STUDENT GRADE DISTRIBUTIONS
Introduction
The May 2008 College Board AP Exams were taken by 1,580,821 students from 17,032 secondary schools. College and high school
teachers, called Readers, who are familiar with college-level course demands, scored the free-response sections from the 2,736,445
examinations taken. Computers at ETS® scored the multiple-choice sections.
The Chief Readers, relying on their subject-matter expertise, statistical equating data, data from comparability studies, and historical trends,
determine the grade-setting thresholds for the 5-point AP grade scale: 5 = extremely well qualified, 4 = well qualified, 3 = qualified, 2 =
possibly qualified, 1 = no recommendation. Listed below are the Chief Readers who directed the scoring of the free-response sections of the
May 2008 exams.
Summary Table of Students’ Grades
The grades earned on the May 2008 AP Examinations are summarized in the form of grade distributions shown in the table on the next two
pages. For each exam, the table provides the number and percentages of students receiving each grade, the total number of students, and the
mean and standard deviation of grades.
Additional information
Released exam questions, scoring guidelines, and sample student responses for the free-response sections of AP Exams are available at AP
Central (apcentral.collegeboard.com).Entire released exams, with multiple-choice answer keys are available for purchase at
store.collegeboard.com.
CHIEF READERS
Art History
Biology
Calculus
Chemistry
Chinese Language
Computer Science
Economics
English Lang. & Comp.
English Lit. & Comp.
Environmental Science
European History
French
German
Government & Politics: Comparative
Government & Politics: United States
Human Geography
Italian Language
Japanese Language
Latin
Music
Physics
Psychology
Spanish
Statistics
Studio Art
United States History
World History
Susan Bakewell
John Lepri
Michael Boardman
Eleanor Siebert
Tao-chung Yao
David Reed
Arthur Raymond
Gary Hatch
James Barcus
Arthur Samel
Jeffrey Hamilton
James Day
Wiebke Strehl
Jean Robinson
Gary Copeland
Tim Strauss
Frank Nuessel
Laurel Rasplica Rodd
Mary Pendergraft
Kenneth Stephenson
William Ingham
Jane Halonen
Gwyn Campbell
Christine Franklin
Raul Acero
Raymond Hyser
Merry Wiesner-Hanks
University of Texas - Arlington
University of North Carolina - Greensboro
Pacific University
Mount St. Mary’s College
University of Hawaii - Manoa
Creighton University
Muhlenberg College
Brigham Young University
Baylor University
Bowling Green State University
Baylor University
University of South Carolina
University of South Carolina - Columbia
Indiana University
University of Oklahoma
University of Northern Iowa
University of Louisville
University of Colorado - Boulder
Wake Forest University
University of Oklahoma
James Madison University
University of West Florida
Washington and Lee University
University of Georgia
University of Redlands
James Madison University
University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
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