AP Comparative Government and Politics

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Advanced Placement (AP) Comparative Government and Politics (also known as AP CoGo or AP CompGov) is an Advanced Placement comparative politics course and exam offered by the College Board. It was first administered in 1987.

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Course

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

Nations examined

The countries whose politics, political institutions, policy making, and political cultures are examined are the following:

Former countries on the AP exam are the following:

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

Exam

(Changed for the 2020 exam) [1]

Topics

Grade distribution

Score2011 [3] 2012 [4] 2013 [5] 2014 [6] 2015 [7] 2016 [8] 2017 [9] 2018 [10] 2019 [11] 2020 [12] 2021 [13] 2022 [14] 2023 [15] 2024 [16]
517.4%19.3%18.9%19.7%15.1%20.5%23.2%20.6%22.4%24.4%16.6%15.9%16.4%16%
421.9%23.9%21.2%23.7%19.9%21.2%24.5%22.5%24.4%27.4%24.5%24.3%23.2%24%
320.4%18.6%19.7%18.7%21.7%20.4%20.4%19.8%19.2%18.4%30.7%30.3%31.2%33%
221.4%20.7%22.8%21.9%22.8%21.5%17.8%20.9%18.7%17.3%14.9%16.7%16.2%15%
118.9%17.5%17.4%16.1%20.5%16.4%14.1%16.2%15.3%12.5%13.3%12.9%13.0%12%
% of Scores 3 or Higher59.7%61.8%59.8%62.1%56.7%62.1%68.1%62.9%66.0%70.2%71.8%70.5%70.8%73%
Mean Score2.973.073.013.092.863.083.253.103.203.343.163.143.143.17
Standard Deviation1.371.381.381.371.351.381.361.381.381.341.251.241.251.22
Number of students17,11118,40220,31720,36121,36722,00122,40424,67523,52222,05119,29220,94923,611

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  2. ↑ "AP Comparative Government and Politics Course and Exam" (PDF). collegeboard.org. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
  3. ↑ The College Board. "AP Comparative Government and Politics Student Score Distributions 2011" (PDF). Retrieved 7 May 2013.
  4. ↑ The College Board. "AP Comparative Government and Politics Student Score Distributions 2012" (PDF). Retrieved 7 May 2013.
  5. ↑ The College Board. "AP Comparative Government and Politics Student Score Distributions 2013" (PDF). Retrieved 8 July 2015.
  6. ↑ The College Board. "AP Comparative Government and Politics Student Score Distributions 2014" (PDF). Retrieved 8 July 2015.
  7. ↑ The College Board. "AP Comparative Government and Politics Student Score Distributions 2015" (PDF).
  8. ↑ The College Board. "AP Comparative Government and Politics Student Score Distributions 2016" (PDF).
  9. ↑ The College Board. "AP Comparative Government and Politics Student Score Distributions 2017" (PDF).
  10. ↑ "Student Score Distributions, AP Exams - May 2018" (PDF). The College Board. Retrieved December 24, 2022.
  11. ↑ "Student Score Distribution AP Exams – May 2019" (PDF). Retrieved July 9, 2020.
  12. ↑ "Student Score Distributions, AP Exams – May 2020" (PDF). Retrieved June 9, 2021.
  13. ↑ Student Score Distributions, AP Exams - May 2021" (PDF). Retrieved January 12, 2024.
  14. ↑ "Student Score Distributions, AP Exams - May 2022" (PDF). Retrieved October 1, 2023.
  15. ↑ "Student Score Distributions, AP Exams - May 2023" (PDF). Retrieved January 12, 2024.
  16. ↑ Total Registration (2024-06-21). "2024 AP Exam Score Distributions". www.totalregistration.net. Retrieved 2024-06-27.
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