Important Updates for AP Coordinators for 2024-25
Seating Policy Change
Starting with the May 2025 AP Exam administration, the minimum seating distance between students is 4 feet (1.2 meters) rather than 5 feet. This change is applicable to all exam subjects in all locations for all testing windows. Learn more.
Digital AP Exams
AP Chemistry Periodic Table Update (As of February 2025)
After careful consideration of AP Chemistry teachers’ concerns about the sizing of the periodic table window in Bluebook, the AP Program has decided to send printed copies of the periodic table to all schools ordering 2025 AP Chemistry Exams.
Important:
- Schools are not permitted to print any reference materials for students to use on exam day.
- Aside from the periodic table handouts, all other reference information for all digital AP Exams remains digital only. Students may only access the reference information provided through Bluebook.
28 AP Exams Go Digital in May 2025
Starting in May 2025, standard paper testing will be discontinued for 28 AP Exams—these exams will move to the Bluebook digital testing application.
Of the 28 digital AP Exams:
- 16 will be fully digital in which students complete multiple-choice and free-response questions in Bluebook, with all responses automatically submitted at the end of the exam.
- 12 will be hybrid digital in which students complete multiple-choice questions and view free-response questions in Bluebook and handwrite their free-response answers in paper exam booklets that are returned for scoring.
Learn more about digital AP Exams, including a list of the fully digital and hybrid digital subjects and answers to frequently asked questions. This site will be updated throughout the year with further details and supporting resources.
Hybrid Digital AP Exam Details
Learn more about the hybrid digital AP Exam experience at About Hybrid Digital AP Exams, which includes sample free-response booklets for each of the 12 hybrid digital AP Exam subjects.
Accommodations Updates
New AP Accommodations Guide Now Available
This all-new guide, which replaces the AP SSD Guidelines, provides comprehensive details about planning and administering AP Exams (fully digital, hybrid digital, and paper) with accommodations. Check out the guide.
Extended Time
For digital AP Exams, students with College Board–approved accommodations for extended time will have the optional ability in Bluebook to move to the next section or end testing before their full amount of extended time expires. Learn more about extended time.
Text-to-Speech (Embedded)
Bluebook will include an embedded text-to-speech (TTS) tool for students who require reading assistance as an accommodation. Learn more about text-to-speech.
Bluebook Updates
Desmos Graphing Calculator
- A built-in Desmos graphing calculator will be available as an option for 12 AP Exams through Bluebook.
- Note: The calculator policy for the 2025 AP Exams remains the same. Students can use an approved personal or school-provided calculator, and/or the built-in Desmos graphing calculator through Bluebook.
- Review the AP Calculator Policy for the complete list of approved calculators. Desmos won’t be available as an option for the AP Statistics Exam because Desmos doesn’t currently have the required statistics computational capabilities.
2025 AP Exam Schedule
- AP Exams will be administered in schools during the first 2 weeks of May: May 5–9 and May 12–16.
- A late-testing window is available May 19–23 if students cannot test during the first 2 weeks of May.
Review the complete AP Exam schedule.
AP Exam Fees
The base exam fee is increasing by $1 for the 2025 AP Exams. The base exam fees are:
- $99 per exam at schools in the U.S., U.S. territories, Canada, and all DoDEA schools
- $129 per exam at schools outside the U.S., U.S. territories, and Canada, with the exception of DoDEA schools (Fees may vary for exams at College Board–authorized test centers outside the U.S.)
- $147 per exam for AP Capstone™ (AP Seminar or AP Research)
The College Board fee reduction amount is increasing to $37 per exam for eligible students. See details about AP Exam fee reductions.
The late-order and late-testing fees aren’t changing. Those amounts remain $40 per exam (in addition to the base exam fee).
The unused/canceled exam fee is $40 per exam.