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College Board @collegeboard.org · 06/07/2026

2026 AP Exam scores are available to students starting today. Students can view scores here: spr.ly/63320BE6Cbo

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Trevor Packer @ap-trevor.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

If you’ve read any of these and have an opinion, I’d welcome it, or any other recommendations you have. Happy summer reading!

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Trevor Packer @ap-trevor.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Stephen Graham Jones’s The Buffalo Hunter Hunter Ian McEwan’s What We Can Know Dorothy Dunnett’s House of Niccolo series Nella Larson’s Quicksand William Faulkner’s The Sound and the Fury Walter Pater’s Marius the Epicurean Henry James’s Roderick Hudson Sanderson’s Mistborn trilogy, books 2-3

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Trevor Packer @ap-trevor.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

I’m hoping you have good summer reading plans. Here are the ten books I’m prioritizing – though I probably won’t get to all of them: Daniel Kraus’s Angel Down Sophie Elmirst’s A Marriage at Sea: A True Story of Love, Obsession, and Shipwreck

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Trevor Packer @ap-trevor.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Looking ahead . . . Here’s a reminder of when and how STUDENTS can view their scores on July 6: apstudents.collegeboard.org/view-scores?... And here’s a reminder of when and how EDUCATORS can view scores on July 6: scores.collegeboard.org?excmpid=sm51...

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Trevor Packer @ap-trevor.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

AP teachers, AP students: wishing you a restful and joyful summer break, and an extra note of gratitude to the 30,000 AP teachers and professors who scored more than 20 million essays and free-response questions these past few weeks.

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Trevor Packer @ap-trevor.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Big thanks as well to the dozens of AP course experts who, after the fatigue of weeks of AP Readings, also provided help reviewing and improving the descriptions of the exam questions, as I’m (obviously) not a content expert across all 40+ subjects.

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Trevor Packer @ap-trevor.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Ok, that’s a wrap – all of the 2026 AP Exam results have been posted. Special thanks to my colleagues Priscyla and Karlie, who helped with the drafting, proofreading, and posting, as we’ve expanded the amount of commentary from ~40 pages to ~110 this year.

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Trevor Packer @ap-trevor.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

The 2026 AP Physics C: Electricity & Magnetism Exam scores: 5: 24%; 4: 24%; 3: 27%; 2: 17%; 1: 8% The 2026 AP Physics C: Electricity & Magnetism Exam was taken by ~32,000 students — less than 1% of the U.S. high school population. 2026 AP scores data: spr.ly/63326BDICu2

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Trevor Packer @ap-trevor.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

The 2026 AP Physics C: Mechanics Exam scores: 5: 20%; 4: 25%; 3: 27%; 2: 17%; 1: 11% The 2026 AP Physics C: Mechanics exam was taken by ~70,000 students — less than 1% of the U.S. high school population. View all 2026 AP Exams score data: spr.ly/63327BDIIpf

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Trevor Packer @ap-trevor.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

The 2026 AP Physics 2 Exam scores: 5: 20%; 4: 29%; 3: 23%; 2: 21%; 1: 7% The 2026 AP Physics 2 exam was taken by approximately 25,000 students — less than 1% of the U.S. high school population. View all 2026 AP Exams score data: spr.ly/63321BDIIB7

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Trevor Packer @ap-trevor.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

The 2026 AP Biology Exam scores: 5: 15%; 4: 25%; 3: 31%; 2: 21%; 1: 8% The 2026 AP Biology Exam was taken by 318,000 students, about 2% of the overall U.S. high school population. View all 2026 AP Exams score data: spr.ly/63323BDI5SS

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Trevor Packer @ap-trevor.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

The 2026 AP Physics 1 Exam scores: 5: 19%; 4: 24%; 3: 25%; 2: 15%; 1: 17% The 2026 AP Physics 1 exam was taken by approximately 184,000 students — 1% of the U.S. high school population. View all 2026 AP Exams score data: spr.ly/63328BDI5o2

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Trevor Packer @ap-trevor.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

The 2026 AP Seminar Exam scores: 5: 10%; 4: 21%; 3: 57%; 2: 10%; 1: 2% The 2026 AP Seminar exam was taken by approximately 167,000 students — about 1% of the U.S. high school population. View all 2026 AP Exams score data: spr.ly/63329BDatjd

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Trevor Packer @ap-trevor.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

The 2026 AP English Language and Composition Exam scores: 5: 15%; 4: 28%; 3: 32%; 2: 15%; 1: 10% The 2026 AP English Language and Composition exam was taken by 631,000 students, ~4% of the U.S. high school population.

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Trevor Packer @ap-trevor.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

The 2026 AP Latin Exam scores: 5: 20%; 4: 29%; 3: 24%; 2: 17%; 1: 10% The 2026 AP Latin exam was taken by 4,500 students, representing roughly 0.03% of the U.S. high school population. View more 2026 AP Exams score data: spr.ly/63323BDauyd

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Trevor Packer @ap-trevor.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

The 2026 AP Computer Science A Exam scores: 5: 25%; 4: 26%; 3: 15%; 2: 11%; 1: 23% The 2026 AP Computer Science A exam was taken by ~81,500 students, less than 1% of the U.S. high school population. View all 2026 AP Exams score data: spr.ly/63323BDvhic

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Trevor Packer @ap-trevor.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

The 2026 AP Precalculus Exam scores: 5: 29%; 4: 29%; 3: 24%; 2: 11%; 1: 7% The 2026 AP Precalculus exam was taken by ~300,000 students, roughly 2% of the U.S. high school population. View all 2026 AP Score Distributions: spr.ly/63324BDvUos

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Trevor Packer @ap-trevor.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

The 2026 AP Music Theory Exam scores: 5: 18%; 4: 17%; 3: 24%; 2: 26%; 1: 15% The 2026 AP Music Theory exam was taken by approximately 18,000 students, less than 1% of the U.S. high school population. View all 2026 AP Score Distributions: apstudents.collegeboard.org/about-ap-sco...

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Trevor Packer @ap-trevor.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

The highlights: AP Music Theory ranked #1 for how interested students were in the subject at the close of their AP course. Other subjects with similarly high ratings for student interest levels: AP Biology, AP Calculus, AP Italian, AP Physics, and AP Psychology.

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Trevor Packer @ap-trevor.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

But some AP courses are especially noteworthy for fueling students’ appetite for subsequent college courses in that same discipline. We surveyed AP students worldwide last summer to gauge their interest in the subject upon completing their AP course.

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Trevor Packer @ap-trevor.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

And studies over the past two decades have consistently found a strong relationship between taking an AP subject and selecting a major or simply enrolling, out of interest, in further classes in that field. These findings hold true across the range of AP subjects.

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Trevor Packer @ap-trevor.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

One of the aims of AP courses is to whet students’ appetite for further study in that discipline when they reach college.

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Trevor Packer @ap-trevor.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

The 2026 AP Computer Science Principles Exam scores: 5: 10%; 4: 23%; 3: 30%; 2: 21%; 1: 16% The 2026 AP Computer Science Principles exam was taken by 163,000 students, ~1% of the U.S. high school population.

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Trevor Packer @ap-trevor.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

The 2026 AP English Literature and Composition Exam scores: 5: 16%; 4: 26%; 3: 31%; 2: 16%; 1: 11% The 2026 AP English Literature and Composition Exam was taken by ~440,000 students, about 3% of the U.S. high school population.

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Trevor Packer @ap-trevor.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

About 20,000 students took the 2026 AP French Language and Culture Exam. 25% of the AP French students had additional exposure to French beyond the classroom. View all 2026 AP score distributions here: apstudents.collegeboard.org/about-ap-sco...

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2026 AP Score Distributions – AP Students | College Board

2026 AP score distribution tables show the percentages of 1s, 2s, 3s, 4s, and 5s for each AP subject for all AP students.

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Trevor Packer @ap-trevor.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

2026 AP French Language and Culture Score Distribution 5: 15%; 4: 23%; 3: 33%; 2: 23%; 1: 6% (Total group scores, including students with out-of-class exposure to French)

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Trevor Packer @ap-trevor.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

~4,200 students took the AP German Language and Culture exam. 30% of the AP German students had additional exposure to German beyond the classroom. View all 2026 AP score distributions here: apstudents.collegeboard.org/about-ap-sco...

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2026 AP Score Distributions – AP Students | College Board

2026 AP score distribution tables show the percentages of 1s, 2s, 3s, 4s, and 5s for each AP subject for all AP students.

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Trevor Packer @ap-trevor.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

The 2026 AP German Language & Culture Exam scores: 5: 24% 4: 17%; 3: 27%; 2: 22%; 1: 10% (Total group scores, including students with out-of-class exposure to German)

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Trevor Packer @ap-trevor.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

~2,500 students took the AP Italian Language and Culture exam. 24% of the AP Italian students had additional exposure to Italian beyond the classroom. View all 2026 AP score distributions here: apstudents.collegeboard.org/about-ap-sco...

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Trevor Packer @ap-trevor.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

The 2026 AP Italian Language & Culture Exam scores: 5: 19%; 4: 22%; 3: 28%; 2: 20%; 1: 11% (Total group scores, including students with out-of-class exposure to Italian)

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Trevor Packer @ap-trevor.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

The 2026 AP Spanish Language and Culture exam was taken by approximately 198,000 students, roughly 1% of the U.S. high school population. 72% of the AP Spanish Language and Culture students had additional exposure to Spanish beyond the classroom.

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Trevor Packer @ap-trevor.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

The 2026 AP Spanish Language and Culture Exam scores: 5: 21%; 4: 31%; 3: 31%; 2: 14%; 1: 3% (Total group scores, including students with out-of-class exposure to Spanish)

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Trevor Packer @ap-trevor.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

and completed a seven-point document-based essay synthesizing primary and secondary sources on the New Negro Movement. That is a remarkable body of work! View all 2026 AP score distributions here: apstudents.collegeboard.org/about-ap-sco...

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2026 AP Score Distributions – AP Students | College Board

2026 AP score distribution tables show the percentages of 1s, 2s, 3s, 4s, and 5s for each AP subject for all AP students.

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Trevor Packer @ap-trevor.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

On exam day, they showed up and answered 60 multiple-choice questions spanning the full range of course content, wrote three short-answer responses drawing on text and visual sources as well as their own independent knowledge,

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Trevor Packer @ap-trevor.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Big kudos to these pioneering students. Over the course of the year, they conducted original research, developed their own scholarly argument, and presented it, including an oral defense.

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Trevor Packer @ap-trevor.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

As a result, ~30,000 students took the AP African American Studies Exam in 2026, roughly 1 in 580 of the nation's 17.4 million high school students.

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Trevor Packer @ap-trevor.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

And those survey results proved prescient, as AP African American Studies had the highest growth rate of any AP subject this year, expanding the number of participating students by 40% over 2025.

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Trevor Packer @ap-trevor.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

The 2026 AP African American Studies exam scores: 5: 20%; 4: 30%; 3: 27%; 2: 17%; 1: 6% Last summer, a survey of schools nationwide asked which of the 40+ AP subjects they most expected to grow within their schools this year. The #1 response: AP African American Studies.

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Trevor Packer @ap-trevor.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

The 2026 AP United States History Exam scores: 5: 14%; 4: 37%; 3: 23%; 2: 18%; 1: 8% The 2026 AP United States History Exam was taken by ~554,000 students — roughly 3% of the U.S. high school population.

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Trevor Packer @ap-trevor.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

The 2026 AP Calculus BC exam scores: 5: 46%; 4: 22%; 3: 14%; 2: 14%; 1: 4% The 2026 AP Calculus BC exam was taken by ~171,000 students — roughly 1% of the U.S. high school population.

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Trevor Packer @ap-trevor.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

The 2026 AP Calculus AB Exam scores: 5: 20%; 4: 28%; 3: 17%; 2: 24%; 1: 11% The 2026 AP Calculus AB Exam was taken by ~292,000 students, roughly 2% of the U.S. high school population.

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Trevor Packer @ap-trevor.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Wonderful to hear -- it really is such a special combination of professional learning and operational necessity!

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Trevor Packer @ap-trevor.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

The 2026 AP World History: Modern Exam scores: 5: 14%; 4: 36%; 3: 16%; 2: 26%; 1: 8% The 2026 AP World History: Modern exam was taken by ~443,000 students, roughly 3% of the U.S. high school population. View all 2026 AP score distributions here: apstudents.collegeboard.org/about-ap-sco...

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Trevor Packer @ap-trevor.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

The 2026 AP Spanish Literature and Culture Exam scores: 5: 20%; 4: 23%; 3: 28%; 2: 20%; 1: 9% The 2026 AP Spanish Literature and Culture exam was taken by ~29,000 students, less than 1% of the U.S. high school population.

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Trevor Packer @ap-trevor.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Other subjects with the very highest student ratings in response to the statement: “My teacher inspired me”: AP Art & Design, AP Calculus, AP Latin, and AP Research.

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