1) Scoring the AP English Lit exam
SECTION 1: Multiple choice
[ (number correct out of 55) - (0.25 * number wrong) ] * 1.25 = MC SCORE (if less than zero, enter zero) = WEIGHTED SCORE SECT. 1
SECTION 2: Free Response Questions
Question 1 (out of 9) * 3.0554 = Q1 raw score (do not round)
Question 2 (out of 9) * 3.0554 = Q2 raw score (do not round)
Question 3 (out of 9) * 3.0554 = Q3 raw score (do not round)
(Q1 raw) + (Q2 raw) + (Q3 raw) = WEIGHTED SECT. 2 (do not round)
COMPOSITE SCORE
(WEIGHTED SECT. 1 SCORE) + (WEIGHTED SECT. 2 SCORE) = COMPOSITE SCORE (round to nearest whole number)
AP GRADE CONVERSION CHART: There may be slight variations year to year.
Composite score range –> AP Grade
108-150 ————————–> 5
93-107 —————————> 4
72-92 —————————–> 3
43-71 —————————–> 2
0-42 ——————————-> 1
Oct 07th by AP English Lit Guy
Thank you for this great information. As a student taking an AP English Lit/Comp. class, I wanted to know how the test is scored. No other sites provided such clear and relevent information as did this one. I wanted to make sure that even if a Bomb the multiple-choice section of the test but (as my teacher says it) “kick some bootey on the essyes that you [meaning I] are SO prepaired for”, I can get a good score. To my surprise, I found that even if I get only half right on the multiple choice and get the rest wrong but get nines on my esseys, I can end of with a 5! But being realistic here, a 4 isn’t a bad score either.
I am wondering though…my teacher did say that the AP “bell curves” the multiple choice section: if too many people get a low lcore, for example, AP will grant a heigher score with lower multiple choice performance that it normally would, and this, as I was told, is done every year. I would appreciate it If you mentioned something about this and how it effect how the score is calculated.
Once again thank you for reading the comment and posting a concise info.
AP English Lit Guy
on May 7th, 2009