College Board Exam Format Information
Bluebook App is available to download now. Once it’s installed, students can go to Practice and Prepare to access test previews. Test previews are available for select subjects, and previews for all 28 digital AP Exams will be available later in the year.
The following exams will be fully digital (students complete multiple-choice and free-response questions in Bluebook - digital exam app, with all responses automatically submitted at the end of the exam):
AP African American Studies (U.S. schools only)
AP Art History
AP Comparative Government and Politics
AP Computer Science A
AP Computer Science Principles
AP English Language and Composition
AP English Literature and Composition
AP European History
AP Human Geography
AP Psychology
AP United States History
AP Chinese Language and Culture (digital exam, but not in Bluebook)
The following exams will be digital hybrid (students complete multiple-choice questions and view free-response questions in Bluebook - digital exam app. They handwrite their free-response answers in paper exam booklets that are returned for scoring ):
AP Biology
AP Calculus AB
AP Calculus BC
AP Chemistry
AP Physics C: Mechanics
AP Statistics
The following exams will be paper and pencil:
AP French Language and Culture
AP Italian Language and Culture
AP Music Theory
AP Spanish Language and Culture
Bluebook digital testing is user-friendly and designed to keep testing smooth and secure.
Exams can be taken on Mac and Windows devices, iPads (with an attached keyboard), and school-managed Chromebooks.