<p>my american history teacher told us that she would go into the grading system and change our grades based on the score we get on the AP test.(personally, i'm glad, got a B in the class and 5 on the test). i was just wondering if any other teachers are doing this, and wanted to hear your opinions.</p>
<p>Neither my D's school nor the school I substitute teach in do that. Personally, I think changing the grade is wrong. The class grade is supposed to reflect performance in the class ... that is, how the student met the expectations of the teacher. Believe me, in college you will be graded on how you met the expectations of your prof --- he/she won't care what you "know" --- just what you "show!"</p>
<p>that should be illegal. in fact, i'm pretty sure it is.</p>
<p>Ummm, no it's not. I got 4 of my grades changed and I'm one happy guy! There was a thread about this earlier, search it up if you want to find it, i'm too lazy to find it for you. :p</p>
<p>I know at my school pretty much all the AP teachers give out A's for getting a 5 on the exam. The only problem i can see with this is kids slacking off hoping to bale themselves out with the AP exam...haha almost happened to me.</p>
<p>My friend is a college professor & she just detests that sort of thing. She gets students who have no clue what college is really like. College profs do not give extra credit, they don't let students make exam corrections for credit, etc. It's great that you showed you knew the material, and that will get you out of a college class, most likely. However, when you get into that next class, remember: If you don't DO THE WORK THE PROF EXPECTS, you won't do well in the class.</p>
<p>Out of curiosity, do any of you have teachers who actually lower a grade based on the AP exam score? That would REALLY be wrong, in my opinion.</p>
<p>I shouldn't say college profs don't give out extra credit ... some do. It's just that they generally won't allow extra credit to make up for slacking off or missing their labs/assignments without an excellent reason.</p>
<p>The idea of extra credit was banished when we started high school. Our teachers and the administration are very strict on grades now because there used to be a good deal of grade inflation. For example, students would get Cs and Ds on the tests yet with the homework credit and extra credit they would receive an A. Most of my teachers have a grading system so that 90% of your grade is based off of tests while the other 10% is based off of your homework. Furthermore, any extra credit that a teacher offers can only raise your marking period grade 1%</p>
<p>There are lots of flaws with having one's grades fit his/her AP score. What if CB misgraded your exam? Will the administration re-change your transcript? Couldn't you just refuse to take the exam?</p>
<p>I can't imagine a prestigious high school changing grades to fit the AP exam score...</p>
<p>I've not changed grades to "fit" per se, but I have bumped grades up for good results. A student who earns a 5 on the exam really has some knowledge of the subject matter, wouldn't you agree?</p>
<p>I do believe that a student who earns a 5 on the Exam should have a B or higher in the class, and I am willing to adjust grades to reflect that. I don't guarantee an A because I do think there's a difference between course work and testing.</p>
<p>But in many a college class, your grade is going to be based on just a few components, somewhere between two and four tests. The results that you earn on a final exam have the capability of strongly impacting your grade. High school grades typically don't follow this pattern. Typically, in high school, homework has more weight, quizzes and more interim tests may come into play. We do this to ensure that the learning process is followed to a degree, whereas colleges just expect that it happens. Part of that is the difference in the expectations that institutions have for educators, I believe.</p>
<p>It is my belief that the AP Exam functions significantly like a final exam, and accordingly, since the AP models college credit, the AP Exam should be allowed to serve the same function.</p>
<p>Have I had C students get a 5 on the exam? A handful here or there. Have I had D students get a 5? Never once. So I'm OK with this system that allows a few students who feel they shouldn't have earned C's in the first place, and give them a chance to show me that they actually got it in the end. To me, that's fair.</p>
<p>Man I wish this were true at my school. I got 5s on APUSH and Psych, but Bs in the class.
It would've helped a lot if teachers at my school had a similar policy =(
It was really unfair for me because I had As up until the end after all the testing. I got ill and couldn't put too much effort into work we had after that.</p>
<p>my history teacher said that she would change the grades to fit the score whether that means bumping up a grade or bringing it down. she said she cant have the class seem to easy (what with homework and grade inflation).</p>
<p>Unless an AP exam is required in the course and there is no final, no, this should not be allowed.</p>
<p>My AP US History teacher required everybody to take the AP test, so his policy is valid.</p>
<p>I agree that an AP test should act like a final.</p>
<p>My former AP US History teacher is going raise and lower grades based on the AP exam everybody took already.</p>
<p>I heard 39 people in my class got 1s.</p>
<p>This is how he does it:</p>
<p>Score-
1 lower one grade level
2 grade stays the same
3 no change of grade</p>
<p>4 and 5 automatic A</p>
<p>I got a 4 on the test. My grade didn't change because I already had an A.</p>
<p>I guess I can see adjusting a grade upward, since the "goal" of learning obviously was met. I don't agree with adjusting downward based on AP exam results, though. This is not a final exam, per se ... the teacher did not design the exam based on what he/she taught in class, nor is that teacher the one who is grading the essays. If the teacher felt that the student had earned a particular grade in the class based on work taught, assigned, completed, and tested ... then it seems wrong to "take away" based on a test that may not reflect the actual content of the course taken in school.</p>
<p>I didn't post up the correct grading system my AP US History teacher uses.</p>
<p>Scores:</p>
<p>1 down a grade
2 grade stays the same
3 grade goes up one grade level</p>
<p>4 and 5 automatic A</p>
<p>I think teacher's should change grades at their own discretion, i.e. if they see the student earned it. My APUSH teacher has a policy of changing grades (4 is an A-, 5 is an A), though I really think she should consider whether the person worked for it or not. My AP bio teacher has a similar policy, 'cept he changes grades on percents so that a person with a D+ doesn't end up with an A.</p>
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I don't agree with adjusting downward based on AP exam results, though. This is not a final exam, per se ... the teacher did not design the exam based on what he/she taught in class, nor is that teacher the one who is grading the essays. If the teacher felt that the student had earned a particular grade in the class based on work taught, assigned, completed, and tested ... then it seems wrong to "take away" based on a test that may not reflect the actual content of the course taken in school.
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<p>This was the actual whole point of the AP Audit, was that if you were going to call a class an AP class, it had to teach the AP content, not just whatever the teacher decided should be taught.</p>
<p>While I think this is an admirable policy (depending on context, of course), many school districts have regulations that say grades can only be adjusted for reasons such as fraud, discrimination, error, and so forth.</p>