Get Approved to Administer Exams

Your school must have a College Board school code to participate in AP and other College Board programs. This is a unique six-digit code that identifies your school in our system. It comes in two different authorization levels:

• Level 1: Required for schools to provide AP courses and receive their students’ AP Exam and other College Board test scores. Schools cannot administer AP Exams or other College Board exams.
• Level 2: Required for schools to receive scores as well as administer AP Exams and PSAT-related assessments and to apply to become an SAT test center.

If your school already offers AP, the PSAT/NMSQT, or the SAT, you already have a school code. Use the K–12 school code search to look up your code. A school code is unique to your school and does not expire.

To get a school code, or change your school’s authorization level or school address, complete and submit the School Code Request Form.

Your school’s authorization level is not shared publicly.

The AP coordinator is responsible for organizing and administering the AP program at your school. The coordinator manages the exam registration and ordering process; the preparation for the AP Exam administration; the receipt, storage, distribution, and return of AP Exam materials; the following of all exam security policies and procedures; and the collection of fees and submission of final payment to the AP Program.

• The AP coordinator may be a full- or part-time administrator or counselor, faculty member, or other school staff member who is not teaching an AP course.
• To avoid any perceived conflict of interest, AP teachers cannot serve as AP coordinators. AP coordinators also cannot proctor an AP Exam in a subject area they currently teach or have taught.
• A person cannot be the AP coordinator in the year an immediate family or household member may be taking an AP Exam at the school where the person works. An AP coordinator cannot be involved in the handling of any exam materials that an immediate family or household member may take.
• An AP coordinator cannot be employed part time or full time at a test preparation company, or participate in any coaching activity that addresses the content of secure College Board tests.

Learn more about the administration of AP Exams, and resources available for AP coordinators, by visiting AP Coordinators.

In August, principals and coordinators receive their school’s unique code to access AP Registration and Ordering for the school year.

When AP coordinators sign in for the first time, they’ll be brought to AP Registration and Ordering Setup. Here the coordinator must enter information about their school and choose settings related to exam administration. Learn more about initial setup.

For complete information about exam ordering deadlines and fees, see the AP Coordinator’s Manual, Part 1 (.pdf).

Learn more about using AP Registration and Ordering to order exams.