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Use this timeline to plan ahead, access AP support for educators and students, and keep track of deadlines throughout the 2021-22 school year.

For a more in-depth view for managing your AP program, refer to the AP coordinator calendar.

  1. 2021

    August–September: First Week of School

    Set up AP Registration and Ordering and Complete AP Participation Form

  2. 2021

    August–September: First Week of School

    Create Class Sections and Share Join Codes with Students

  3. 2021

    August–September: First Week of School

    Access AP Classroom

    AP teachers should sign in to AP Classroom and access free digital resources to give their students daily instruction, practice, and feedback.

  4. 2021

    September

    Begin Using AP Classroom Resources

    Teachers can incorporate AP Daily videos and topic questions in their instruction as soon as class begins.

  5. 2021

    September–November

    Attend AP Workshops for Teachers

    AP subject workshops give AP teachers deeper insight into their course as well as ready-to-use teaching strategies and pedagogical tools.

  6. 2021

    September–April

    Attend AP Webinars for Teachers

    Both new and experienced AP teachers can find useful guidance in webinars that help them enrich instruction in any learning environment.

  7. 2021

    September–April

    Attend AP Online Training for Coordinators

    Topics of AP coordinator online training include exam registration, student enrollment, exam ordering, and the AP Exam administration.

  8. 2021

    October

    Continue Using AP Classroom Resources

    AP teachers should add the use of progress checks while continuing to use AP Daily Videos and topic questions in their instruction.

  9. 2021

    October 1

    Preferred Deadline: AP Capstone and AP Computer Science Principles Course Audit

    This is the recommended date to renew previously authorized courses or submit new materials in AP Course Audit for AP Capstone and AP Computer Science Principles courses for the 2021-22 academic year.

  10. 2021

    October 4

    Preferred Deadline: AP Exam Ordering

    This is the recommended date for student enrollments to be completed in AP Registration and Ordering.

  11. 2021

    October 15

    Preferred Deadline: Renew Previously Authorized Courses in AP Course Audit

    This is the recommended date to renew courses that have been previously authorized in AP Course Audit for the 2021-22 school year.

  12. 2021

    November 15

    • 11:59 p.m. ET

    Final Deadline: AP Exam Ordering

    Submit the exam order for all full-year and first-semester AP courses and all exam only sections by this deadline. Exam orders submitted after this date will incur an additional $40 per exam late order fee, with some exceptions.

  13. 2021

    November–December

    Continue Using AP Classroom Resources

    AP teachers should add the use of their progress dashboard while continuing to use AP Daily videos, topic questions, and progress checks for each unit.

  14. 2022

    January

    Create Second-Semester Class Sections and Enroll Students

    Coordinators should create a second-semester section for any course that begins after the November 15 final ordering deadline or is held only during the second semester.

  15. 2022

    January–May

    Continue Using AP Classroom Resources

    Teachers should keep using AP Daily videos, topic questions, progress checks, and the progress dashboard while adding more student practice with AP released and practice questions.

  16. 2022

    January 18

    Submit Accommodations Requests to Services for Students with Disabilities

  17. 2022

    January 31

    Submit AP Course Audit Materials for Course Authorization and Renewal

  18. 2022

    February–April

    Attend AP Workshops for Teachers

    AP subject workshops give AP teachers deeper insight into their course as well as ready-to-use teaching strategies and pedagogical tools.

  19. 2022

    March 1

    AP Course Audit Opens for the 2022-23 School Year

    Teachers begin submitting course materials and AP Course Audit administrators begin approving course audit forms and renewing previously authorized courses for the 2022-23 school year.

  20. 2022

    March 15

    • 11:59 p.m. ET

    AP Exam Spring Course Orders and Fall Order Changes

    AP coordinators should submit any changes to existing exam orders or submit new exam orders in AP Registration and Ordering by this deadline.

  21. 2022

    April

    Schools Receive Student AP ID Label Sheets and AP Exam Materials

    Coord

  22. 2022

    April 30

    • 11:59 p.m. ET

    Finalize Student Fee Reduction Status in AP Registration and Ordering

  23. 2022

    May 2

    • 11:59 p.m. ET

    Submit AP Seminar, AP Research, and AP Computer Science Principles Performance Tasks

    AP students taking the exam in these courses must submit their performance tasks as final via the AP Digital Portfolio by this deadline.

  24. 2022

    May 2–6

    Administer AP Exams, Week 1

  25. 2022

    May 6

    • 8 p.m. ET

    Submit AP Art and Design Portfolios

    AP Art and Design students must submit their portfolios via the AP Art and Design digital submission web application by this deadline.

  26. 2022

    May 9–13

    Administer AP Exams, Week 2

  27. 2022

    May 17–20

    Late Testing Dates for AP Exams

  28. 2022

    June 1

    AP Services Must Receive Exam Materials from Schools

    Coord

  29. 2022

    June 15

    Postmark Deadline: Return AP Exam Invoices and Payment

    Coord/Admin

  30. 2022

    June 20

    Students Use Free Score Sends

  31. 2022

    July

    AP Scores Released

    AP score reports are available to designated colleges, students, high schools, and districts.