AP 2026-27 Key Dates and Deadlines
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2026
Access AP Classroom
AP Classroom opens for the 2026-27 school year. Set up your account or sign in to access course resources.
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2026
Get Your AP Registration and Ordering Access Code
AP coordinators and principals receive an email with the 2026-27 AP Registration and Ordering access code.
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2026
Complete Setup in AP Registration and Ordering
AP coordinators sign in to AP Registration and Ordering and complete setup to register their school to offer AP Exams.
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2026
Create Class Sections and Share Join Codes with Students
AP coordinators or teachers create class sections to generate join codes, which students will need to join their class sections in My AP.
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2026
DeadlinePreferred Deadline: Submit AP Exam Orders
This is the recommended deadline for AP coordinators to submit AP Exam orders. It’s also recommended that student enrollments are completed by this date.
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2026
DeadlinePreferred Deadline: Renew Previously Authorized Courses in AP Course Audit
This is the recommended date for administrators to renew courses that have been previously authorized in AP Course Audit for the 2026-27 school year.
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2026
Try a Test Preview in Bluebook
Students and teachers can download the Bluebook testing app to try test previews and explore the tools in Bluebook. Test previews are available for most courses at the start of the school year. The following courses' test previews will be available in January 2027: AP world language and culture subjects, AP Music Theory, AP European History, AP U.S. History, AP World History: Modern, AP Statistics, AP Cybersecurity, AP Business with Personal Finance, and AP Networking.
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Create a Technology Readiness Plan
AP coordinators should meet with their school or district’s technology coordinator. Include all exams that require technology or special equipment into your plan: fully digital and hybrid digital AP Exams; account for headset requirements for world language and culture AP Exams, AP Music Theory Exams, and AP Spanish Literature and Culture Exams.
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2026
DeadlineFinal Deadline: Submit AP Exam Orders
This is the final deadline for AP coordinators to submit AP Exam orders for full-year and fall semester AP courses and exam only sections. Exam orders submitted after this date will incur an additional $40 per exam late order fee, with some exceptions.
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2027
Create Spring-Semester Class Sections and Enroll Students
AP coordinators should create a spring-semester section for any course that begins after the November 13 final ordering deadline.
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2027
DeadlineDeadline: Submit Accommodations Requests to Services for Students with Disabilities (SSD)
This is the deadline for SSD coordinators to submit AP accommodations requests and supporting documentation (if needed) through SSD Online.
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2027
DeadlineDeadline: Submit AP Course Audit Materials for Course Authorization and Renewal
This is the final deadline for initial AP Course Audit submissions, all renewals, removal of teachers and courses, addition of online/distance learning courses, and AP Course Audit form approvals for 2026-27 courses.
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2027
AP Course Audit Opens for the 2027-28 School Year
AP Course Audit website begins accepting submissions for courses offered in the 2027-28 school year.
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2027
DeadlineDeadline: Submit Spring Course Orders and Fall Order Changes
This is the deadline for AP coordinators to submit any changes to existing AP Exam orders or submit new exam orders in AP Registration and Ordering.
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2027
Install Bluebook and Configure Your Network
AP coordinators connect with technology staff to ensure technical readiness tasks are on track, devices meet requirements, Bluebook is up-to-date, and all necessary traffic can pass through the network.
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2027
Set Up Test Day Toolkit
AP coordinators set up Test Day Toolkit and grant access to proctors.
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2027
Schools Receive AP Exam Materials
For hybrid AP Exams or any paper versions of digital exams for students with accommodations: AP coordinators should check all shipments for accuracy. AP ID label sheets are sent in a separate shipment from exam materials.
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2027
DeadlineDeadline: Finalize Student Fee Reduction Status in AP Registration and Ordering
This is the deadline to indicate students’ fee reduction status in AP Registration and Ordering.
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2027
DeadlineAP Digital Portfolio Deadline: Submit AP Seminar, AP Research, and AP Computer Science Principles Performance Tasks
This is the deadline for AP Seminar, AP Research, and AP Computer Science Principles students to submit performance tasks as final in the AP Digital Portfolio.
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2027
DeadlineAP Digital Portfolio Deadline: Submit AP World Language and Culture Courses Personalized Project References (PPR)
This is the deadline for AP world language and culture students to submit their PPR as final in the AP Digital Portfolio.
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2027
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2027
DeadlineDeadline: Submit Orders for Late Testing Outside the U.S.
This is the deadline to order late-testing exams outside the United States, including in U.S. territories and Canada.
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2027
DeadlineAP Digital Portfolio Deadline: Submit AP Art and Design Portfolios
This is the deadline for AP Art and Design students to submit their three portfolio components as final in the AP Digital Portfolio.
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2027
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2027
DeadlineDeadline: AP Capstone (Seminar and Research) Teachers Score Student Presentation Components
This is the deadline for teachers to score student presentation components of performance tasks in the AP Digital Portfolio.
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2027
DeadlineDeadline: Submit Orders for Late Testing in the U.S.
This is the deadline to order late-testing exams in the United States.
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2027
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2027
DeadlineDeadline: Score AP African American Studies Student Presentations
This is the deadline for AP African American Studies teachers to score the student presentation component of the Individual Student Project in the AP Digital Portfolio.
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2027
DeadlineDeadline: Score AP Latin Student Checkpoints in AP Digital Portfolio
This is the deadline for AP Latin teachers to score student checkpoints in the AP Digital Portfolio.
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2027
DeadlineDeadline: AP Program Must Receive Exam Materials from Schools
This is the deadline for all exam materials to be received by the AP Program. Schools are billed twice the fee for each exam in shipments received after this date.
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2027
DeadlinePostmark Deadline: Send Exam Payment to the AP Program
Late payments incur a $225 fee.
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2027
DeadlineDeadline: Large-Volume Rebate Intended Use
This is the deadline to indicate the intended use for the large-volume rebate in AP Registration and Ordering.
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2027
DeadlineDeadline: Students Indicate Free Score Sends
This is the deadline for students to indicate or change the recipient of their free score send.
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2027
AP Scores Released
AP score reports are available to designated colleges, students, high schools, and districts.
Students Teachers Coordinators Administrators