HOW WILL YOU BE GRADED?

THE BREAKDOWN OF THE GRADE…FOR THE 1ST TEST

• Day #1• AP Style Multiple Choice Questions• 40 points (80 questions ½ point each)

• Day #2• Free Response Essays• 30 points (2 Essay questions 15 points each)

• DBQ (Takehome—due 8/15)• 30 points (1 DBQ)

FRQ RUBRICCharacteristic Score  8-9

12-15 ptsScore 5-78-11 pts

Score 2-44-7 pts

Score 0-10-3 pts

Thesis Clear, well developed thesis Contains a clear thesis with limited development

Lacks a thesis, or thesis may be confused or underdeveloped

No thesis

Understanding of the Question

Understands complexity of the question; deals with all parts of the question in depth

Limited or lack of understanding of complexity; may deal with one part of the question in some depth, or in a more general way

Ignores complexity; may deal with one part of the question, or all elements of the question in a superficial way

May simply paraphrase or restate the question

Analysis Provides effective analysis of the question; some imbalance permissible

Limited analysis, mostly describes

Weak or inappropriate analysis No analysis

Supportive Information

Supports thesis with substantial, relevant information

Supports thesis with some factual information

Lacks supporting information, or information given is minimal

Incompetent, inappropriate responses

Grammar and Structure

May contain insignificant errors May contain minor errors that do not detract from overall essay

May contain major errors Contains many major or minor errors

Organization and Writing Style

Well organized and well written Clearly organized and written, but not exceptional

Weak organization and writing Disorganized and poorly written

DBQ RUBRICCharacteristic Score  8-9

25-30 ptsScore 5-718-24 pts

Score 2-411-17 pts

Score 0-10-10 pts

Thesis Clear, well developed thesis Contains a clear thesis with limited development

Lacks a thesis, or thesis may be confused or underdeveloped

No thesis

Understanding of the Question

Understands complexity of the question; deals with all parts of the question in depth

Limited or lack of understanding of complexity; may deal with one part of the question in some depth, or in a more general way

Ignores complexity; may deal with one part of the question, or all elements of the question in a superficial way

May simply paraphrase or restate the question

Analysis Provides effective analysis of the question; some imbalance permissible

Limited analysis, mostly describes

Weak or inappropriate analysis No analysis

Documentary Evidence

Effectively uses a substantial number of documents.  Documents supplement analysis and are balanced with outside information

Effectively uses someof documents; may only restate information found in documents

Poor use of documents with only brief citation or paraphrase; not enough documents used to support analysis

Almost no use of or inappropriate attempts to use documents

Supportive Information

Supports thesis with substantial, relevant information. Outside information is balanced with use of documents in the analysis of the question

Supports thesis with some factual information

Lacks supporting information, or information given is minimal

Incompetent, inappropriate responses

Grammar and Structure

May contain insignificant errors May contain minor errors that do not detract from overall essay

May contain major errors Contains many major or minor errors

Organization and Writing Style

Well organized and well written Clearly organized and written, but not exceptional

Weak organization and writing Disorganized and poorly written

FUTURE TESTS…

• The first few DBQ’s will be either takehome or written in class after group collaboration or class discussion.

• Then, you will be expected to plan and write the DBQ in class in a timed environment.

• 40 Multiple choice questions (1 pt each)• 2 FRQ’s (15 pts each)• 1 DBQ (30 pts)

Day #1MC & 1 FRQ

Day #2DBQ & FRQ

HOW IS THE REAL APUSH EXAM GRADED??????

Section I: Multiple choice80 questions55 minutes to

completeSection II: 3 Essay questions

2 FRQ’s 70 minutes

1 DBQ60 minutes15 minutes mandatory

review

SCORING…

5 Extremely well qualified6 Well qualified7 Qualified8 Possibly qualified1 No recommendation