The information on this site applies to 2020 AP Exams only. See updates on 2021 AP Exams.
The coronavirus pandemic has created new challenges for schools and students. To support students in continuing their AP journey even if their school is closed, we’re offering free online AP classes and take-at-home AP Exams for 2020.
In a nationwide survey of AP students, 91% of students reported a desire to take the AP Exam at the end of the course. And nearly 90% of the 4,000 first-generation students we surveyed about their desire to take the AP Exam at home indicated they wanted to take advantage of this opportunity.
Between May 11–22, 2020, 4.6 million AP Exams were taken across 32 subjects.
5.2 million students and educators attended teacher-led AP Online Classes and Review Sessions.
To help prepare students for their AP Exams, we developed resources including a demo, a detailed walk-through video, and an exam day guide and checklist.
The May administration of the 2020 online AP Exams is complete. Makeup exams take place June 1–5. Get all the details about this year’s exams so you can support your students.
Get details on each AP Exam by course: exam dates and times, what's covered and what's not, what students need on exam day, and more.
We’ll email students their AP Exam e-tickets with their AP IDs two days before each exam. They’ll need both to access and take the exam.
Head off problems on exam day by reviewing solutions to issues with checking in, submitting responses, and more.
After students finish answering the exam question(s), they’ll attach their work to the exam and submit it for scoring. How do they do that? That depends.
For most AP Exams without portfolio components, students can attach a text file, attach a photo of their handwritten work, or copy and paste text in the exam.
For the AP Music Theory Exam, students must submit an audio file as well as a photo of handwritten work.
To take any spoken AP world language exam, students will use a free app that records and submits their response.
Use our interactive demo to see what exam day will be like. And be sure to review the steps to take to be ready for your exam.
AP Exams will be administered differently this year. Get a quick overview.
Get all the information you need about how students can prepare for and take AP Exams this year.
Find course-specific information about the 2020 AP Exams, plus resources to help your students prepare.
Learn about the changes to exam ordering, fees, and administration for this year and how your tasks will change.
Get the details about online classes for your course and find out more about taking the 2020 exam.
Get resources to support students taking AP Exams this year and to communicate the changes to students and families.
For more information about this year's exam administration, including details about exam dates, times, and tasks, view a recorded presentation by Trevor Packer, head of the AP Program.