Changes to Advanced Placement Exams for 2020

March 26, 2020

UPDATE :The College Board has announced in a tweet that the 2020 AP exams will all be open book/open note and will test more thematic understandings

In response to the school closures resulting from the coronavirus outbreak, the College Board has announced significant changes to AP exams this May. This year the traditional in-school tests will not take place. Instead, students will be able to take the tests online at home. Each test will be 45 minutes long and will consist of free response questions. Students can take the tests on laptops, tablets and even smartphones. Students without access to a computer can take a photo of handwritten responses and send scanned copies to the College Board. Material that would have been covered in the last few months of class will not be tested. The College Board has announced that it will have security measures in place to detect plagiarism. For each test, there will be two testing dates. Further details on the types of free response questions that will appear will be available on April 3.

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Below is a list of content that will be covered on some of the most popular AP exams that we tutor as well as links to the bios and contact information of our expert subject matter tutors. We look forward to helping you.

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AP English Exams:

AP English Language and Composition

Covered: Units 1-7

Unit 1 Rhetorical Situation: Reading
Unit 2 Rhetorical Situation: Writing
Unit 3 Claims and Evidence: Reading
Unit 4 Claims and Evidence: Writing
Unit 5 Reasoning and Organization: Reading
Unit 6 Reasoning and Organization: Writing
Unit 7 Style: Reading

Not covered:

Unit 8 Style: Writing

AP Literature and Composition

Covered: Units 1-7: Skills for each include explaining the function of (A) character, (B) setting, (C) plot and structure, (D) narrator or speaker, (E) word choice, imagery, and symbols, and (F) comparison; and (G) developing textually substantiated arguments about interpretations of part or all of a text

Unit 1 – Short Fiction I (A, B, C, D, G)
Unit 2 – Poetry I (A, C, E, F, G)
Unit 3 – Long Fiction and Drama I (A, B, C, G)
Unit 4 – Short Fiction II (A, B, C, D, G)
Unit 5 – Poetry II (C, E, F, G)
Unit 6 – Long Fiction and Drama II (A, C, D, E, G)
Unit 7 – Short Fiction III (A, B, C, D, E, F, G)

Not Covered:

Units 8 and 9 – most advanced poetry and long fiction/drama

AP Language & Literature Tutors: Nitin Sawhney, Anthony Celino, Dan Hertz, Ryan Blodgett, Sarah Newport, Ian Perez, Elizabeth Dinning, Peter Smith, Sara Plunkett, Michael Lawrence, Burks Echols

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AP Social Science Exams:

AP European History

Covered: Units 1-7

Unit 1: Renaissance and Exploration
Unit 2: Age of Reformation
Unit 3: Absolutism and Constitutionalism
Unit 4: Scientific, Philosophical, and Political Developments
Unit 5: Conflict, Crisis and Reaction in the late 18^th Century
Unit 6: Industrialization and its Effects
Unit 7: 19^th Century Perspectives and Political Developments

Not Covered:

Unit 8: 20^th Century Global Conflicts
Unit 9: Cold War and Contemporary Europe

AP US History

Covered: Periods 1-7

Period 1: 1491 – 1607
Period 2: 1607 – 1754
Period 3: 1754 – 1800
Period 4: 1800 – 1848
Period 5: 1844 – 1877
Period 6: 1865 – 1898
Period 7: 1890 – 1945

Not covered: Periods 8-9

AP World History

Covered: Units 1-6

Unit 1: The Global Tapestry
Unit 2: Networks of Exchange
Unit 3: Land-based Empires
Unit 4: Transoceanic Interconnections
Unit 5: Revolutions
Unit 6: Consequences of Industrialization

Not covered: Units 7-9

Unit 7: Global Conflict
Unit 8: Cold War and Decolonization
Unit 9: Globalization

A.P. History Tutors: Sarah Newport, Ryan Blodgett, Peter Smith, Michael Lawrence, Burks Echols, Elizabeth Dinning

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Macroeconomics

Covered: Units 1-5:

Unit 1: Basic Economic Concepts
Unit 2: Economic Indicators and the Business Cycle
Unit 3: National Income and Price Determination
Unit 4: Financial Sector
Unit 5: Long-Run Consequences of Stabilization Policies

Not Covered:

Unit 6: Open Economy – International Trade and Finance

Microeconomics

Covered: Units 1-5

Unit 1: Basic Economic Concepts
Unit 2: Supply and Demand
Unit 3: Production, Cost, and the Perfect Competition Model
Unit 4: Imperfect Competition
Unit 5: Factor Markets

Not Covered: Unit 6: Market Failure and the Role of Government

AP Economics Tutors: Nitin Sawhney, Ryan Blodgett, Ellie Koo, Michael Lawrence

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AP US Government

Covered: Units 1-3

Unit 1 Foundations of American Democracy
Unit 2 Interactions Among Branches of Government
Unit 3 Civil Liberties and Civil Rights

Not covered: Units 4-5

Unit 4 American Political Ideologies and Beliefs
Unit 5 Political Participation

AP Comparative Government

Covered: Units 1-3

Unit 1: Political Systems, Regimes and Governments
Unit 2: Political Institutions
Unit 3: Political Culture and Participation

Not covered: Units 5-6

Unit 4: Party and Electoral Systems and Citizen Organization
Unit 5: Political and Economic Changes and Developments

AP Government Tutors: Sarah Newport, Ryan Blodgett, Michael Lawrence, Peter Smith

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AP Languages Exams:

Latin

Covered: Units 1-4

Unit 1: Vergil, Aeneid, Book 1
Unit 2: Caesar, Gallic War, Books 1 and 6
Unit 3: Vergil, Aeneid, Book 2
Unit 4: Caesar, Gallic War, Book 4

Not covered: Units 5-8

Unit 5: Vergil, Aeneid, Book 4
Unit 6: Caesar, Gallic War, Book 5 Part I (Chapters 24-37)
Unit 7: Caesar, Gallic War, Book 5 Part II (Chapters 38-48)
Unit 8: Vergil, Aeneid, Book 6

Latin Tutor: Sara Plunkett

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Spanish Language and Culture

Covered: Units 1 – 6

Unit 1: Families in Different Societies
Unit 2: Influence of Language and Culture on Identity
Unit 3: Influences of Beauty and Art
Unit 4: How Science and Technology Affect Our Lives

Not Covered: Units 7 – 8

Unit 5: Factors That Impact the Quality of Life
Unit 6: Environmental, Political, and Societal Challenges

Spanish Literature and Culture

Covered: Units 1 – 6

Unit 1: The Medieval Era
Unit 2: The 16th Century
Unit 3: The 17th Century
Unit 4: Romanticism, Realism, and Naturalism in Literature
Unit 5: The Generation of ’98 and Modernism
Unit 6: Theatre and Poetry of the 20th Century

Not covered: Units 7 – 8

Unit 7: The Latin American Boom
Unit 8: Contemporary Writers from the US and Spain

Spanish Tutors: Liz Shooltz, Ian Perez

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AP Math Exams:

AP Calculus AB

Covered: Units 1-7

Unit 1 – Limits and Continuity
Unit 2 – Differentiation: Definition and Properties
Unit 3 – Differentiation: Composite, Implicit, and Inverse
Unit 4 – Differentiation: Contextualized Applications
Unit 5 – Differentiation: Analytical Applications
Unit 6 – Integration and accumulations of change
Unit 7 – Differential Equations

Not Covered:

Unit 8: Applications of Integration

AP Calculus BC

Covered:

Units 1-8 from AB, including Applications of Integration
Unit 10.2 – Geometric Series
Unit 10.5 – Harmonic Series and p-series
Unit 10.7 – Alternating Series Test
Unit 10.8 – Ratio Test
Unit 10.11 – Taylor Polynomials for Approximating Functions

Not Covered:

Unit 9: Parametric, Polar and vector valued functions; the remainder of Unit 10, including nth term test, integral test, comparison tests, absolute v. conditional convergence, alternating series error bound, LaGrange error bound, radius and interval of convergence

AP Calculus Tutors: Nitin Sawhney, Dan Hertz, Anthony Celino, Dan Bloss, Ryan Blodgett, Lance McNeil, Katharine Laco, Ian Perez, Ellie Koo

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AP Statistics

Covered: Units 1-7

Unit 1: Exploring One-Variable Data
Unit 2: Exploring Two-Variable Data
Unit 3: Collecting Data
Unit 4: Probability, Random Variables, and Probability Distributions
Unit 5: Sampling Distributions
Unit 6: Inference for Categorical Data: Proportions
Unit 7: Inference for Quantitative Data: Means

Not Covered: Units 8-9

Unit 8: Inference for Categorical Data: Chi-Square
Unit 9: Inference for Quantitative Data: Slopes

AP Statistics Tutors: Nitin Sawhney, Dan Hertz

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AP Science Exams:

Biology

Covered:

Unit 1: Chemistry of Life
Unit 2: Cell Structure and Function
Unit 3: Cellular Energetics
Unit 4: Cell Communication and Cell Cycle
Unit 5: Heredity
Unit 6: Gene Expression and Regulation

Not covered:

Unit 7: Natural Selection
Unit 8: Ecology

AP Biology Tutors: Dan Bloss, Lance McNeil, Ellie Koo

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Chemistry:

Covered:

Unit 1: Atomic Structure and Properties
Unit 2: Molecular and Ionic Compound Structure and Properties
Unit 3: Intermolecular Forces and Properties
Unit 4: Chemical Reactions
Unit 5: Kinetics
Unit 6: Thermodynamics
Unit 7: Equilibrium

Not covered:

Unit 8: Acids and Bases
Unit 9: Applications of Thermodynamics

AP Chemistry Tutors: Dan Bloss, Dan Hertz, Ian Perez, Christy Van Overbeke, Ellie Koo

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Physics 1:

Covered:

Unit 1: Kinematics
Unit 2: Dynamics
Unit 3: Circular Motion and Gravitation
Unit 4: Energy
Unit 5: Momentum
Unit 6: Simple Harmonic Motion
Unit 7: Torque and Rotational Motion

Not covered:

Unit 8: Electric Charge and Electric Force
Unit 9: DC Circuits
Unit 10: Mechanical Waves and Sound

Physics 2:

Covered:

Unit 1: Fluids
Unit 2: Thermodynamics
Unit 3: Electric Force, Field, and Potential
Unit 4: Electric Circuits
Unit 5: Magnetism and Electromagnetic Induction

Not covered:

Unit 6: Geometric and Physical Optics
Unit 7: Quantum, Atomic, and Nuclear Physics

Physics C Mechanics:

Covered:

Unit 1: Kinematics
Unit 2: Newton’s Laws of Motion
Unit 3: Work, Energy, and Power
Unit 4: Systems of Particles and Linear Momentum
Unit 5: Rotation

Not covered:

Unit 6: Oscillations
Unit 7: Gravitation

Physics C Electricity and Magnetism:

Covered:

Unit 1: Electrostatics
Unit 2: Conductors, Capacitors, Dielectrics

Unit 3: Electric Circuits

Not covered:

Unit 4: Magnetic Fields
Unit 5: Electromagnetism

AP Physics Tutors: Dan Hertz, Ian Perez

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