AP Scores in ... a final thought!

The 2014 AP scores are in and I have gotten calls from a few students.  We are in the second year of the new AP Exam.  It is now much harder to get a 5 (highest score) with less than 7 percent of the students nationally getting this score.  However, it is easier to make a two and three.

We had over half the AP Biology class pass this year's exam even though we missed several days of school.  In a full year, students are in class about 140 hours.  This year,  if a student didn't miss any days, did not go to club schedule and did not take any field trips (I do not know this student) they were in class 125 hours.  Many of my students came into the exam with less than 100 hours of instruction.  The results were several students passed (must get at least a 3 to pass) but, there were only one score over three.

Also, in the new exam, if you are a good reader you have a chance to pass the exam regardless of how much you attend school.

Finally,  thanks to Ted and Jeremy for the work that they did with these students in freshman biology.  Additionally, thanks to Jeremy for teaching Environmental Science.  Many of these students took AP ES ... it helps both in content and test-taking ability.  On to the 2015 Exam ... it will be my 23rd year teaching AP Biology.

Below is my best picture taken today ... an Eastern Tailed-Blue.  It is sitting on a bloom of dutch white clover ... this butterfly is about a 1/2 inch tall!

Also, from last weekend near Barren River.  An Ebony Jewelwing, a damselfly.