Advanced Placement Exams in DoDEA

Advanced Placement Program

AP Exams are standardized exams designed to measure how well students mastered the content and skills of a specific AP course. Most AP courses have an end-of-year digital exam, but a few courses are still being migrated from paper pencil to digital and some courses have different ways to assess what students have learned--for example, AP Art and Design students submit a portfolio of work for scoring.

All DoDEA Advanced Placement (AP) courses are approved by College Board's curriculum requirements via the AP course audit designation. AP courses are designed to meet the same college-level criteria across all high schools. Curricular requirements represent the core elements of the AP courses and are derived from the College Board's AP course descriptions which offers college-level curricula and examinations to high school students. All DoDEA AP teachers have approved AP course audits allowing them to teach the core College Board AP course/class curricula requirements.

Student Participation

All high school students enrolled in an AP course are encouraged to take the corresponding AP Exam. AP exams are administered each year in May.

• AP Exam Only Request - High school students not currently enrolled in a DoDEA AP course(s) who wish to take the regularly scheduled AP Exam and are eligible for tuition-free enrollment in a DoDEA school should have their parent/sponsor contact the school to submit a written request to the principal.
• Late AP Exam Request - If a high school student has an unusual circumstance that prevents them from participating during the regularly scheduled AP Exam, the parent/sponsor must submit a written request to the principal for Late AP Exam approval.

AP Exam Score Report Results

College Board releases AP Exam scores in July. Students may access their exam score reports through their College Board account. The high school principals and AP teachers may also access their students' AP Exam Score Reports through their educator College Board accounts. College Board provides various resources to the score reports for educators, students, and parents at the following links:

• If students have a College Board account, they can access their score reports through Student Score Reports 
• AP Score Reports for Educators portal is available and can be accessed at Score Report for Educators 
• AP Exam Summary Reports: https://apcentral.collegeboard.org/exam-administration-ordering-scores/scores/available-reports/summary-reports

Resources for Teachers, Parents and Students

Parents are encouraged to be involved in their student's Advanced Placement courses, noting important dates and information relating to the AP Exam administration

• Additional parent information is found at College Board website Advanced placement - For Parents & Guardians - The College Board
• Information on a student toolkit, features / benefits, and helpful tips are located athttps://apcentral.collegeboard.org/scores/access-delivery/helping-students 
• Teacher resource links: https://ap.collegeboard.org/

Contact Information

Please, contact your child's AP teacher and/or the high school administrator with any questions regarding the AP Program and AP Exam.

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