EXTRA CREDIT on AP Exams!!!

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Hello, I would appreciate if someone could give me insight into this, whether you’re a teacher or a student.

My Calc BC teacher informed my class that additional points were awarded to students on the free response who scored higher than the national average. For example, say that someone scored 6pts on an FRQ that had a national average of 3.21, then they may actually be awarded 8pts for that question. She has consistently reiterated that all throughout this year, although she never gave us additional points on past FRQs if we scored higher than the national average because she wanted us to take the test without the expectation of benefiting from our peers’ lackluster performance.

Does anyone, especially an AP teacher, know if her claims are true? I mostly believe her, but I’m skeptical because the cutoff for a 5 is already pretty low on the calculus BC exam!

***In addition, does this policy apply to the free responses for other AP exams? Thank you!

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@writerzt71 I’m willing to bet that your teacher is incorrect - you can look at a past FRQ scoring guidelines PDF [url=<a href=“https://secure-media.collegeboard.org/ap-student/pdf/calculus-ab/ap-2012-calculus-ab-scoring-guidelines.pdf%5Dhere%5B/url”>https://secure-media.collegeboard.org/ap-student/pdf/calculus-ab/ap-2012-calculus-ab-scoring-guidelines.pdf]here[/url]. Also, such an “extra credit” rule like the one you mentioned is rather silly, since awarding extra points will bump up the national average.

I am not an AP teacher, although I scored a 5 on the BC exam.

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Just like how you get extra credit for doing both APUSH Long Response questions? lol, I’m kidding.

They don’t give extra credit for questions with low average, like that dumb Funnel question that was on the exam. However, they do curve the test more, so it will be easier to get a 5. Good luck, and I hope you did well.

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It’s false

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@ObitoSigma thank you, I hope you did well too!