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College Board, Advanced Placement, AP, AP Central, and the acorn logo are registered trademarks of College Board. AP Capstone is a trademark owned by College Board. Visit College Board on the web: [collegeboard.org](collegeboard.org).  \n[AP Central is the official online home for the AP Program: apcentral.collegeboard.org](AP Central is the official online home for the AP Program: apcentral.collegeboard.org).  \nAP® Research 2025 Scoring Guidelines  \n\n| Academic Paper |  |  |  | 5 Points |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Score of 1 | Score of 2 | Score of 3 | Score of 4 | Score of 5 |\n| Report on Existing Knowledge | Report on Existing Knowledge | Ineffectual Argument for a New | Well-Supported, Articulate | Rich Analysis of a New |\n|  | with Simplistic Use of a Research | Understanding | Argument Conveying a New | Understanding Addressing a Gap |\n|  | Method |  | Understanding | in the Research Base |\n| • Presents an overly broad topic of | • Presents a topic of inquiry with | • Carries the focus or scope of a | • Focuses a topic of inquiry with | • Focuses a topic of inquiry with |\n| inquiry. | narrowing scope or focus, that is | topic of inquiry through the | clear and narrow parameters, | clear and narrow parameters, |\n|  | NOT carried through either in the | method AND overall line of | which are addressed through the | which are addressed through the |\n|  | method or in the overall line of | reasoning, even though the focus | method and the conclusion. | method and the conclusion. |\n\nreasoning. or scope might still be narrowing.  \n• Situates a topic of inquiry within a single perspective derived from scholarly works OR through a variety of perspectives derived from mostly non-scholarly works.  \n• Describes a search and report process.  \n• Summarizes or reports existing knowledge in the field of understanding pertaining to the topic of inquiry.  \n• Generally communicates the student’s ideas, although errors in grammar, discipline-specific style, and organization distract or confuse the reader.  \n• Cites AND/OR attributes sources  \n(in bibliography/ works cited and/or intext), with multiple errors and/or an inconsistent use of a discipline specific style.  \n• Situates a topic of inquiry within a single perspective derived from scholarly works OR through a variety of perspectives derived from mostly non-scholarly works.  \n• Describes a nonreplicable research method OR provides an oversimplified description of a method, with questionable alignment to the purpose of the inquiry.  \n• Summarizes or reports existing knowledge in the field of understanding pertaining to the topic of inquiry.  \n• Generally communicates the student’s ideas, although errors in grammar, discipline-specific style, and organization distract or confuse the reader.  \n• Cites AND/OR attributes sources  \n(in bibliography/ works cited and/or intext), with multiple errors and/or an inconsistent use of a discipline specific style.  \n• Situates a topic of inquiry within relevant scholarly works of varying perspectives, although connections to some works maybe unclear  \n• Describes a reasonably replicable research method, with questionable alignment to the purpose of the inquiry.  \n• Conveys a new understanding or conclusion, with an underdeveloped line of reasoning OR insufficient evidence.  \n• Competently communicates the student’s ideas, although there may be some errors in grammar, discipline-specific style, and organization.  \n• Cites AND attributes sources, using a discipline-specific style (in both bibliography/works cited AND intext), with few errors or inconsistencies.  \n• Explicitly connects a topic of inquiry to relevant scholarly works of varying perspectives AND logically explains how the topic of inquiry addresses a gap.  \n• Logically defends the alignment of a detailed, replicable research method to the purpose of the inquiry  \n• Supports a new understanding or conclu","cbCailObSpPePtus","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCailObSpPePtus","pdf",170345,"English","# Score of 1\n## Report on Existing Knowledge with Simplistic Use of a Research Method\n# Score of 2\n## Report on Existing Knowledge with Simplistic Use of a Research Method\n# Score of 3\n## Ineffectual Argument for a New Understanding\n# Score of 4\n## Well-Supported, Articulate Argument Conveying a New Understanding","[{\"question\":\"What distinguishes a score of 1 from higher scores in AP Research?\",\"answer\":\"A score of 1 typically presents an overly broad topic of inquiry where the focus and method do not carry through, along with general communication issues and multiple citation or style errors.\"},{\"question\":\"What features are required for a score of 4 or 5?\",\"answer\":\"Scores of 4–5 focus on clear and narrow parameters, methods that are logically aligned and replicable, and arguments supported by sufficient evidence. 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