All AP exams will be taken at home by students using a laptop, desktop, digital tablet or cellphone with internet access, according to the College Board website. The exams will be open-resource and timed at 45 minutes with an additional five minutes for uploading documents for test submission.
College Board established new testing rules for AP exams this school year as a response to the coronavirus outbreak that has canceled in-person instruction across the nation. FISD began digital instruction, or e-learning, March 17.
The district’s AP teachers will provide specific information to students during e-learning and will prepare students for the new process leading up to the AP exams, FISD Chief Academic Officer Wes Cunningham said to the board of trustees at an April 7 meeting.
Per College Board’s website, additional changes to AP exams include:
- no multiple-choice questions, and different AP courses will have free-response questions or one document-based question;
- world language exams will only include an oral speaking component;
- U.S. history, European history and world history will include on document-based question with five documents;
- portfolio submissions for art and capstone courses have been extended to May 26; and
- students may not collaborate with other people during the exam, and protocols will be in place to monitor for academic dishonesty.
