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AP FAQs How should I grade students' responses to practice questions from previous AP Exams? In the free-response essay section, short-essay questions are scored on a 0 to 4 scale. Long-essay questions are scored on a 0 to 9 scale. The following chart illustrates the relationship of AP Exam essay scores to letter grades and numeric grades commonly used in high schools. Short Essay Long Essay Letter Grade Numeric Grade (4) (9/8) (A) (100 to 90) (3) (7/6) (B) (89 to 80) ( - ) (5) (B-/C+) (80/79) (2) (4/3) (C) (79 to 70) (1) (2/1) (D) (69 to 60) (0) (0) (F) (59 to 0) Contributors

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