Hello! I am not sure if anyone knows the answer to my question, but I have been worried about this. Yesterday, I took my AP World History exam and I am worried that I may have accidentally selected the wrong option for my SAQ answer. For example, I may have marked off Question 4 even though I was actually writing a response to Question 3. Will I lose my points for this or will my response be forwarded to the correct grader? Thank you!
They’ll figure it out. Don’t worry
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I’m an AP grader (for another subject) - it depends on whether you indicated in some way that you were answering the right question (e.g. copying it, writing “3,” etc.) - if you did anything like this, the readers are instructed to look for your work and try to give it credit. However, if your answer was clearly in the spot for 4, it may be marked as “not on topic” and get a zero. That said, missing one question should not put you out of the running for a 5 (I believe World HIstory has something like 80% correct to get a 5, historically).
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Hello! I mean, I never explicitly wrote down “3” but it’s pretty obvious which question I was referring to. My thesis only makes sense for one question haha!
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OK, so here’s how it works: each grader works on one problem, so one person will be grading “problem 3” for many kids. They get a view (on computer) of your full answer set for paper/hybrid tests, not sure for digital. The grader instructions are, if nothing is in the place for “3,” to look over the whole packet for where that answer might be.
However, if you wrote in an answer for question 4 and were actually answering 3, then the question 4 grader will see something there, and will grade it, and does not know or follow the rubric for question 3. However, if it was something like answer this essay or that essay, and put it here, and you just didn’t label which one you were answering, then it’s possible the grader will know to interpret that. I don’t know this exam well enough to know which case it is.
It is NOT the case that one person grades the whole exam and would recognize the other problem.
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Hello! Thanks for this insight, so it was a digital AP World exam. I MAY(could just be paranoia) have clicked question 4 when I was actually answering question 3. There is no longer a designated spot for questions due to the new digital format. You just select what question you are answering. Does this make sense?
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Yes, it makes sense. Unfortunately, it means you are unlikely to get credit for your work. The question-4 grader is going to see the “wrong” answer and not give it credit.
AP exam is like college admission. You will never know why you get what you get. You will never know if you made the mistake or not. So don’t worry about it. Good Luck.
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Alright, thanks. Can I ask which AP exam you grade?
Chemistry.
Hello again - it looks like the AP people have anticipated this eventuality, and according to my friends in History, there may be an option for the grader to try to fix the wrong question being answered. I don’t think he was allowed to tell me any more than that.
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Great! Based on some Reddit posts, it seems like there is a way for graders to redirect the essay to the correct graders. Thank you so much!!
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