AP Exam Administration 2019-20: Online Exams at Home

AP Exam Day Resources!

Additional information is now available to help guide students through the AP® Exam day experience.

New Resources

2020 AP Testing Guide (.pdf/10.9 MB): The guide provides information about:

• The AP Exam e-ticket
• Five steps to take before test day
• Understanding the test day experience
• Exam scores, credit, and placement

2020 AP Exam Day Checklist (.pdf/526 KB): Students should complete this checklist for each exam they take and keep it next to them while testing.

Explainer Videos: New videos are available to give students quick, easily accessible information about the test day experience, what students need to do to prepare, exam security, and more. Explore the playlist.

Other Reminders

AP Exam Demo (available May 4): AP students should use the clickable exam demo to practice the different ways to submit their exam responses.

• The demo will help students confirm that their testing device will be able to access and run the online exam.
• If students can’t access the demo, the final slide of the Testing Guide can help students troubleshoot.
• The sample content in the demo will be the same for all users and isn't a practice exam.
• The College Board will send students an email to remind them when the demo is available.
• Students are encouraged to take this important preparation step.

Online AP Classes and Review Sessions prep week:

• The week before exams (May 4-8), online AP classes will focus on the exam day experience and sample exam questions.

Not Receiving College Board Emails?

If any of your students are having difficulty receiving College Board emails, follow the steps on the "Confirm your email address" page.

Information for AP Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, and Spanish Language and Culture Exams

The above exams will be administered using a new dedicated app, the AP World Languages Exam App.

• Students taking these exams must use this app on smartphones or tablets.
• This free app will be available for download from the Apple App Store and Google Play Store the week of May 11.
• The College Board will email students and their teachers to let them know when the app is available to download. Visit the College Board site for more details.
• A video walk-through of the test-taking experience will be available the week of May 4.
• If students are unsure about accessing the app, or don’t have a device, fill out this survey as soon as possible so The College Board can help (applicable to U.S. and U.S. territories).

Information for AP Music Theory Exams

Before exam day, students will need to print or hand-copy the 2020 Music Theory Answer Sheet and gain access to an audio recording app or software before exam day. Please see more information on the website.

GO Falcons! Reach out to your AP teacher if you need support!

• Free, optional remote learning
• At-home AP testing
• Live AP Lesson review

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College Board has indicated these options will give students the opportunity to earn the college credit and placement they've been working toward all year. 

The College Board AP Program will invest heavily over the next month in the following ways:

• For the 2019-20 exam administration only, students can take a 45-minute online exam at home. Educator-led development committees are currently selecting the exam questions that will be administered. 
• Some students may want to take the exam sooner rather than later, while the content is still fresh. Other students may want more time to practice. For each AP subject, there will be two different testing dates.
• AP curricula are locally developed and the College Board defers to local decisions on how best to help students complete coursework. To be fair to all students, some of whom have lost more instructional time than others, the College Board has indicated the exam will only include topics and skills most AP teachers and students have already covered in class by early March. 
• Per the College Board announcement, colleges support this solution and are committed to ensuring that AP students receive the credit they've worked this year to earn. They indicated for decades, colleges have accepted a shortened AP Exam for college credit when groups of students have experienced emergencies.

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Devices & Connectivity

• The College Board advised students will be able to take these streamlined exams on any device they have access to—computer, tablet, or smartphone. Taking a photo of handwritten work will also be an option.
• It was recognized by the College Board that the digital divide could prevent some low-income and rural students from participating. Working with partners, they will invest so these students have the tools and connectivity they need to review AP content online and take the exam. If your student(s) need mobile tools or connectivity, you can reach out directly to College Board to let them know at https://collegeboard.tfaforms.net/74?SFMC_cid=EM288604-&rid=32499130.

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Cheating & Plagiarism

• The exam questions are designed in ways that prevent cheating. The College Board uses a range of digital security tools and techniques, including plagiarism detection software, to protect the integrity of the exams. Scoring at-home work for an AP Exam isn't new to the AP Program. For years the AP Program has received and scored at-home student work as part of the exams for the AP Computer Science Principles and AP Capstone™ courses.

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Free Resources Through Exam Day & Cancellations

• The College Board will continue to support students with free resources through exam day. And while they encourage students to wait until closer to the test date to decide, any student already registered for an exam can choose to cancel at no charge. WHS is currently waiting for more information regarding how to handle cancellation requests at this time, as that information has not yet been provided by the College Board.

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Scope of Content

• Information about the reduced scope of content that will be covered on each 2020 AP Exam is currently posted on AP Central at https://apcentral.collegeboard.org/about-ap/news-changes/coronavirus-update?SFMC_cid=EM288604-&rid=32499130.
• The specific test dates and the free-response question types were posted by April 3. The College Board will also unlock any relevant free-response questions in AP Classroom for digital use so students can access all practice questions of the type that will appear on the exam. 

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Daily Online Review AP Classes

Beginning on Wednesday, March 25, students and schools will have access to free, live AP review lessons, delivered by AP teachers from across the country. The lessons will focus on reviewing the skills and concepts from the first 75% of the course. These mobile-friendly classes are: 

• Designed to be used alongside work that may be given by schools. 
• Recorded and will be available on-demand so teachers and students can access them any time.
• Not dependent on current AP teachers continuing instruction. The College Board recognizes many AP teachers now face challenges that would make that impossible.

View the schedule at https://apstudents.collegeboard.org/coronavirus-updates#free-ap-classes.

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Further College Board AP Exam Updates

As College Board has additional information and resources, they will update the webpage below and share updates by email, the online AP communities, and our social media channels:

https://apcentral.collegeboard.org/about-ap/news-changes/coronavirus-update?SFMC_cid=EM288604-&rid=32499130

Message from NSD CTE Director Damen Schuneman This email provides key information about the 2020 AP® Exams as of 4/10/2020 and sent to all Regional Superintendents, Principals, AP Coordinators, AP Teachers and AP students (via Total Registration). An email was recently sent to you about AP's commitment to provide free, remote learning resources and a new at-home testing option for this year's AP Exams. As promised, additional details are now available, and additional information will be provided  in the weeks leading up to the exams. The best place to find the most up to date information on all things related to the 2020 Advanced Placement Exams is on the AP website here https://apcoronavirusupdates.collegeboard.org. A great resource for hearing more about this year's AP Exams is the pre recorded webinar resource by Trevor Packer, College Board's Senior Vice President for Advanced Placement Program and Instruction which can be found on the website above. Below are key bullet points of information to provide you with updated information on AP exam details, learning resources, and additional supports for students with testing accommodations.

EXAM DATES:  Exams will be given from May 11-22. Each exam is scheduled at a designated time and date worldwide and will not conflict with another exam. It is strongly suggested that all students test during this time frame in case of technical difficulties so they can test during the make up if need be. View the AP Exam schedule here https://apcoronavirusupdates.collegeboard.org/students/taking-ap-exams/ap-exam-schedule Make up exams will be available for each subject from June 1-5. There are no other scheduled testing dates after June 5. In late April, AP will provide all students and educators with information on how to access the testing system on test day, and video demonstrations so that students can familiarize themselves with the system prior to testing. EXAM FORMAT Most exams will have one or two free-response questions, and each question will be timed separately. Students will need to write and submit their responses within the allotted time for each question. For specific information on each exam, click here: https://apcoronavirusupdates.collegeboard.org/educators/taking-the-exams/ap-exam-schedule#courseSpecific Exams will be online and students will be able to take exams on any device they have access to (computer recommended). They'll be able to type and upload their responses or write responses by hand and submit a photo via their cell phones if needed. For most subjects, the exams will be 45 minutes long, plus an additional 5 minutes for uploading. Students will need to access the online testing system 30 minutes early to get set up. Certain courses—Art and Design: 2D; Art and Design: 3D; Computer Science Principles; Drawing; Research; and Seminar—will use portfolio submissions and will not have a separate online exam. All deadlines for these submissions have been extended to May 26, 2020, 11:59 p.m. ET.  Students taking world language and culture exams will complete two spoken tasks consistent with free-response questions 3 and 4 on the current AP Exam. Written responses will not be required. AP provide additional details in the coming weeks to help students prepare. Like many college-level exams, this year's AP Exams will be open book/open note. The exam format and questions are being designed specifically for an at-home administration, so points will not be earned from content that can be found in textbooks or online. However, students taking the exams may not consult with any other individuals during the testing period.  AP is confident that the vast majority of AP students will follow the rules for taking the exams. For the small number of students who may try to gain an unfair advantage, they have a comprehensive and strict set of protocols in place to prevent and detect cheating.  At a minimum, test takers should understand that those attempting to gain an unfair advantage will either be blocked from testing or their AP scores will be canceled, and their high school will be notified as will colleges or other organizations to which the student has already sent any College Board scores (including SAT® scores). And they may be prohibited from taking a future Advanced Placement® Exam as well as the SAT, SAT Subject Tests™, or CLEP® assessments. STUDENTS WITH TESTING ACCOMMODATIONS Students will be able to take online AP Exams with College Board–approved accommodations such as extended time. AP will be providing more details soon. EXAM SCORES AND COLLEGE CREDIT As usual, students' work will be scored by AP's network of college faculty and AP teachers, and will be reported on a 1–5 scale. AP anticipates releasing scores as close to the usual July timeframe as possible. AP confidently states that the vast majority of higher ed institutions will award college credit as they have in the past per conversations with hundreds of institutions across the country that support our solution for this year's AP Exams.  Students will be able to submit scores to colleges of their choice once scores are reported. More information on this will be provided by AP at a later time. AP will also provide every AP teacher with their students' responses from the online exams by May 26. Administrators and teachers can individually determine whether they'd like to use these results locally as part of a course grade or as a final exam.  EXAM REFUNDS Students who decide not test can request a full refund (less transaction fee) by logging into their Total Registration account and simply requesting a refund for exam(s) they have registered for. Students, if you are 100% certain you no longer wish to take an exam(s), you can request an exam registration cancelation. Once you decided to cancel your exam, you will not be able to re-register for that exam. Go to https://user.totalregistration.net/student/login.php and log in using the email address and password for your Total Registration account. Once logged in, click the Exam Cancellation Request link and follow the prompts to complete your request.  ADDING EXAMS Students are not allowed to add or register for any additional exams. The last day to register for any AP exam was March 13, 2020. LEARNING RESOURCES AND TEST PREP: Additional resources for learning resources and test preparation can be found on the AP Youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/user/advancedplacement ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: AP has added frequently asked questions to the site so you can find answers to important topics, including information for students with accommodations, details about exam fees and cancellations, credit and placement, calculator policies, and more. AP will continue to make updates and share online https://apcoronavirusupdates.collegeboard.org/faqs Damen Schuneman Director Career and College Readiness 425-408-7718 dschuneman@nsd.org  http://go.nsd.org/ccr

Canceling and Refunds

Students who decide not test can request a full refund (less transaction fee) by logging into their Total Registration account and simply requesting a refund for exam(s) they have registered for. Students, if you are 100% certain you no longer wish to take an exam(s), you can request an exam registration cancelation. Once you decided to cancel your exam, you will not be able to re-register for that exam. Go to https://user.totalregistration.net/student/login.php and log in using the email address and password for your Total Registration account. Once logged in, click the Exam Cancellation Request link and follow the prompts to complete your request.