Grade bump for getting a 3 on the AP test

ucbalumnus
Thu, 20 Dec 2018 06:09:14 +0000

Seems like if the teacher wants to include consideration of the AP test score in the course grade, the way to do it would be to allow the AP test score replace the final exam grade if it is better (rescaled to whatever grading scheme is used in the course), with the course grade being recalculated to account for the new final exam grade derived from the AP test score.

An AP test score of 3 for most tests is supposed to be like a C grade in a college course covering the same material, so the most optimistic view of it as a high school grade is probably no higher than a B (since high school students in the A-B range go to college and earn grades in the A-C range).