AP testing update

Last year, many students experienced the dull monotony of online AP Exams. While the shortened online format did lessen the amount of time spent taking exams, the condensing of all of the material into a few open response questions put more pressure on each question. Normally, there would be a multiple choice section to supplement a more robust open response section. With the usual May exam times steadily approaching, what will happen with testing this year? The College Board has recently started to answer that question. 

They released information on the testing schedule and test structure. Here are the main points:

• There will be three possible test administration periods. 

• The first one will be in school from May 3-17. 

• The second one will be either in school or at home, from May 18-28.

• The third will be solely from home, from June 1-11.

• It is up to the school to decide which of these administration periods will be offered.

• Exams will be full length and cover all course content.

You can check out the schedule here to see exactly when your AP exams would be offered, and what format they will take. 

We’ll see which test administration periods Needham chooses to employ, and see if the College Board throws any surprises our way. However, at the moment, it’s looking as though AP Exams will be much more routine than they were last year.