AP English Language and Composition Essay Scoring Guide

Sweet Score--Skylark, Gene Davis (1960)

The rubric below is one that I created by synthesizing (combining) sources elsewhere (handouts from workshops, Internet sites, and my own observations/experience as an AP Reader). Unfortunately, I do not have all the necessary attribution, as I have been adding to it and subtracting from it over many years.  I want to thank all those anonymous sources for their input. (Always give credit to others when appropriate.) This rubric is not a product of The College Board (the company that creates the AP Exam), although it contains language from College Board rubrics, as well as the valuable input I receive yearly from fellow AP Readers of the essays.  Cut and paste the text after the asterisks into a word document, print the item out, and always bring it to class (keep in notebook).

Elaborative Techniques

(from B.E.S.T. Standards)

 

Logical Reasoning

(from B.E.S.T. Standards)