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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My son took 5 AP exams this year - Calc BC, Macro, Micro, English Lit, Spanish.  He did well in the first four (5's and one 4) but upset about his Spanish score of a 3.  He's been a strong student in Spanish.  I told him not to worry about it since he was planning to continue with Spanish in college (he graduated from high school in May) so he wasn't looking for credit and he has to take a placement test for his school anyway.  He seemed to let it go.  But this morning he got an email from his Spanish teacher telling him that he should contact the College Board to find out if he can appeal the score (she can only appeal the score if it is a 1 or 2).  She listened to his exam (it was oral) and she said it was one of the best from his high school.  She asked a friend who is an AP Spanish exam grader to listen as well and she said he should have gotten a 5 or at the very least a 4.  Now he's upset again.  I told him to just let it go because the College Board won't do anything about it but he's bothered because now he cannot get the Seal of Biliteracy.  I don't think there is even a way to appeal a 3 but its up to him if he wants to try. [/quote]

With that feedback from the 2 teachers, and it affecting a certification/seal he was hoping to achieve, it’s worth him finding out if he can.  His teacher was so adament about his performance on the test that she pursued having a fellow teacher listen to it as well.  And now is urging him to try to appeal.  She’s not just saying “oh well”.  So that means she thinks he has a strong case and it’s worth pursuing.  Worst case, he still has the score he has now, right?  Why not appeal, with that urging from 2 teachers?[/quote]

There is no process for a student to appeal a passing score.  According to the CB website you can only ask for a rescore of a multiple choice portion (for a fee) but there was no multiple choice on the Spanish exam.  The AP teacher can appeal a 1 or a 2 but not a 3.  Knowing this, his teacher suggested that he email the CB and attach her email with her opinion of the score.  However, what we've found out over the past few days is that the CB just tells kids they can't appeal and there's nothing they can do about it.  His teacher says she will still see if there is anything else that she can do.  My son is frustrated but feeling better about it all because his teacher was adamant about his performance and shared her disappointment with the AP.  As I said before, we will support him if he wants to push the CB about his score (he can email them, tweet, etc but not much more).  In the end it won't matter significantly if he has the Seal of Biliteracy.  What will matter is if he can say that he is fluent in Spanish and demonstate that when he applies for an internship, studies abroad, applies for a job, etc.  [/quote]

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