Ordering AP Exam Materials for Students Testing with Accommodations
Please note: Complete details about ordering AP Exams are available in the AP Coordinator’s Manual, Part 1 (.pdf).
AP Coordinator and SSD Coordinator Roles
The SSD coordinator is responsible for requesting accommodations through SSD Online. The AP coordinator is responsible for submitting the AP Exam order in AP Registration and Ordering.
The AP coordinator should work with their school’s SSD coordinator to identify students who need accommodations for AP Exams. Together, they should assemble a list of these students for the AP coordinator to refer to when organizing the AP Exam order in AP Registration and Ordering.
Ordering Details for Specific Accommodations
Most accommodations are automatically applied to the AP Exam order once the student is approved by the College Board SSD office. However, there are a few additional steps that an AP coordinator may need to take in AP Registration and Ordering.
Digital AP Exams (Fully Digital and Hybrid Digital)
Most accommodations are automatically applied to the exam order for a digital AP Exam based on the student’s accommodations on record through the College Board SSD office. There are some steps specific to digital AP Exams with accommodations.
- Braille or Paper Formats: Once a student has been approved by the College Board SSD office for a paper testing accommodation, the AP coordinator needs to update the AP Exam order to indicate that paper format for the student’s digital AP Exam.
- Multiple-Day Testing: Multiple-day testing is not automatically applied to a digital AP Exam order. If a student has approved accommodations that make them eligible for multiple-day testing, the AP coordinator needs to indicate that for the student’s digital AP Exam. Review details about multiple-day testing for digital AP Exams.
- Confirming or Waiving Accommodations: Even though most accommodations are automatically applied, the AP coordinator needs to confirm the accommodations that a student will need for their digital AP Exam. This is done per student, per exam in AP Registration and Ordering. Confirming the accommodations is important to ensure students receive the appropriately configured version of the digital exam. The AP coordinator can also waive accommodations for a student’s exam if needed. Review details about confirming or waiving accommodations for digital AP Exams.
Special Format AP Exams and Special Materials for Paper Exams (including accommodated paper exams for digital AP Exam subjects, braille, and large print)
Indicate all special format exams (braille and large print for paper) or materials (multiple-day and accommodated paper exams) for each student with an applicable approved or expected accommodation before submitting your exam order.
- Note: For the AP French, German, Italian, and Spanish Language and Culture Exams, AP Spanish Literature and Culture Exams, and AP Music Theory Exams, the AP coordinator should order enough CDs for students needing extended time or any other accommodations that will require that they test in a separate room.
Please keep in mind:
- The College Board SSD office must approve students’ accommodation requests.
- All requests for accommodations and, when required, complete documentation must be submitted through SSD Online by January 16, 2026.
- SSD coordinators manage accommodations requests using SSD Online.
Important: Exam materials don’t ship automatically based on accommodations approval—they must be included in the AP Exam order. Special format exam materials will be shipped only if the AP coordinator has indicated this in AP Registration and Ordering and submitted the information as part of the exam order.