Changes to the National AP English Exam

Changes to AP English Literature Exam

 

Due to our extraordinary circumstances, the following changes apply to the national exam for AP English Literature:

 

  1. You will take the exam at home.
  2. The exam requires use of the Internet and a computer, tablet or smart phone.
  3. You will take the exam on Wednesday, May 13th at 1:00 p.m. The make-up day for the exam is Tuesday, June 2nd.
  4. The exam is forty-five minutes long[1], with an additional five minutes allotted for uploading your response.
  5. The exam has one essay question (a response to a provided prose passage). There will be no multiple-choice questions, essay questions about poetry, or open essay questions.
  6. There are no changes to the rubric or scoring methods for the essay.
  7. You can type your response OR handwrite it, whichever you prefer.
  8. You must retrieve the exam and submit your response on the same device.

 

Coming at the end of April: more information about specific processes and security measures, video demonstrations of how to login, submit response, etc., and a practice simulation as a dry run.

 

 

 

 

 

[1] If you have a registered accommodation for extended time, that will be applied automatically to your exam.