Most AP Exams Will Go Digital Next Year to Prevent Cheating

Published on July 29, 2024

The College Board is migrating 28 of its Advanced Placement (AP) exams from paper to a digital format in response to a rising number of cheating attempts. The changes, announced on July 24 at the annual AP conference in Las Vegas, significantly accelerate the nonprofit’s plan to gradually digitize its 39 AP exams over the coming years. In May this year, the College Board only allowed eight APs to be taken digitally on the Bluebook app, the same platform used to administer the popular SAT college admissions exam. Starting in May 2025, however, a total of 16 exams will be fully digital, with no pencil-and-paper option available. Those are primarily humanities courses, AP English Language and Composition, and U.S. History, as well as the computer science exams....

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