AP Research Past Exam Questions

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2023: Through-Course Assessment

2023: Through-Course Assessment

Performance Task OverviewScoringSamples and Commentary 
Academic Paper

Scoring Guidelines – Academic Paper

Scoring Guidelines – Research Presentation

Chief Reader Report  

Scoring Statistics  

Score Distributions  

Sample A

Sample B

Sample C 

Sample D

Sample E

Sample F

Sample G

Sample H

Sample I

Sample J

 

2022: Through-Course Assessment

2022: Through-Course Assessment

Performance Task Overview

Scoring

Samples and Commentary 

Academic Paper

Scoring Guidelines – Academic Paper

Scoring Guidelines – Research Presentation

Chief Reader Report

Scoring Statistics

Score Distributions

 

Sample A

Sample B

Sample C

Sample D

Sample E

Sample F

Sample G

Sample H

Sample I

Sample J

2021: Through-Course Assessment

 

Performance Task Overview

Scoring

Samples and Commentary

Academic Paper

Scoring Guidelines - Academic Paper

Scoring Guidelines - Presentation

Chief Reader Report

Scoring Statistics

Scoring Distribution

Sample A

Sample B

Sample C

Sample D

Sample E

Sample F

Sample G

Sample H

Sample I

Sample J

2020: Through-Course Assessment

 
Performance Task Overview Scoring Samples and Commentary

Academic Paper

Scoring Guidelines – Academic Paper

Chief Reader Report

Scoring Distributions

Sample A

Sample B

Sample C

Sample D

Sample E

Sample F

Sample G

Sample H

Sample I

Sample J

2019: Through-Course Assessment

 

Performance Task Overview

Scoring

Samples and Commentary

Academic Paper

Presentation

Scoring Guidelines - Academic Paper

Scoring Guidelines - Presentation

Chief Reader Report

Scoring Statistics

Scoring Distribution

Sample A

Sample B

Sample C

Sample D

Sample E

Sample F

Sample G

Sample H

Sample I

Sample J

2018: Through-Course and End-of-Course Assessments

 

Questions

Scoring

Samples and Commentary

Academic Paper

Presentation

Scoring Guidelines - Academic Paper

Scoring Guidelines - Presentation

Chief Reader Report

Scoring Statistics

Scoring Distributions

Sample A

Sample B

Sample C

Sample D

Sample E

Sample F

Sample G

Sample H

Sample I

Sample J

2017: Through-Course and End-of-Course Assessments

 

Questions

Scoring

Samples and Commentary

Academic Paper

Presentation

Scoring Guidelines - Academic Paper

Scoring Guidelines - Presentation

Chief Reader Report

Scoring Statistics

Scoring Distributions

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

Sample A

Sample B

Sample C

Sample D

Medium scoring samples

Sample E

Sample F

Sample G

Sample H

Low scoring samples

Sample I

Sample J

Sample K

Sample L

2016: Through-Course and End-of-Course Assessments

 

Questions

Scoring

Samples and Commentary

Academic Paper

Presentation

Scoring Guidelines

Scoring Guidelines

Student Performance Q&A

Scoring Statistics

Score Distributions

High scoring samples

Sample C (topic: History/Humanities)

Sample G (topic: Social Science)

Sample I (topic: Arts/Humanities)

Sample K (topic: STEM)

Medium scoring samples

Sample E (topic: History/Humanities)

Sample B (topic: Arts/Humanities)

Sample A (topic: Social Science)

Sample H (topic: STEM)

Low scoring samples

Sample J (topic: History/Humanities)

Sample F (topic: Arts/Humanities)

Sample D (topic: STEM/Social Science)