How Do You Understand Scoring On An Advanced Placement Exam?
This article will help you understand how the Advanced Placement (AP) Exams are graded and final scores determined. This should help with your overall test strategy to get the best score possible. Although the College Board is responsible for the Advanced Placement Testing Program, it works hand in hand with the Educational Testing Service (ETS, publisher of the SAT and PSAT/NMSQT) to develop and score the Advanced Placement (AP) Exams. According to the College Board records, every year approximately 1.5 million young adults take AP Exams in over thirty-five subjects. Except for the AP Studio Art Exam, which is a portfolio assessment, AP Exams contain both a section of multiple choice questions and a free response section which consists (depending on the test)of an essay, problem solving, or oral response. Scoring an AP Exam is a complex process that begins with the machine scoring of the multiple choice section. The formula for scoring involves adding up the correct answers and subtra
