AP Research Performance Task
Download scoring guidelines from past years, along with sample responses from students and scoring distributions.
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2024: Through-Course Assessment
2024: Through-Course Assessment
| Performance Task Overview | Scoring | Samples and Commentary |
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| Academic Paper | Scoring Guidelines – Academic Paper |
2023: Through-Course Assessment
2023: Through-Course Assessment
| Performance Task Overview | Scoring | Samples and Commentary |
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| Academic Paper | Scoring Guidelines – Academic Paper |
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2022: Through-Course Assessment
2022: Through-Course Assessment
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Performance Task Overview |
Scoring |
Samples and Commentary |
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Academic Paper |
Scoring Guidelines – Academic Paper Scoring Guidelines – Research Presentation
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2021: Through-Course Assessment
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Performance Task Overview |
Scoring |
Samples and Commentary |
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Academic Paper |
Scoring Guidelines - Academic Paper |
2020: Through-Course Assessment
| Performance Task Overview | Scoring | Samples and Commentary |
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Academic Paper |
Scoring Guidelines – Academic Paper |
2019: Through-Course Assessment
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Performance Task Overview |
Scoring |
Samples and Commentary |
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Academic Paper Presentation |
Scoring Guidelines - Academic Paper |
2018: Through-Course and End-of-Course Assessments
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Questions |
Scoring |
Samples and Commentary |
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Academic Paper Presentation |
Scoring Guidelines - Academic Paper |
2017: Through-Course and End-of-Course Assessments
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Questions |
Scoring |
Samples and Commentary |
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Academic Paper Presentation |
Scoring Guidelines - Academic Paper Scoring Guidelines - Presentation Note: The Scoring Guidelines in this table were used for scoring the 2017 assessment. The revised Academic Paper rubric for the 2017-18 school year is available below in the Assessment Resources section. |
High scoring samples Medium scoring samples Low scoring samples |
2016: Through-Course and End-of-Course Assessments
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Questions |
Scoring |
Samples and Commentary |
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Academic Paper Presentation |
High scoring samples Sample C (topic: History/Humanities) Sample G (topic: Social Science) Sample I (topic: Arts/Humanities) Medium scoring samples Sample E (topic: History/Humanities) Sample B (topic: Arts/Humanities) Sample A (topic: Social Science) Low scoring samples Sample J (topic: History/Humanities) |