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Free-Response Questions and Scoring Information

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2024: Free-Response Questions

Questions	Scoring	Samples and Commentary
Free-Response Questions - Set 1 Free-Response Questions - Set 2	Scoring Guidelines - Set 1 Scoring Guidelines - Set 2 Chief Reader Report – Set 1 Chief Reader Report – Set 2 Scoring Statistics – Set 1 Scoring Statistics – Set 2 Score Distributions	Sample Responses Q1 - Set 1 Sample Responses Q1 - Set 2 Sample Responses Q2 - Set 1 Sample Responses Q2 - Set 2 Sample Responses Q3 - Set 1 Sample Responses Q3 - Set 2 Sample Responses Q4 - Set 1 Sample Responses Q4 - Set 2

Questions

Scoring

Samples and Commentary

Free-Response Questions - Set 1

Free-Response Questions - Set 2

Scoring Guidelines - Set 1

Scoring Guidelines - Set 2

Chief Reader Report – Set 1

Chief Reader Report – Set 2

Scoring Statistics – Set 1

Scoring Statistics – Set 2

Score Distributions

Sample Responses Q1 - Set 1

Sample Responses Q1 - Set 2

Sample Responses Q2 - Set 1

Sample Responses Q2 - Set 2

Sample Responses Q3 - Set 1

Sample Responses Q3 - Set 2

Sample Responses Q4 - Set 1

Sample Responses Q4 - Set 2

2023: Free-Response Questions

Questions	Scoring	Samples and Commentary
Free-Response Questions - Set 1 Free-Response Questions - Set 2	Scoring Guidelines - Set 1 Scoring Guidelines - Set 2 Chief Reader Report – Set 1 Chief Reader Report – Set 2 Scoring Statistics – Set 1 Scoring Statistics – Set 2 Score Distributions	Sample Responses Q1 - Set 1 Sample Responses Q1 - Set 2 Sample Responses Q2 - Set 1 Sample Responses Q2 - Set 2 Sample Responses Q3 - Set 1 Sample Responses Q3 - Set 2 Sample Responses Q4 - Set 1 Sample Responses Q4 - Set 2

Questions

Scoring

Samples and Commentary

Free-Response Questions - Set 1

Free-Response Questions - Set 2

Scoring Guidelines - Set 1

Scoring Guidelines - Set 2

Chief Reader Report – Set 1

Chief Reader Report – Set 2

Scoring Statistics – Set 1

Scoring Statistics – Set 2

Score Distributions

Sample Responses Q1 - Set 1

Sample Responses Q1 - Set 2

Sample Responses Q2 - Set 1

Sample Responses Q2 - Set 2

Sample Responses Q3 - Set 1

Sample Responses Q3 - Set 2

Sample Responses Q4 - Set 1

Sample Responses Q4 - Set 2

2022 Free-Response Questions

2022: Free-Response Questions

Questions	Scoring	Samples and Commentary
Free-Response Questions - Set 1 Free-Response Questions - Set 2	Scoring Guidelines - Set 1 Scoring Guidelines - Set 2 Chief Reader Report - Set 1 Chief Reader Report - Set 2 Scoring Statistics - Set 1 Scoring Statistics - Set 2 Score Distributions	Sample Responses Q1 - Set 1 Sample Responses Q1 - Set 2 Sample Responses Q2 - Set 1 Sample Responses Q2 - Set 2 Sample Responses Q3 - Set 1 Sample Responses Q3 - Set 2 Sample Responses Q4 - Set 1 Sample Responses Q4 - Set 2

Questions

Scoring

Samples and Commentary

Free-Response Questions - Set 1

Free-Response Questions - Set 2

Scoring Guidelines - Set 1

Scoring Guidelines - Set 2

Chief Reader Report - Set 1

Chief Reader Report - Set 2

Scoring Statistics - Set 1

Scoring Statistics - Set 2

Score Distributions

Sample Responses Q1 - Set 1

Sample Responses Q1 - Set 2

Sample Responses Q2 - Set 1

Sample Responses Q2 - Set 2

Sample Responses Q3 - Set 1

Sample Responses Q3 - Set 2

Sample Responses Q4 - Set 1

Sample Responses Q4 - Set 2

2021: Free-Response Questions

2021: Free-Response Questions
Questions	Scoring	Samples and Commentary
Free-Response Questions - Set 1 Free-Response Questions - Set 2	Scoring Guidelines - Set 1 Scoring Guidelines - Set 2 Chief Reader Report Scoring Statistics - Set 1 Scoring Statistics - Set 2 Scoring Distributions	Sample Responses Q1 - Set 1 Sample Responses Q1 - Set 2 Sample Responses Q2 - Set 1 Sample Responses Q2 - Set 2 Sample Responses Q3 - Set 1 Sample Responses Q3 - Set 2 Sample Responses Q4 - Set 1 Sample Responses Q4 - Set 2

2020: Free-Response Questions

The 2020 free-response questions are available in the AP Classroom question bank.

2019: Free-Response Questions

Questions	Scoring	Samples and Commentary
Free-Response Questions - Set 1 Free-Response Questions - Set 2	Scoring Guidelines - Set 1 Scoring Guidelines - Set 2 Chief Reader Report - Set 1 Chief Reader Report - Set 2 Scoring Statistics - Set 1 Scoring Statistics - Set 2 Scoring Distribution	Sample Responses Q1 - Set 1 Sample Responses Q1 - Set 2 Sample Responses Q2 - Set 1 Sample Responses Q2 - Set 2 Sample Responses Q3 - Set 1 Sample Responses Q3 - Set 2 Sample Responses Q4 - Set 1 Sample Responses Q4 - Set 2 Sample Responses Q5 - Set 1 Sample Responses Q5 - Set 2 Sample Responses Q6 - Set 1 Sample Responses Q6 - Set 2 Sample Responses Q7 - Set 1 Sample Responses Q7 - Set 2 Sample Responses Q8 - Set 1 Sample Responses Q8 - Set 2

Questions

Scoring

Samples and Commentary

Free-Response Questions - Set 1

Free-Response Questions - Set 2

Scoring Guidelines - Set 1

Scoring Guidelines - Set 2

Chief Reader Report - Set 1

Chief Reader Report - Set 2

Scoring Statistics - Set 1

Scoring Statistics - Set 2

Scoring Distribution

Sample Responses Q1 - Set 1

Sample Responses Q1 - Set 2

Sample Responses Q2 - Set 1

Sample Responses Q2 - Set 2

Sample Responses Q3 - Set 1

Sample Responses Q3 - Set 2

Sample Responses Q4 - Set 1

Sample Responses Q4 - Set 2

Sample Responses Q5 - Set 1

Sample Responses Q5 - Set 2

Sample Responses Q6 - Set 1

Sample Responses Q6 - Set 2

Sample Responses Q7 - Set 1

Sample Responses Q7 - Set 2

Sample Responses Q8 - Set 1

Sample Responses Q8 - Set 2

2018: Free-Response Questions

2018: Free-Response Questions
Questions	Scoring	Samples and Commentary
Free-Response Questions	Scoring Guidelines Chief Reader Report Source Statistics Scoring Distribution	Sample Responses Q1 Sample Responses Q2 Sample Responses Q3 Sample Responses Q4 Sample Responses Q5 Sample Responses Q6 Sample Responses Q7 Sample Responses Q8

2017: Free-Response Questions

2017: Free-Response Questions
Questions	Scoring	Samples and Commentary
Free-Response Questions	Scoring Guidelines Chief Reader Report Scoring Statistics Scoring Distributions	Sample Responses Q1 Sample Responses Q2 Sample Responses Q3 Sample Responses Q4 Sample Responses Q5 Sample Responses Q6 Sample Responses Q7 Sample Responses Q8

2016: Free-Response Questions

2016: Free-Response Questions
Questions	Scoring	Samples and Commentary
Free-Response Questions	Scoring Guidelines Student Performance Q&A Scoring Statistics Score Distributions	Sample Response Q1 Sample Response Q2 Sample Response Q3 Sample Response Q4 Sample Response Q5 Sample Response Q6 Sample Response Q7 Sample Response Q8

2015: Free-Response Questions

2015: Free-Response Questions
Questions	Scoring	Samples and Commentary
Free-Response Questions	Scoring Guidelines Student Performance Q&A Scoring Statistics Score Distributions	Sample Response Q1 Sample Response Q2 Sample Response Q3 Sample Response Q4 Sample Response Q5 Sample Response Q6 Sample Response Q7 Sample Response Q8

2014: Free-Response Questions

2014: Free-Response Questions
Questions	Scoring	Samples and Commentary
Free-Response Questions	Scoring Guidelines Student Performance Q&A Scoring Statistics Score Distributions	Sample Response Q1 Sample Response Q2 Sample Response Q3 Sample Response Q4 Sample Response Q5 Sample Response Q6 Sample Response Q7 Sample Response Q8

2013: Free-Response Questions

2013: Free-Response Questions
Questions	Scoring	Samples and Commentary
Free-Response Questions	Scoring Guidelines Student Performance Q&A Scoring Statistics Score Distributions	Sample Response Q1 Sample Response Q2 Sample Response Q3 Sample Response Q4 Sample Response Q5 Sample Response Q6 Sample Response Q7 Sample Response Q8

2012 Free-Response Questions

2012: Free-Response Questions
Questions	Scoring	Score Distributions
Free-Response Questions	Student Performance Q&A Scoring Statistics	Score Distributions

2011: Free-Response Questions

2011: Free-Response Questions
Questions	Scoring	Samples and Commentary
Free-Response Questions	Scoring Guidelines Student Performance Q&A Scoring Statistics Score Distributions	Sample Response Q1 Sample Response Q2 Sample Response Q3 Sample Response Q4 Sample Response Q5 Sample Response Q6 Sample Response Q7 Sample Response Q8

2010: Free-Response Questions

2010: Free-Response Questions
Questions	Scoring	Samples and Commentary
Free-Response Questions	Scoring Guidelines Student Performance Q&A Scoring Statistics Score Distributions	Sample Responses Q1 Sample Responses Q2 Sample Responses Q3 Sample Responses Q4 Sample Responses Q5 Sample Responses Q6 Sample Responses Q7 Sample Responses Q8

2009: Free-Response Questions

2009: Free-Response Questions
Questions	Scoring	Samples and Commentary
Free-Response Questions	Scoring Guidelines Student Performance Q&A Scoring Statistics Grade Distributions	Sample Responses Q1 Sample Responses Q2 Sample Responses Q3 Sample Responses Q4 Sample Responses Q5 Sample Responses Q6 Sample Responses Q7 Sample Responses Q8

2008: Free-Response Questions

2008: Free-Response Questions
Questions	Scoring	Samples and Commentary
Free-Response Questions	Scoring Guidelines Student Performance Q&A Scoring Statistics Grade Distributions	Sample Responses Q1 Sample Responses Q2 Sample Responses Q3 Sample Responses Q4 Sample Responses Q5 Sample Responses Q6 Sample Responses Q7 Sample Responses Q8

2007: Free-Response Questions

2007: Free-Response Questions
Questions	Scoring	Samples and Commentary
Free-Response Questions	Scoring Guidelines Student Performance Q&A Scoring Statistics Grade Distributions	Sample Responses Q1 Sample Responses Q2 Sample Responses Q3 Sample Responses Q4 Sample Responses Q5 Sample Responses Q6 Sample Responses Q7 Sample Responses Q8

2006: Free-Response Questions

2006: Free-Response Questions
Questions	Scoring	Samples and Commentary
Free-Response Questions	Scoring Guidelines Student Performance Q&A Scoring Statistics Grade Distributions	Sample Responses Q1 Sample Responses Q2 Sample Responses Q3 Sample Responses Q4 Sample Responses Q5 Sample Responses Q6 Sample Responses Q7 Sample Responses Q8

2005: Free-Response Questions

2005: Free-Response Questions
Questions	Scoring	Samples
Free-Response Questions	Scoring Guidelines Scoring Commentary Student Performance Q&A Scoring Statistics Grade Distributions	Sample Responses

2004: Free-Response Questions

2004: Free-Response Questions
Questions	Scoring	Samples
Free-Response Questions	Scoring Guidelines Scoring Commentary Student Performance Q&A Scoring Statistics Grade Distributions	Sample Response Q1 Sample Response Q2 Sample Response Q3 Sample Response Q4

2003: Free-Response Questions

2003: Free-Response Questions
Questions	Scoring	Samples
Free-Response Questions	Scoring Guidelines Scoring Commentary Scoring Statistics Grade Distributions	Sample Response Q1 Sample Response Q2 Sample Response Q3 Sample Response Q4

2002: Free-Response Questions

2002: Free-Response Questions
Questions	Scoring	Samples
All Questions	Scoring Guidelines Scoring Commentary Student Performance Q&A Grade Distributions	Sample Response Q1 Sample Response Q2 Sample Response Q3 Sample Response Q4

2001: Free-Response Questions

2001: Free-Response Questions
Questions	Scoring	Samples
All Questions	Scoring Guidelines Scoring Commentary Student Performance Q&A	Sample Response Q1 Sample Response Q2 Sample Response Q3 Sample Response Q4

2000: Free-Response Questions

2000: Free-Response Questions
Questions	Scoring	Samples
All Questions	Scoring Guidelines Scoring Commentary	Sample Response Q1 Sample Response Q2 Sample Response Q3 Sample Response Q4

1999: Free-Response Questions

1999: Free-Response Questions
Questions	Scoring	Samples
All Questions	Scoring Guidelines Scoring Commentary	Sample Response Q1 Sample Response Q2 Sample Response Q3 Sample Response Q4