap-student-score-distributions_1.pdf Student Score Distributions]" (PDF). Retrieved October 1, 2023.

!2022"[https://apcentral.collegeboard.org/media/pdf/ap-score-distributions-by-subject-2022.pdf Student Score Distributions]" (PDF). Retrieved October 1, 2023.

!2023"[https://apcentral.collegeboard.org/media/pdf/ap-score-distributions-by-subject-2023.pdf Student Score Distributions]" (PDF). Retrieved January 17, 2024.

!2024"[https://apstudents.collegeboard.org/about-ap-scores/score-distributions 2024 AP Score Distributions]". Retrieved July 8, 2024.

|5

|23.3%

|24.8%

|23.4%

|26.2%

|25.9%

|23.1%

|24.7%

|21.4%

|23.0%

|22.4%

|21.0%

|23.9%

|18.0%

|20.0%

|21.8%

|24%

|4

|21.7%

|20.0%

|19.6%

|25.6%

|23.4%

|23.1%

|24.0%

|22.5%

|24.1%

|22.7%

|24.2%

|33.9%

|19.5%

|19.1%

|21.3%

|18%

|3

|24.0%

|23.1%

|23.6%

|27.5%

|28.4%

|27.1%

|28.2%

|27.0%

|28.5%

|25.9%

|27.2%

|16.0%

|27.6%

|26.5%

|24.9%

|25%

|2

|18.9%

|18.6%

|19.8%

|13.9%

|16.3%

|18.5%

|16.6%

|20.6%

|17.5%

|21.6%

|19.5%

|19.5%

|23.5%

|22.9%

|19.2%

|22%

|1

|12.2%

|13.4%

|13.6%

|6.8%

|6.0%

|8.2%

|6.4%

|8.5%

|6.9%

|7.4%

|8.2%

|6.7%

|11.4%

|11.6%

|12.8%

|11%

|% of Scores 3 or Higher

|68.9%

|67.9%

|66.6%

|79.3%

|77.7%

|73.3%

|77.0%

|70.9%

|75.5%

|71.0%

|72.3%

|73.8%

|65.1%

|65.5%

|68.0%

|67%

|Mean

|3.25

|3.24

|3.19

|3.50

|3.47

|3.34

|3.44

|3.28

|3.39

|3.31

|3.30

|3.49

|3.09

|3.13

|3.20

|3.22

|Standard Deviation

|1.33

|1.36

|1.36

|1.21

|1.21

|1.24

|1.21

|1.25

|1.21

|1.24

|1.23

|1.23

|1.26

|1.29

|1.32

|1.32

|Number of Students

|5,001

|5,389

|5,232

|4,754

|4,966

|5,111

|5,103

|4,945

|5,089

|5,053

|5,160

|4,928

|4,315

|4,450

|4,375

|

AP German Literature

The College Board originally offered two AP German exams: AP German Language and AP German Literature. However, in 1983, due to the persistently low number of AP German Literature exam students, the College Board dropped the Literature exam. Since then, they have offered only the AP German Language exam.{{Citation needed|date=May 2020}}

References

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External links

  • [https://apstudent.collegeboard.org/apcourse/ap-german-language-and-culture German Language and Culture at CollegeBoard.com]

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Category:German language in the United States

Category:Advanced Placement

Category:German-language education

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