AP Drawing: Past Exam Questions

Review portfolios of real student work submitted in past years, along with scoring guidelines and explanations.

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2021: Sample Portfolios

Student Samples and Scoring Commentaries from the 2021 Portfolio Exam
Sample Portfolios		Scoring and Score Distributions
Selected Works	Sustained Investigation	Scoring and Score Distributions
Scoring Guidelines - Selected Works Sample 1 – Score of 3 Sample 2 – Score of 4 Sample 3 – Score of 5	Scoring Guidelines - Sustained Investigation Sustained Investigation - Row A Sample Portfolio - Score of 2 Sample Portfolio - Score of 3 Sustained Investigation - Row B Sample Portfolio - Score of 2 Sample Portfolio - Score of 3 Sustained Investigation - Row C Sample Portfolio - Score of 2 Sample Portfolio - Score of 3 Sustained Investigation - Row D Sample Portfolio - Score of 2 Sample Portfolio - Score of 3 Complete Portfolio	Chief Reader Report Scoring Statistics Scoring Distributions

2020: Sample Portfolios

Student Samples and Scoring Commentaries from the 2020 Portfolio Exam
Sample Portfolios		Scoring and Score Distributions
Selected Works	Sustained Investigation	Scoring and Score Distributions
Sample 1 – Score of 1 Sample 2 – Score of 2 Sample 3 – Score of 2 Sample 4 – Score of 3 Sample 5 – Score of 3 Sample 6 – Score of 4 Sample 7 – Score of 4 Sample 8 – Score of 5 Sample 9 – Score of 5 Additional Drawing Selected Works Samples and Scoring Commentaries	Sample 1 – Score of 3/3/3/3 Sample 2 – Score of 2/2/2/2 Sample 3 – Score of 1/1/1/1 Sample 4 – Score of 3/3/3/3 Sample 5 – Score of 1/2/3/3 Additional Drawing Sustained Investigation Samples and Scoring Commentaries	Chief Reader Report Scoring Distributions