We are now over half way through the fall semester! We wanted to take the time to provide the IOAPA community with some resources that may be helpful for finishing the semester, as well as provide you with reminders and upcoming dates and deadlines.
There have many changes and added resources to AP® courses. Are you aware of all of these?
These changes have been implemented to make your role more streamlined from registration, to exam ordering, to test day.
- Click here to access a handout is quick guide to the new changes to AP® for AP® Coordinators.
- Click here for access to the AP® Coordinators Manual Part I (Part II will come out in March). This manual includes:
- What is new for 2019-2020
- 2020 AP® Exam schedule
- Exam ordering policies and deadlines
- Instructions about new exam registration and ordering processes
AP® Exam Registration and Ordering
Do you have questions with the new AP® Exam ordering process?
You will use your AP® student roster to update exam ordering information, including SSD accommodations, for each student. For more information, click here to watch a quick and helpful video from the College Board and click here for more detailed instructions.
What about my students who will only enroll in a one-term, spring semester course?
- When students get enrolled into their spring semester courses with IOAPA, the AP® Coordinator will create the exam only sections for those students. There should not be a need to denote those sections as “second semester.”
- APEX and Edhesive will enroll those students into “second semester” AP® Classroom sections on the College Board site.
- When the school’s AP® Coordinator orders the exams for the one-term, spring semester students, the AP® Exam registration deadline is March 13, 2020.
Why did the College Board switch to ordering AP® Exams in the fall semester?
The College Board implemented a pilot program for fall AP® exam registration that included more than 800 schools and 180,000 AP® students in the fall of the 2018-2019 school year. Below is what the College Board noticed:
- Students and teachers reported the students were more invested, committed, engaged, and focused.
- When students register for the AP® Exam in the fall, 15% more students completed the exam.
- Students’ chances of earning a 3 or higher increase when compared to students in schools with spring registration.
- There was a 12% increase in the number of scores 3+ earned by minority students, and a 20% increase in the number of scores 3+ earned by low-income students.
For more information on the pilot study, click here, and click here to watch a short video to hear the experiences of teachers and students in the pilot study.
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