That was the memorable satirical line from the Garrison Keillor bestseller Lake Wobegon Days. But if we are to believe the AP exam scores, it really is true in America today.

Daniel Buck from AEI posted this stunning chart showing AP grade inflation in the wake of COVID school closures. How could test scores go UP after kids lost up to a year of schooling? Just asking.

Notice that for AP Government and for AP U.S. History, a majority of the kids are above average. Let’s just say these scores don’t at all follow the shape of the traditional bell curve.