<p>Hello all at CC.</p>
<p>What is your school's policy on grade changes concerning AP Test scores?
Ex: A 5 merits an "A" in the fall semester as well as an "A" on the spring semester
A 4 merits an "B" in the fall semester and an "A" on the spring semester.</p>
<p>Also, does anyone know what is the legal policy on whether a principal of a school can legally stop teachers from changing grades(California)?</p>
<p>Woah.
Our class grade has absolutely no correlation with how we did on the AP test.
The class grade is determined based on tests and quizzes and whatnot during the school year. We don’t even get our AP scores until July, I think.</p>
<p>hahaha no you misunderstood me, grades, of course, determined by tests quizzes etc etc. But some teachers have a policy where if you perhaps got a B and an A in fall and spring semester respectively and you get a 5 on the ap test, they will change that B to an A if you have two E’s in work habits and cooperation, or any other requirements along those lines.</p>
<p>Calc BC AP</p>
<p>5 - A both semesters
4 - B both semesters</p>
<p>etc…</p>
<p>Chem AP</p>
<p>5 or 4 - A both semesters</p>
<p>APUSH </p>
<p>3,4,5 - A both semesters (this teacher is super lenient I guess?)</p>
<p>no-corelation whats so ever
although the average of our calc class last year was 4.77 on the AP test, the class average was a 61%…
my school is seriously messed up</p>
<p>Our school is the same way. The closest we get to this is getting out of the second semester final exam if you take the AP test.</p>
<p>@zala, thats how it is in my class. Something crazy like 85% get 4s or 5s on the test, but only like 10% get an A or a B in the class.</p>
<p>As far as I know, only two classes offer that policy: AP English Language and Composition and AP U.S. History. For AP English Language and Composition, scoring well could boost your grade, but my teacher was vague on this policy. For AP U.S. History, if you get a 4 or 5, you get A’s for both semester.</p>
<p>I abominate this policy because some people in these classes tend to be indolent and they think they could score well on the exams. It is a severe degradation to work ethics.</p>
<p>Apparently it doesn’t help vocabulary skills either.</p>
<p>really? i cannot believe that your school does that! i wish mine did =[ it would have helped on my transcript</p>
<p>i guess thats a good way to motivate students to score well on the exam.</p>
<p>sigh if only schools used ap scores for overall grade in course 
5 = a
4 = b
3 = c
2 = d
1 = f</p>
<p>our schools don’t use it for anything.</p>
<p>Dude, you guys are so lucky. At my school we’re stuck with whatever grades we make during the school year</p>
<p>Only some AP teachers at my school have used this policy. For those who have used this policy, a 3 or higher would change the grade for both semesters to an A.</p>
<p>They have no effect.</p>
<p>I was the only one in our school to get above a 3 on the AP American Government test, yet got a B for one of the semesters due to slacking.</p>
<p>At my school, different teachers have different policies. My personal policy is that a 5 on the exam can improve your first semester grade to a B, a 4 changes the grade to a C, and a 3 changes the grade to a D.</p>
<p>I do believe that the work during the semester doesn’t entirely correlate to the work done during the school year. I’ve seen too many students who know they can get their grade changed to an A not put in the work necessary, and then end up not passing the AP exam and keeping a low grade in the class.</p>
<p>At the same time, a student who gets a 5 on the AP Exam clearly knows the subject matter at a pretty high level. And so, a few years back, I came up with this compromise.</p>
<p>I think it’s a good indication of the kind of grades that I give that I only have to change a grade once or twice a year. And usually (since I don’t announce this policy until the start of second semester), it’s a kid who has a C or a D who likely would have given up otherwise who sees the possibility of an out.</p>
<p>Lol, I wish 5=A. My GPA would cry tears of joy. </p>
<p>At my school there are 2 classes that do that (neither of which I took). However, I kind of understand why. Literally 1 or 2 people had A’s before getting 5’s on the AP test (note this is a hardworking group of kids. the teacher is just brutal). They also scored 700-750+ on the SAT II. If they can do that, they deserve A’s. </p>
<p>However, I am honestly a bit pis*ed off that someone said a 3 in USH can earn a student an A. At my school, that class is brutal. So many of us pulled countless all-nighters for that class and ended up w/ 5’s and B+'s. It doesn’t seem right.
But damn, zala! That is messed up!</p>