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AP Test Basics

Learn the basics of the AP test and how to maximize your score. This guide includes tips and strategies for the multiple-choice and free-response sections, as well as scoring rubrics. Achieve the credit you deserve!

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AP Test Basics

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  1. AP Test Basics How to get the credit you deserve… Charlie Blair-Broeker Cedar Falls (Iowa) High School ctb-b@cfu.net

  2. AP Scoring Scale 5 = Extremely well qualified 4 = Well qualified 3 = Qualified 2 = Possibly qualified 1 = No recommendation

  3. Part 1: Multiple Choice • 100 Questions • 5 answer choices per question • 70 minutes (42 seconds per question) • No time prompt from proctor • 2/3 overall exam credit

  4. Part 1: Multiple Choice • Scanner skills—bring a good eraser

  5. Part 1: Multiple Choice • Scanner skills—bring a good eraser • Course description has % of questions in each area

  6. Part 1: Multiple Choice • Scanner skills—bring a good eraser • Course description has % of questions in each area • Questions organized from easiest to hardest

  7. Part 1: Multiple Choice • Scanner skills—bring eraser or whiteout • Course description has % of questions in each area • Questions organized from easiest to hardest

  8. How well do you need to do? Approximate conversions Assuming half credit essays MC of 65 = 3 on exam MC of 75 = 4 on exam MC of 85 = 5 on exam

  9. Part 2: Free Response

  10. Part 2: Free Response • 2 equally-weighted questions • 50 minutes (25 minutes per question) • Time prompt with 10 minutes to go • 1/3 overall exam credit • Instructions call for dark blue or black ink • Fatal error: beginning to write before beginning to think (you must answer the question)

  11. Part 2: Free Response To impress your reader… • Get to the point (intros & conclusions count for nothing) • Write in simple, declarative sentences • Organize answer into paragraphs • Write legibly!

  12. Part 2: Free Response Rubric scoring • Readers are looking for specific points

  13. From 2005 Free Response Question 2 • Value of diagnostic labeling • Point 1:Advantages of diagnostic labeling can be established by briefly explaining any of the following. Labels can… • help professionals communicate clearly and efficiently with one another. • improve the reliability/consistency or validity/accuracy of diagnosis or categorization. • help determine an appropriate course of treatment. • help predict the course of a disorder. • increase insight for those wishing to cope with a disorder. • meet general scientific purposes or stimulate appropriate research on the nature of disorders. • allow for more objective discussion of disorders. • facilitate appropriate billing or recordkeeping. • Trap: Do not award this point for advantages that are overly vague (e.g, “Labels are good.”).

  14. A Typical Scoring Grid

  15. Part 2: Free Response Rubric scoring • Readers are looking for specific points • Range: 6 to 16 (typically about 8) • Usually possible to anticipate points from the structure of the question • Some points will be easy and others hard

  16. Part 2: Free Response General principles • The “Oprah rule” • Misinformation and “shotgunning” • Spelling, grammar, and the “nuture rule”

  17. Part 2: Free Response Goals of a good essay question • Reliable scoring • Good distribution of scores • Better prepared students score higher

  18. Part 2: Free Response The mindset of a reader

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