<p>Ok so i have already started senior year, and im in AP gov, calc, and lit. My concerns are with AP lit. so first of all, its officially the lit and comp course, but because our school barely offers any APs shes also preparing us for the lang and comp course as part of the same class, which im fine with i guess, it just will make the year way busier. Then, so you know how the AP essays are graded 1-9? well we have an inclass AP essay basically either once a week or once every other week. My teacher grades them on the 1-9 scale. Am I wrong in thinking that the scores are meant to be scaled, as in a 2-1=failing, 3=D 4-5=C, 6-7=B and 8-9=A, or something like that? Thats what it seems that they are designed for. Well our teacher grades them such as a 6 is a 6 out of 9 or a 66% and a 4 is around a 45%. Our first in class essay i got a 6+ on, same as a 6.5(yes ik they dont give .5s on the real AP exam, she just does), so i got a 72% and everyone i've talked to seems to think she isnt grading them as they were designed to be. Obviously it's her choice and i wouldnt try to change her mind or anything, but it's just been kind of bugging me because based on the AP rubrics a 7-6 is described as what sounds like at least a B grade, not a D; I was really happy when i learned i got a 6.5 on my very first AP essay, but when she said how she would enter the grades i was pretty disapointed. (btw, the class average was a 4 out of 9, or on her scale a ~45% and the class high was a 7) The rubric for 6 says, "They are well written in an appropriate style, but with less maturity than the top papers. Some lapses in diction or syntax may appear, but the writing demonstrates sufficient control over the elements of composition to present the writer's ideas clearly. Statements are supported by relevant evidence, but with less specificity or effectiveness than essays in the 9-8 range." </p>
<p>So am i wrong in thinking they were meant to be graded as scaled scores and does anyone elses teachers grade like mine?</p>