AP Test Update + AP Classroom Practice

This update is really for people taking the exam. If you're not, just ignore this one.

From the College Board:

Two Days Before Each Exam

• Confirm that registered students have located their e-ticket. Two days before each exam, students will receive an email with their unique exam e-ticket that includes their AP ID. On exam day, students will use their e-ticket to access the exam. If a student hasn't received their exam e-ticket by email, they can access it through their student account on My AP. E-tickets are nontransferable and shouldn't be shared with anyone. Students who haven't been receiving College Board emails still have time to confirm their contact information.

• Remind your students to complete the AP Exam Day Checklist (.pdf/513.39 KB) for each exam they're taking. Students should complete this checklist and keep a printed or handwritten copy with them for reference during testing. Completing the checklist will help students feel confident they're set up for success.

On Exam Day

• Remind students to click their e-ticket to check in 30 minutes before exam start time. Students should allot 80 minutes for each exam—30 minutes to enter their AP ID, name, and other information, and 50 minutes to draft and submit their responses. Make sure your students know their local testing time, since each subject's exam will be taken simultaneously worldwide.

• Ensure your students know what to do if something goes wrong. If a student accidentally closes the browser, their device crashes, or they temporarily lose internet access, they can quickly click their exam e-ticket again to return to the exam. They should continue the exam, and if they feel at the end of the exam that the temporary disruption negatively impacted their performance, they can request approval to take the makeup exam at cb.org/requestmakeup. Students can also request a makeup exam if they've lost too much time due to a technical problem, can't connect to their exam, or experienced some other serious disruption.

Practice Problems in AP Classroom

Remember that there are practice problems in AP Classroom, which you can access through your student account on My AP.

There are three places you can find practice problems: Assignments, Optional Student Practice, and Progress Checks. When you submit an FRQ, I will then have to grade it. I think I have found all the ones that people have submitted so far, so go take a look if you've submitted any in the past.

I will check for submitted FRQs often in the next couple of days, but if you think I've missed yours email me directly.

If you just want to see the answers for the FRQs, then submit them blank. I will "score" them as zeros, but then you'll be able to see the scoring guide.

Please email or Remind me if you need help with any AP prep. We can also schedule a meeting on Zoom if you think that would help. Please note that tomorrow the teachers are going into school to clean their rooms for the summer, so I will be unavailable for a few hours in the late morning.

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