Exams + Assessments

Advanced Placement

Advanced Placement offers both courses and exams.  There are over 35 options.

Courses can be taken online or in-person.  Exams are offered every May.   Scholars can take the exam as a "self-study" or as part of an AP course.  Scholars will register themselves in AP Classroom to get access to great resources then pay the school site for the exam to complete the exam order.  No one will know the exam score unless scholar chooses to share it - scholars can retest the following year if they don't get the score they wanted.

For more information, visit https://ap.collegeboard.org/ 


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ACT 

Juniors and Seniors may elect to take this exam because it may be needed by colleges or universities for admission. 

For more information, visit https://www.act.org/ 


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 This exam is not hosted by SDUSD.  Register directly with ACT - https://www.act.org/content/act/en/products-and-services/the-act/registration.html 

California State Seal of Biliteracy

The State Seal of Biliteracy (SSB), marked by a gold seal on the diploma or transcript, recognizes high school graduates who have attained a high level of proficiency in speaking, reading, and writing one or more languages in addition to English. 

For more information visit https://www.cde.ca.gov/sp/el/er/sealofbiliteracy.asp 


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Talk to your counselor to confirm you meet requirements.

Honors

Honors courses are courses that offer students more challenging, in-depth study of a topic.  In order to give the weighted (GPA boost), students must complete an end-of-course exam or project. 

For more information visit https://sites.google.com/sandi.net/advancedstudiestoolboxstudents/honors


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Talk to your counselor about honors course enrollment.

International Baccalaureate

SDUSD proudly offers 8 International Baccalaureate schools, which are world-famous rigorous whole-child educational programmes.  The aim of all IB programmes is to develop internationally minded people who, recognizing their common humanity and shared guardianship of the planet, help to create a better and more peaceful world.  

For more information visit https://ibo.org/ 


INTERESTED? 

You are invited to visit any of the IB schools to learn more and inquire about enrollment. 

NEWL

For scholars fluent in Portuguese, Russian, Arabic and Korean - there is a world language exam for you!  Modeled after Advanced Placement exams, scholars can earn college credit by scoring well on the exam.  SDUSD will process the registrations but all testing will be done at San Diego State University LARC center in late April.  Practice exams begin in March.

For more information, visit https://www.americancouncils.org/national-examinations-world-languages-newl 


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Complete the exam request form so we can reigster you and send you an invoice to pay.

PSAT 10

 This exam is ONLY for 10th graders.  This is an official practice exam for the SAT.  All exams are digital now and students will use their SDUSD Chromebook's Bluebook app to take the exam.  Exams are offered school days in March and April.

For more information visit https://satsuite.collegeboard.org/psat-10 


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Please use the form to request an exam and we will contact you with details.

PSAT / NMSQT

 This exam is ONLY for 11th graders.  This is an official practice exam for the SAT and the only way to enter into the National Merit Scholarship.  All exams are digital now and students will use their SDUSD Chromebook's Bluebook app to take the exam.  Exams are offered school days in October.

For more information visit https://satsuite.collegeboard.org/psat-nmsqt 


INTERESTED? 

Please use the form to request an exam and we will contact you with details.

SAT 

Juniors and Seniors may elect to take this exam because it may be needed by colleges or universities for admission. 

For more information, visit https://satsuite.collegeboard.org/sat 


INTERESTED?

This exam is not hosted by SDUSD.  Register directly with SAT - https://satsuite.collegeboard.org/sat/registration