AP Japanese Language and Culture

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Advanced Placement (AP) Japanese Language and Culture (also known as AP Japanese) is a course offered by the College Board as part of the Advanced Placement Program in the United States. It is intended to give students a thorough background in the Japanese language and Japanese social customs. The class was first given as a certified College Board program in the 2006–07 school year. Preparations for the corresponding test were made, but the complex computer and internet requirements were not fully sorted out by administration time, and the exam was not given in some areas.[citation needed]

Exam outline

Similar to the AP Chinese Language and Culture test, the exam is taken on a computer, requiring participants to read, write, and speak in Japanese, utilizing computers, headphones, and microphones.[1] The 2012 exam was split mainly into two sections.

Section I

Students must answer multiple choice questions in response to audio prompts and short texts.

Section II

Students compose free-response answers in text-chat messages with 90 seconds to respond, and short responses with 20 minutes to respond. Audio conversations with 20-second responses, and a two-minute presentation complete the exam.

Grade distribution

Score 2007[2] 2008[3] 2009[4] 2010[5] 2011[6] 2012[7] 2013[8] 2014[9] 2015[10] 2016[11] 2017[12] 2018[13] 2019[14] 2020[15] 2021[16] 2022[17] 2023[18] 2024[19]
5 45.8% 44.9% 48.8% 45.9% 43.9% 45.8% 44.5% 43.2% 48.5% 51.8% 45.1% 48.0% 45.3% 53.7% 47.5% 48.5% 50.8% 47%
4 9.9% 10.8% 10.3% 10.4% 11.3% 9.9% 10.6% 10.5% 9.2% 7.6% 11.0% 9.8% 12.4% 9.6% 9.2% 9.8% 8.6% 10%
3 21.1% 23.0% 19.8% 23.6% 21.2% 21.1% 21.4% 22.2% 19.7% 19.8% 20.8% 19.9% 21.6% 20.3% 17.6% 17.1% 17.5% 17%
2 8.5% 7.8% 6.5% 7.6% 7.5% 8.5% 7.4% 7.0% 8.1% 6.4% 8.2% 8.3% 7.7% 7.7% 7.9% 7.5% 8.2% 8%
1 14.7% 13.5% 14.7% 12.4% 16.1% 14.7% 16.1% 17.2% 14.5% 14.4% 14.8% 13.9% 13.0% 8.8% 17.7% 17.1% 14.9% 18%
% of scores 3 or higher 76.8% 78.7% 78.8% 80.0% 76.4% 76.8% 76.5% 75.9% 77.3% 79.1% 76.9% 77.8% 79.3% 83.6% 74.3% 75.5% 76.9% 74%
Mean 3.64 3.66 3.72 3.70 3.59 3.64 3.60 3.56 3.69 3.76 3.63 3.70 3.69 3.92 3.61 3.65 3.72 3.60
Standard deviation 1.48 1.45 1.48 1.42 1.50 1.48 1.50 1.51 1.49 1.49 1.48 1.47 1.43 1.35 1.55 1.54 1.51 1.56
Number of Students 1,667 1,538 2,085 2,051 2,226 2,177 2,234 2,311 2,431 2,481 2,429 2,459 2,479 2,581 2,204 2,765 3,089

See also

Notes

  1. ^ "AP Japanese Language and Culture Exam". AP Central. College Board. 8 May 2007.
  2. ^ "AP Japanese Language and Culture: 2007 Grade Distributions | AP Central – the College Board". AP Central. College Board. 13 September 2007.
  3. ^ "Student Score Distributions" (PDF). Retrieved January 18, 2024.
  4. ^ "Student Score Distributions" (PDF). Retrieved January 18, 2024.
  5. ^ "AP Japanese Language and Culture: Student Score Distributions - Global (AP Exams - May 2010)" (PDF). College Board. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2023-06-30. Retrieved 2023-08-19.
  6. ^ "AP Japanese Language and Culture: Student Score Distributions - Global (AP Exams - May 2011)" (PDF). AP Central. College Board. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2023-08-19. Retrieved 2023-08-19.
  7. ^ "AP Japanese Language Student Score Distribution - Global - AP Exams - May 2012" (PDF). AP Central. College Board. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2023-07-01. Retrieved 2023-08-19.
  8. ^ "Student Score Distributions 2013" (PDF). College Board. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-11-22.
  9. ^ "Student Score Distributions 2014" (PDF). College Board. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-11-22.
  10. ^ "Student Score Distributions" (PDF). Retrieved January 18, 2024.
  11. ^ "Student Score Distributions" (PDF). Retrieved January 18, 2024.
  12. ^ "Student Score Distributions" (PDF). Retrieved January 18, 2024.
  13. ^ "Student Score Distributions" (PDF). Retrieved January 18, 2024.
  14. ^ "Student Score Distributions" (PDF). Retrieved January 18, 2024.
  15. ^ "STUDENT SCORE DISTRIBUTIONS" (PDF). Retrieved June 9, 2021.
  16. ^ "STUDENT SCORE DISTRIBUTIONS" (PDF). Retrieved July 23, 2022.
  17. ^ "Student Score Distributions" (PDF). Retrieved October 1, 2023.
  18. ^ "Student Score Distributions" (PDF). Retrieved January 18, 2024.
  19. ^ "2024 AP Score Distributions". Retrieved July 8, 2024.