College board essay examples

Last summer, the major changes for the 2019-2020 school year across AP^® courses included a) new unit structures aligned to key course skills, b) teachers gained access to more resources through the launch of AP^® Classroom, and c) many exams underwent major changes.

All of these changes were meant to better support AP^® students and teachers in their preparation for – and success on – the May AP^® exams.

Teachers of AP^® English Language and Composition and AP^® English Literature and Composition experienced one of the most significant changes: the introduction of a new analytic rubric for each exam’s Free Response Questions.

This new rubric takes the place of the nine-point holistic rubric that has been in use for 20 years.

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Ap english language and composition pdf

Based on feedback from teachers, the College Board made a few final tweaks to the rubrics, which they released on September 30, 2019. Those changes helped clarify some parts of the rubric. They also released 10 scored student sample