Son just received a 5 on APUSH after receiving a C and a B in the class. I have heard of some schools automatically bumping the grade up one level, and in some cases awarding the student an A in the class. It would seem that the teacher would have an argument that students should WORK for the grade attained. By contrast, premliminary reports suggest as few as 9% of the APUSH test takers garnered the coveted score of 5 this year. I am also a bit concerned that AdComs (my son begins applying to college in a few weeks) are going to wonder if S is lazy with classroom work. Interestingly, my daughter got a C/A in the class 6 years ago and received just a 3 on the exam. I have heard stories from other parents about this teacher's capable methods not yielding to requests for grades to be changed. Finally, at least three other high schools in the same conference have an automatic policy that AP scores of 5 are always rewarded with A's on the grade transcript. I have a good relationship with the school principal and expect that he will consider a review of the school policy in the future.
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