Students who took the AP United States History on May 11, 2018, received lower score then they expected.

The scores were down across the country. Carol Nycklemoe, AP U.S. history teacher, has been teaching this class for three years and was surprised at how low the scores were.

“The seventh point was very hard to get on the DBQ,” said Nycklemoe. It was very difficult to get the synthesis point.

Kevin Spritzer, AP U.S. teacher, said that his class average was “still above a 3.” The national score, however, was below a three.

“If students prepare for the exam,” said Spritzer, students would receive a higher score. “Students think that they can just go in,” Spritzer says, but that is not going to get you a good score.

Nycklemoe is going to start having Saturday review sessions and on the AP U.S. history exam day, all of her students are taking an exam as well.