For AP Economics teachers
Your AP score report, actually read
Every AP Economics teacher gets an Instructional Planning Report in July. Almost nobody has time to read it. Copy the two numbers from each row of yours below and get the reading in seconds: every category ranked by the points your students actually lost, a plain-words diagnosis, and the free, assignable drill that trains each weak row.
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How to read an Instructional Planning Report
The report groups the multiple-choice section three ways at once: by course unit, by skill category (Principles and Models, Interpretation, Manipulation), and by whether questions required numerical work. The same questions appear in several rows, so the rows overlap; that is why the skill rows often tell a cleaner story than the units. A class can know every definition and still lose the exam on the Interpretation row, because reading supplied graphs and data is its own skill, and it is the largest category.
The columns that matter are the number of questions and your group's mean correct. Percent correct alone misleads: the costliest row is the one with the most lost points, not the lowest percentage. That is the ranking this analyzer does for you.
The pattern we see most: strength on the first unit (taught slowly in September), decay everywhere after, weakest results on interpretation and computation. All three are trainable with retrieval practice spread across the year rather than a review month in April.
Frequently asked questions
What is the AP Instructional Planning Report?
It is the report AP teachers receive each summer showing how their students performed on the multiple-choice section by reporting category: the course units, the three skill categories, and numerical analysis. Each row shows the number of questions and the mean number answered correctly by your class, alongside state and global means.
Where do I find my Instructional Planning Report?
Sign in to AP Score Reports for Educators (scores.collegeboard.org) with your College Board professional account, choose your school and subject, and open the Instructional Planning Report for your class. Your AP coordinator can grant access if you do not see it.
What do I type into the analyzer?
Two numbers per row from your own report: the number of questions in that reporting category and your group's mean number of correct answers. The analysis runs in your browser; nothing you type is uploaded or stored.
Why rank by points lost instead of percent correct?
A 59 percent category with 26 questions costs far more points than a 50 percent category with 7 questions. Ranking by questions minus mean shows where reteaching buys the most score, which percent alone hides.
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