More Pretesting

In developing free-response question, AP CS A Development Committee develops draft rubric for grading the question
Distribution of free-response question must be tightly controlled for long-term test security
Relatively recent initiative to gather information about performance by college students.
- Individual questions may be tested in a college class
- Class chosen by college member of the AP CS A Development Committee
- Responses graded according to draft rubric
- Committee member provides feedback on nature of responses, based on details of question wording

created 18 January 2013
last revised 25 February 2012 previous