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Offer Your Expertise

Higher education faculty shape AP in multiple ways—explore how to get involved.

Offering your expertise and experience to the AP Program can be both professionally and personally rewarding.

Here are some ways you can become involved today.

Virtual Fellows in Assessment

Higher education faculty review an AP Exam in their area of expertise and provide feedback on the alignment between the AP Exam and assessments for the equivalent course offered at their institution.

Contact us at [email protected] to find out whether a review is taking place in your subject area.

Become an AP Reader

Each June, college and university faculty and AP teachers from around the world gather for the annual AP Reading to score the free-response portion of AP Exams.

According to a recent survey:

  • 98% of readers who participate in the AP Reading have a positive experience
  • Over 72% of returning Higher Ed AP readers have actually made changes to the way they teach or score work as a direct result of their participation in the AP Reading

Opportunities exist to score on-site, as well as from a person’s home or office in some subjects. Learn more about becoming an AP reader.

Contribute Your Expertise

Higher education faculty are critical to the development and oversight of AP courses and assessments. There are multiple ways to contribute to the development and review of AP, as well as to advise College Board on the delivery and messaging of its programs.

  • Serve on an AP Development Committee: Ensure that the AP curricula and exams meet the expectations of higher education institutions offering comparable college courses.
  • Become an AP Consultant: Train teachers at annual summer professional learning events on the expectations higher education has for their students and give valuable insights and perspectives.
  • Serve on Advisory Boards for the AP Program: Help advise College Board on current directions in your discipline and on college-level expectations for students in your field. For more information, please email us at [email protected] with a copy of your curriculum vitae.
  • Administer a sample AP Exam to your students for comparability: Help align AP Exams to comparable college courses by administering a section of an AP Exam to your students. The results are compared to the students’ final course grades and used to define the knowledge and skills required to earn scores on the AP Exam. Email us at [email protected] for more information.

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