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The remaining eight all-paper exams are in languages, music theory, research and art  \ndesign.  \n\"We've found that almost all students who've taken a digital AP exam or participated in an AP  \ndigital testing pilot have adapted quickly to the new format,\" said Trevor Packer, head of the AP  \nProgram. \"Students today are digital natives and appreciate the user-friendly features of the  \nBluebook interface.\"  \nHigh school students who take AP courses earn weighted marks that improve their grade-point  \naverage and can test out of required first-year college courses by passing the AP Exam.  \nThe College Board said over 3 million students will take nearly 6 million \"fully digital or hybrid  \ndigital\" AP examinations this year as the culmination of a years-long transition to online testing.  \n[https://ct.moreover.com/?a=56577410269&p=7r6&v=1&x=I5iNnvD653dg--BbcztKPw](https://ct.moreover.com/?a=56577410269&p=7r6&v=1&x=I5iNnvD653dg--BbcztKPw) 1/4  \n4/25/25, 8:12 AM [ct.moreover.com/?a=56577410269&p=7r6&v=1&x=I5iNnvD653dg--BbcztKPw](ct.moreover.com/?a=56577410269&p=7r6&v=1&x=I5iNnvD653dg--BbcztKPw)  \nThe number of AP Exam takers has risen steadily from 1.2 million in 2000.  \nReached for comment, many education insiders predicted digital testing would make exams more  \npopular and speed up grading. At the same time, they questioned the College Board's motives, with  \nsome flagging a dum bing-down of standards in recent years.  \n\"Overall, I think this is a positive development,\" said Shaan Patel, CEO of Prep Expert, a Las Vegas  \nbased company that offers private tutoring for AP exams. \"Still, the College Board is a business, and  \nit's fair to question whether changes are driven more by pedagogy or profitability.\"  \nIn recent years, the College Board has relaxed its grading system and added trendy courses to the  \nAP Exam catalog as birth rates decline and fewer students pursue college.  \nRecent additions include AP African-American studies, which became available throughout U.S.  \nhigh schools for the first time in the fall.  \n\"The College Board's decision to move most AP exams to a digital format raises the disturbing  \npossibility that these exams will be further watered down,\" said Timothy K. Minella, a senior fellow  \nat the conservative Goldwater Institute.  \nHe pointed to \"strong evidence\" that the SAT, a college entrance exam, has become \"significantly  \neasier\" since the College Board switched it to a digital-only format in 2024.  \n\"For example, the digital SAT tests students on their comprehension of very short reading passages,  \ninstead of longer, more challenging texts,\" Mr. Minella said.  \nIn July 2024, the College Board revealed that it started scoring the AP Exam differently in 2022 to  \nbring up all of its subjects to pass rates between 60% and 80%. It cited a need to better reflect the  \nletter grade distribution in AP high school classes nationwide, as tracked by digital software  \nadopted in 2019.  \nThe share of students earning a passing score jumped in the years that each subje","cbCais3mU5wvkj9I","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCais3mU5wvkj9I","pdf",125898,"English","# AP exams shift to digital\n## Timing and formats (fully digital vs hybrid)\n# Student impact and adoption\n## Bluebook interface and participation projections\n# Controversy over standards and scoring","[{\"question\":\"Which AP exams are moving fully digital, and which use hybrid testing?\",\"answer\":\"Twenty-eight of 36 AP subjects will be taken entirely through Bluebook on May 5–16. 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