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The AP Program supports a teacher's choice in selecting the professional learning experience best suited for them. Both professional learning opportunities offer in-depth exploration of the core document for the course, which is the AP course and exam description.

The AP Project Based Learning Series is a one-year highly interactive and ongoing professional development experience. This program includes a Summer Institute and follow-up workshops that focus on implementing this project based curriculum. This series is available for two AP subjects: Environmental Science and U.S. Government and Politics.

In contrast, traditional AP Summer Institutes are 30 or more hours of content-rich professional learning designed to strengthen how participants teach their AP courses. Participants leave with ready-to-use strategies and pedagogical tools shared by an experienced AP educator and explore these AP resources in depth: unit guides, topic questions, progress checks, the AP Question Bank, instructional planning reports, syllabus development guides, sample syllabi, and the AP Community.

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Teachers, learn about the benefits of project-based learning in your AP classroom, and register for summer workshops.

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Project based learning can help develop the inquiry skills to take on real-world challenges and prepare your students for the future. Did you know these AP courses lend themselves to a project based learning model of instruction?

In addition, these AP courses use projects and performance tasks as part of a student's final AP Exam score:

AP Seminar and AP Research. These interdisciplinary courses are part of the AP Capstone Diploma™ Program and focus on developing students' skills in research, analysis, collaboration, writing, and presentation.

AP Computer Science Principles. Whether students want to pursue a career in computer science, medicine, fashion, or engineering, this AP course can help them prepare and learn how to build real-world solutions. No prior coding knowledge is needed for this course.

AP Art and Design Courses. In an AP Art and Design course, students develop the skills that artists and designers use, and create a portfolio of work that is assessed to produce their AP score.

Please note: this instructional model is a personal choice and not a curricular requirement.
Powerful new research examining AP Environmental Science and AP U.S. Government and Politics shows that project based learning can significantly improve performance on the AP Exam. Connect with a community of AP teachers who are bringing AP Project Based Learning to their classrooms for these courses through the AP Project Based Learning Series.

See the AP course and exam pages for more details on all AP courses.

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Project based learning can help develop the inquiry skills to take on real-world challenges and prepare your students for the future.

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2023 Ohio AP Student Success Summit Day 1.pdf

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We are looking forward to engaging with you at the upcoming AP Student Success Summit November 2-3 at the Hilton Easton in Columbus. Please complete this survey prior to the event to provide our planning team with important information to ensure the sessions and resources provided meet the needs of participants.

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We are looking forward to engaging with you at the upcoming AP Student Success Summit November 2-3 at the Hilton Easton in Columbus. Please complete this survey prior to the event to provide our planning team with important information to ensure the sessions and resources provided meet the needs of participants.

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Please submit any questions you would like posed to the group for our discussion on Friday.

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Supporting Students from Day One to Exam Day

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Course materials, exam information, and professional learning opportunities for AP teachers and coordinators.

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AP Potential is a free, online tool that allows schools to generate rosters of students who are likely to score a 3 or higher on a given AP® Exam based on their performance on the PSAT/NMSQT®, PSAT™ 8/9, PSAT™ 10, or SAT®.

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AP Potential is a free, online tool that allow schools to generate rosters of students who are likely to score 3 or higher on a given AP exam.

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Plan for life after high school. Compare colleges. Explore career possibilities. Learn about financial aid and scholarships.

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English 10 AP Seminar Instructional Guide

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Learn how to match AP courses with potential majors and careers

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Connect AP to Majors and Careers – AP Students | College Board

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You can choose an AP course based on what subjects you’re passionate about.

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Your AP scores could earn you college credit or advanced placement (meaning you could skip certain courses in college). Use this tool to find colleges that offer credit or placement for AP scores.

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AP Credit Policy Search - AP Students | College Board

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Many students check the AP credit policies of colleges they plan to apply to before deciding which AP course to take.

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Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate Test Fee Reimbursement | Ohio Department of Education

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The Ohio Department of Education believes that Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate and the College-Level Examination Program are important parts of high school improvement and academic achievement. Consequently, the Department is providing funds to reduce the costs of the Advanced Placem…

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These studies compare the subsequent course performance of AP Exam takers who placed out of an introductory college course to students who did not take the AP Exam and completed the introductory course at their respective institutions.

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Advanced Placement and Academic Preparation

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View these reports that examine the relationship between AP coursework and student postsecondary outcomes.

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The AP Program compiles a vast amount of data each year on AP Exam participation, performance, and volume that can be used to compare exam takers worldwide. Available in both PDF and Excel formats, the reports include detailed data separated into categories that can be used to evaluate relative performance during a single school year or over a span of years.

National and State Data

Fair access to advanced courses is a priority for the AP Program. These reports are designed to equip policymakers, school officials, and advocates with the information they need to measure progress in providing students with preparation for, and access to, AP courses.

Summary Reports

The following reports provide a broad overview of AP Program participation. PDFs require  Adobe Reader  (latest version recommended).

Score Distributions

These reports include detailed information about which AP scores were earned.

Exam Volume

The reports below show how the AP Program has grown.

Other Information and Data

These reports provide supplemental information.

We are streamlining how we report data on our programs and services, including AP data. On the AP Program Results site, you can find links to extensive reporting on AP participation and performance of graduating classes as well as AP Exam administrations. If there is a data point that isn't available here, please follow the instructions below and we will do our best to fulfill your request.

Requests from schools, districts, and state departments of education should be made through the College Board regional offices.

All other requests should be made via this form.

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View archived reports that contain information about participation in the AP Program, performance on individual exams, changes in exam volume, and much more.

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English 10: AP Seminar – AP Central | College Board

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English 10: AP Seminar builds foundational writing, collaboration, research, and presentation skills.

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AP Computer Science Principles (AP CSP) and AP Computer Science A (AP CSA) can help students understand how computing and technology influence the world around us.

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Adopt AP Precalculus- AP Central | College Board

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AP Precalculus prepares a wider range of students to succeed in math they'll encounter in college. Find information about the course for teachers and AP coordinators.

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A rich and inspiring exploration of African American history and culture.

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Learning Opportunities for AP Coordinators

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Learning Opportunities for AP Coordinators

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AP Coordinator's Manual, Part 2

It's party time! Bring your highlighters, sticky notes, and printed copy of the 2022-23 AP Coordinator's Manual, Part 2. AP coordinators celebrate for the first time ever over Zoom and collectively review the manual together. You'll hear directly from one of the editors as we discuss key information for the spring.

New coordinators: Here's a head start you won't want to miss.
Experienced coordinators: Here's a collaborative way to have fun with something you already do.

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Learning Opportunities for AP Coordinators

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AP Coordinator's Manual, Part 2 It's party time! Bring your highlighters, sticky notes, and printed copy of the 2022-23 AP Coordinator's Manual, Part 2. AP coordinators celebrate for the first time ever over Zoom and collectively review the manual together. You'll hear directly from one of the editors as we discuss key information for the spring.

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Digital AP Exams will be available for select AP subjects in May 2024.

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Practice Options

Navigate to Practice and Prepare on the Bluebook™ homepage to find two ways to practice for your digital test: test previews and full-length practice tests.

Test Previews

A test preview is a short set of questions that lets you experience digital testing and try out all the tools. You won't receive scores or any feedback on your answers.

Test previews are untimed. On test day, a timer will be running.

You may use assistive technology with a test preview. If you're approved for extra time or breaks, you'll get them on test day but not in the test preview.

Test previews are available for:

Note: This test preview features SAT questions, but students taking any test in the SAT Suite-SAT, PSAT/NMSQT, PSAT 10, or PSAT 8/9-can take this test preview to get a sense of the kind of questions they'll see on test day.

Full-Length Practice Test

Full-length practice tests are timed like real tests, except you can move forward from one section to the next before time expires.

If you test with accommodations, you can select your accommodation when setting up the practice test and see how it will work on test day.

Full-length practice tests are scored. After you complete a practice test in Bluebook, your scores will be available o n My Practice.

Full-length practice tests are available for:

SAT

PSAT/NMSQT and PSAT 10

PSAT 8/9

Note: Full-length practice tests are not available for AP Exams in Bluebook. You can find other practice resources in AP Classroom.

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Practice - Bluebook for Students | College Board

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See what it's like to take a digital exam by practicing on the Bluebook application.

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Get the key facts about digital AP Exams to help you decide if digital testing is a good fit for your school.

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AP Student Recruitment Hub – AP Central | College Board

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Find downloadable handouts, web pages, videos, and other resources to help recruit students to your AP program. Keep scrolling for course-specific resources.

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The AP Program offers college-level courses and exams that you can take in high school. Taking AP courses and exams in high school could give you an advantage in college by letting you: Earn College Credit and Placement Save Money and Time Stand Out to Colleges Keep Your Options Open Nearly all colleges and universities in the United States grant credit and placement for qualifying AP scores.

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Share your videos with friends, family, and the world

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AP US Government CED - Updated with Projects

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AP US Government CED - Updated with Projects

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AP PBL and Knowledge in Action Partnership

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AP PBL and Knowledge in Action Partnership

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Saavedra, A.R., Liu Y., Haderlein, S.K., Rapaport, A., Garland, M., Hoepfner, D., Morgan, K.L., & Hu, A. (February 2021). Knowledge in Action Efficacy Study Over Two Years. USC Dornsife Center for Economic and Social Research.

Knowledge in Action is a project-based learning approach to Advanced Placement (AP). Developers designed KIA intervention-comprised of curriculum, instructional materials, and robust professional development supports for teachers-to bolster students' deeper understanding of content and skills. A randomized controlled trial efficacy evaluation of the Knowledge in Action intervention was conducted in 2016-17 with a follow-up study of RCT schools in 2017-18. This report describes the study motivation, context, research methods, results, and implications.

Terada, Y. (2021). New Research Makes a Powerful Case for PBL. Edutopia.org.

Two new gold-standard studies provide compelling evidence that project-based learning is an effective strategy for all students-including historically marginalized ones.

Saavedra, A.R., Liu Y., Haderlein, S.K., Rapaport, A., Garland, M., Hoepfner, D., Morgan, K.L., Hu, A., & Lucas Education Research. (2021). Project-Based Learning Boosts Student Achievement in AP Courses. Lucas Education Research.

This brief examines the findings of a study conducted by researchers at the University of Southern California examining a project-based approach to Advanced Placement courses. The randomized study found the proportion of students earning a credit-qualifying score on the AP test was 8 percentage points higher in the project-based version of the course, as compared to traditional instruction, after teachers had been teaching with the Knowledge in Action (KIA) program for a year. The gain was estimated to be 10-percentage points higher after teachers used the curriculum and related supports for two years.

The researchers examined the impact of project-based learning on AP U.S. Government and AP Environmental Science courses in five predominantly urban districts around the country. A higher proportion of the students were from low-income households than is typical of the AP test-taking community. That's notable, as policymakers and educators are trying to get more unrepresented students enrolled in and passing AP courses.

Tierney, G., Goodell, A., Bobbitt Nolen, S., Lee, N., Whitfield, L., & Abbott, R.D. (2018). (Re)Designing for engagement in a project-based AP environmental science course. The Journal of Experimental Education. DOI:10.1080/00220973.2018.1535479

This paper describes a three-year, design-based research project to
redesign a year-long, project-based advanced placement environmental
science course to better support student engagement and the development of environmental citizen identities.

Parker, W.C., & Lo, J. C. (2016). Reinventing the High School Government Course: Rigor, Simulations, and Learning from Text. Democracy and Education, 24 (1), Article 6.

Read about Knowledge in Action, a pedagogical model that centers on a rigorous form of project-based learning in which the projects are weeks-long simulations.

Lucas Education Research. (2015). AP Teacher Perspectives on Project-Based Learning in the Knowledge in Action Curriculum: Key Findings from Teacher Survey Study. Lucasedresearch.org.

Educators see project-based learning as a means of meeting increasing expectations for depth and breadth of student knowledge in AP courses; the KIA curricula were developed to support this goal and create more engaged and rigorous classroom environments.

Parker, W. C., Lo, J., Yeo, A. J., Valencia, S. W., Nguyen, D., Abbott, R. D., Nolen, S. B., Bransford, J. D., & Vye, N. J. (2013). Beyond Breadth-Speed-Test: Toward Deeper Knowing and Engagement in an Advanced Placement Course. American Educational Research Journal. doi.org/10.3102/0002831213504237

Read about a mixed-methods design experiment that aims to achieve deeper learning in a breadth-oriented, college-preparatory course-AP U.S. Government and Politics.

Parker, W., Mosborg, S., Bransford, J., Vye, N., Wilkerson, J., & Abbott, R. (2011). Rethinking advanced high school coursework: tackling the depth/breadth tension in the AP US Government and Politics course. Journal of Curriculum Studies, 43 (4).

This paper reports a design experiment that attempted to strike a balance between coverage and learning in an exam-oriented, college-preparatory, high school course-Advanced Placement (AP) US Government and Politics.

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Knowledge in Action - Lucas Education Research

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The Knowledge in Action project is an Advanced Placement focused high school program developed by the University of Washington. It includes courses for AP U.S. Government and Politics, AP Environmental Science, and AP Physics. Research suggests that a project-based learning approach can be applied to rigorous high school courses to promote depth of learning while still covering essential content.

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Sprocket is a no-cost online portal for teachers to access full year project-based learning courses.

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Career Kickstart – AP Central | College Board

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Career Kickstart aspires to expand the successful AP model to the career and technical education space by offering high schools a new set of career-oriented courses and exams.

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In the fall of 2024, Career Kickstart will launch a pilot program-an opportunity for 150 high schools to test our course framework for Cybersecurity 1: Networking Fundamentals. Applications are now open to districts, schools, and teachers.

The pilot application is open to schools, districts, and teachers in all U.S. states and the District of Columbia, but applicants in Colorado, Tennessee, Kentucky, Texas, and North Carolina are preferred.

Participant Profile

Here's what we're looking for in pilot teachers:

Teaching Experience: You're currently teaching, or have recently taught, a course in networking, cybersecurity, or computer science.

Commitment: You're excited to participate and will complete the course with your students so they can take the exam at the end of the year, if they choose.

Collaboration: You enjoy (and have experience) working with other teachers to build and improve your course, share ideas, and learn from their practice. You believe that no one has a monopoly on the right idea and that students benefit when educators work together.

Engagement: You understand the importance of and are skilled at building student relationships. You encourage student voice and choice, and you prepare lessons that prioritize high levels of engagement.

Applied Learning: You believe that students learn by doing and need to engage in productive struggle. You're comfortable (and have experience) using a project- or problem-based instructional approach.

Innovation: You value creativity in the classroom, and you innovate in your instructional practices. You're unafraid to try new techniques or strategies and encourage students to take risks. You recognize that innovation is an iterative process of improvement.

Equity: You believe that every student can be successful, and you provide the support needed to ensure all students have equitable access to instructional content.

Curiosity: You're interested in technology: how it works, why it sometimes doesn't work, and how to fix it. You see yourself as a co-learner with students.

2024-25 Pilot Commitments

Schools or districts will:

Formally enroll in the pilot by reviewing and submitting a participation contract.

Identify a teacher who will participate in training in July 2024 and teach the pilot course during the 2024-25 school year.

Send the teacher to a multiday Career Kickstart Summer Institute (CKSI) July 15-19, 2024. Tuition is $600. College Board will cover all travel expenses associated with attending.

Encourage students to take the course assessment.

We encourage participating high schools to provide students with the GPA benefits they'd get by taking any AP course.

Teachers will:

Use the Career Kickstart Cybersecurity 1: Networking Fundamentals course framework and administer the course assessment for the 2024-25 school year.

Use Career Kickstart instructional supports and lesson plans.

Participate in the online Career Kickstart pilot teacher community.

Attend a multiday Career Kickstart Summer Institute (CKSI) July 15-19, 2024.

Provide regular feedback on the course framework and pilot.

How to Apply

Interested schools, districts, and teachers should apply by December 15, 2023:

Before applying, please read the participant profile and pilot commitments above. Completing an application does not obligate you to participate.

If your application is accepted, you'll receive an email notification in January 2024.

Questions? Get in Touch

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College Ready vs College Eligible Inventory

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College Ready vs College Eligible Inventory

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How Pre-AP Works

Students learn the skills they need to succeed in college and careers: reading for evidence, crafting sentences that support claims, interpreting data, and making sense of the world with quantitative information. Teachers use a focused framework supported by engaging, grade-appropriate content.

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The Pre-AP program offers students the opportunity to build skills for success in AP, college, and beyond.

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What Is Pre-AP?

Open to all students, Pre-AP is a grade-level program usually taught in grades 9 and 10 though some schools offer these high-school level courses in middle school. Pre-AP courses:

Are back-mapped from AP courses and provide students with the content, skills, and practices for success in AP

Do not provide college credit or require a final exam

Offer a consistent instructional model of plan, teach, assess, and reflect, which provides continuity for students and teachers across all courses

What Is AP?

AP-Advanced Placement®-courses give high school students an opportunity to do college-level coursework and are often taught in grades 10, 11, and 12. Students take AP because:

College admissions officers look for challenging courses-such as AP classes-on applications.

Many colleges grant credit and/or placement in advanced classes when a student earns a qualifying score on an AP Exam.

AP courses help students build academic skills they'll need to succeed in college.

How Pre-AP Prepares Students for AP

In Pre-AP, students have frequent opportunities to engage deeply with texts, sources, and data, as well as compelling higher-order questions and problems. Across Pre-AP courses, students experience instructional practices and routines that help them develop the important critical thinking skills needed to succeed in AP.

Pre-AP frameworks are back-mapped from AP expectations: Students begin building skills before they enter their first AP course.

Pre-AP performance tasks model AP free-response questions (FRQ): Students and teachers can evaluate student performance in ways not provided by multiple-choice assessments.

Pre-AP promotes equity: As a grade-level program, Pre-AP closes the opportunity gap for all students.

Pre-AP to AP Course Map

Pre-AP courses are directly back-mapped from specific AP courses and often include strong connections to multiple AP courses.

How Does Pre-AP Set Up Students for Success in AP Capstone Courses?

AP Capstone™ is a diploma program based on two yearlong AP courses: AP Seminar and AP Research. These courses are designed to complement other AP courses: Instead of teaching specific subject knowledge, AP Seminar and AP Research use an interdisciplinary approach to develop the critical thinking, research, collaboration, time management, and presentation skills students need for college-level work.

Pre-AP and AP Capstone share basic learning tenets and methodologies, providing a natural bridge for students to succeed in AP Capstone.

Both programs:

Are designed to prepare students for challenging high school and college coursework, career, and beyond

Have student-centered courses that emphasize key critical thinking, collaboration, and speaking and listening skills students need for college-level work

Provide high-quality instruction and assessments designed to serve all students

Offer professional learning opportunities for teachers

Provide schools with academic distinction because both programs are widely recognized for their skills focus and innovation

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How the two College Board programs support each other-and how they're different.

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Each of the 12 available Pre-AP courses is designed to help students learn the concepts and develop the critical thinking skills essential to achieving academic success in AP courses, college-and beyond.

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Links to descriptions of the 12 available Pre-AP courses in Math, English Language Arts, Science, World History and Geography, and the Arts.

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Online User Manuals for Pre-AP Classroom

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Find links to online user guides that will help you access the Pre-AP Program's digital platform, complete tasks, and collaborate with peers.