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The 2025 AP English Literature & Composition Exam scores: 5: 16%; 4: 27%; 3: 31%; 2: 16%; 1: 10% Multiple-Choice Questions Students scored extremely well across all topics, but especially on questions about the Function of Word Choice, Imagery, and Symbols (Skill Category 5); 27% of students answered all of these questions right. The most challenging skill for AP English Lit students seems to be Skill Category 6, explaining the function of comparisons (similes, metaphors, personification, allusions); 7% of students answered all such questions correctly. As is typical, students scored significantly higher on questions about prose passages than on those about poetry. Free-Response Questions Set 1: apcentral.collegeboard.org/media/pdf/ap25… Set 2: apcentral.collegeboard.org/media/pdf/ap25… In both the Set 1 and Set 2 essay questions, students scored better on the poetry analysis essay (Q1) than on the prose analysis (Q2) essay, which was the most challenging of this year’s essays. On Q3, the literary argument about a work of long fiction / drama: ~22% of students earned 5+ points ~31% earned 4 points ~28% earned 3 points ~9% earned 2 points ~4% earned 1 point ~6% earned 0 points AP English Literature and Composition had an Evidence-Based Standard Setting this year that affirmed the standards in place since 2022, standards that were validated by research on the 2022 student cohort’s performance in college, available here: research.collegeboard.org/media/pdf/MAR-… An overview detailing the standard setting process, with specific information about the findings for this year’s students, will be available at around 4 pm ET today at allaccess.collegeboard.org All subjects’ AP score distributions for 2025 will be posted here when available: apstudents.org/score-distribu…

The 2025 AP English Language and Composition Exam scores: 5: 13%; 4: 28%; 3: 33%; 2: 16%: 1: 10% Multiple-Choice Section Students performed well across the range of skills this section measures, but especially on Skill Category 8: Style – Writing. An impressive 37% of students answered all of these questions right. The most challenging MCQs were related to Skill Category 5, understanding the line of reasoning and organization within a text. 7% of students answered each of these questions correctly. Free-Response Section Set 1: apcentral.collegeboard.org/media/pdf/ap25… Set 2: apcentral.collegeboard.org/media/pdf/ap25… In the Set 1 essay questions, students scored highest on Q3, the evidence-based argument on the present moment, with 22% of students earning 5+ points. On the Set 2 essay questions, students scored highest on Q1, the synthesis of sources related to mapping software / GPS devices, on which 24% of students earned 5+ points. The most difficult essay question on both Set 1 and Set 2 was Q2, the rhetorical analysis. ~17% of students earned 5+ points. AP English Language and Composition had an Evidence-Based Standard Setting this year to determine more precisely than in the past which AP students are demonstrating the content knowledge and skills that meet expectations for college credit and placement. The 2021 standard setting used a panel-based approach, with 15 professors estimating what the AP “pass rate” should be. The 2025 standard setting utilized technology to gather input from an exponentially larger set of experts: 773 professors from 524 colleges. An overview detailing this process, with specific information about the findings for this year’s students, will be available at around 4 pm ET today at allaccess.collegeboard.org All subjects’ AP score distributions for 2025 will be posted here when available: apstudents.org/score-distribu…

The 2025 AP English Language and Composition free-response questions are now available. Set 1: spr.ly/6013NYJvc Set 2: spr.ly/6015NYJvl #APExams

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