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Carol Birnbaum

@bvwbirnbaum

Computer programming teacher at Blue Valley West High School.

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This year’s AP Computer Science A students scored extremely well on MC questions about Array, ArrayList, and 2D Array (Units 6-8), with 20% of students earning all or all but one point possible on these topics.

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18 students so far, out of ~96,000 worldwide, have earned all 80/80 points possible on this year’s AP Computer Science A exam; we’ll notify them and their schools in the fall when all late exams are scored.

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And in singles, Blue Valley West senior Sarah Yan wins the 6A singles title. She defeats SM East’s Ishya Bhavsar 6-1, 6-3.

And in singles, Blue Valley West senior Sarah Yan wins the 6A singles title. She defeats SM East’s Ishya Bhavsar 6-1, 6-3.
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The 2024 AP Computer Science A scores: 5: 24%; 4: 22%; 3: 20%; 2: 11%; 1: 23%. All subjects’ AP score distributions for 2024 will be posted here when available: apstudents.org/score-distribu…

The 2024 AP Computer Science A scores: 
5: 24%; 4: 22%; 3: 20%; 2: 11%; 1: 23%.  

 All subjects’ AP score distributions for 2024 will be posted here when available: apstudents.org/score-distribu…
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AP CSA MC questions: This year’s students scored very well across all units, with esp. strong performance on Primitive Types (Unit 1) & Boolean Expressions / if Statements (Unit 3). Even higher: 23% earned all points possible on Iteration (Unit 4).

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AP Computer Science A free-response scores: Students did an amazing job with Q2 (writing of a Scoreboard class for a game); ~30% of students earned all 9 possible points.

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As with last year, the most challenging free-response question on this year’s AP Computer Science A exam was Q4 on 2D Array; to earn a 3+ score, students typically needed to obtain some of these points, and to earn a 5, most of these 9 points. apcentral.collegeboard.org/media/pdf/ap24…

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The 2024 AP Computer Science Principles scores: 5: 11%; 4: 21%; 3: 33%; 2: 21%; 1: 14% All subjects’ AP score distributions for 2024 will be posted here when available: apstudents.org/score-distribu…

The 2024 AP Computer Science Principles scores: 
5: 11%; 4: 21%; 3: 33%; 2: 21%; 1: 14%

All subjects’ AP score distributions for 2024 will be posted here when available: apstudents.org/score-distribu…
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AP CSP students excelled on questions about Computing Innovations & Responsible Computing with an enormous 35% earning at least 20 or more of 22 total points. More challenging were questions on Code Analysis with 23% earning most pts.

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~12% of AP Computer Science Principles students earned 6/6 possible points on the Create project (which is 30% of the AP score);

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AP CSP Create Task: % of students earning each point: •Video: 96% •Program Requirements: 78% •Program Design / Function: 80% •Algorithm Development: 57% •Errors & Testing: 33% •Data & Procedural: 22% apcentral.collegeboard.org/media/pdf/ap24… apcentral.collegeboard.org/media/pdf/ap24…