AP Comparative Government and Politics


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Advanced Placement Comparative Government and Politics (or AP Comparative Government and Politics, or AP Comp Gov) is an examination given by the College Board through the Advanced Placement Program. It tests topics commonly taught in introductory college comparative government or comparative politics courses.

Exam scope

Nations examined

The countries whose politics, political institutions, policy making, and political cultures are examined by this AP test are:

Note: For testing purposes, the College Board uses the names in parentheses when making reference to these sovereign entities.

Structure of the examination

The examination consists of 55 multiple-choice questions and 8 "free response" questions, which require written answers. Each of those sections of the exam accounts for 50% of the score earned by test takers. The examination is timed: 45 minutes is allowed for the multiple-choice section; 100 minutes is allowed for the "free response" section.

Content spectrum

Examination information provided for this AP test by the College Board states that students taking the examination are questioned about the following topics in the context of the nations specified above: (The percentages cited apply only to the multiple-choice section of the examination.)

Exam changes

In order to better match a typical introductory college course, several changes were made to the course and the exam in the fall of 2005. These changes include:

Grade distribution

The grade distributions since 2010 were:

Score 2010[1] 2011[2] 2012[3] 2013[4] 2014[5] 2015 2016[6] 2017[7]
5 18.1% 17.4% 19.3% 18.9% 19.7% 14.9% 20.6% 23.7%
4 20.4% 21.9% 23.9% 21.2% 23.7% 19.8% 21.2% 24.7%
3 21.1% 20.4% 18.6% 19.7% 18.7% 21.7% 20.4% 20.5%
2 22.5% 21.4% 20.7% 22.8% 21.9% 22.9% 21.5% 17.8%
1 17.9% 18.9% 17.5% 17.4% 16.1% 20.7% 16.3% 13.3%
Mean 2.98 2.97 3.07 3.01 3.09 2.86 3.08
Number of students 16,864 17,111 18,402 20,317 20,361 21,367 22,001

References

  1. The College Board. "AP Comparative Government and Politics -- Student Score Distributions 2010" (PDF). Retrieved 7 May 2013.
  2. The College Board. "AP Comparative Government and Politics -- Student Score Distributions 2011" (PDF). Retrieved 7 May 2013.
  3. The College Board. "AP Comparative Government and Politics -- Student Score Distributions 2012" (PDF). Retrieved 7 May 2013.
  4. The College Board. "2013 Student Score Distributions" (PDF). Retrieved 8 July 2015.
  5. The College Board. "2014 Student Score Distributions" (PDF). Retrieved 8 July 2015.
  6. Total Registration. "2016 AP Exam Score Distributions". www.totalregistration.net. Retrieved 2016-07-01.
  7. The College Board. "2017 AP Exam Score Distributions". Retrieved July 20, 2017.
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