Advanced Placement (AP) Scoring

Overview

ADVANCED PLACEMENT (AP) SCORING

Experience and Skills
AP Reader eligibility requirements:
College-Level Faculty
AP Readers from colleges and universities must be active faculty members and have taught at least one semester of a comparable AP course — as described in the AP Course Description — within the past three years*.

Graduate students and part-time or adjunct faculty may be considered for appointment, as long as they have taught at least one semester of the equivalent course within the past three years. There are no degree requirements.

High School Teachers – Course Audit Approved (CAA)
All current AP course authorized high school teachers who are actively teaching their AP subject are welcome to apply regardless of years of experience.

For High School Teachers Only: AP Course Audit information: https://apcentral.collegeboard.org/courses/ap-course-audit/about

* African American Studies Additional Note:

• High school teachers who are not teaching AP African American Studies but have at least three years of experience in courses that incorporate African American Studies or African American History will be considered.
• Active college faculty teaching a course in African American Studies/Africana Studies/Black Studies or African American History or a course that incorporates elements of these fields will be considered.

Computer Science Principles Additional Note:

• All CSP applicants must specify which programming languages they have expertise in as part of the application process.

Precalculus Additional Note:

• College faculty must be active faculty who teach Precalculus, College Algebra with Trigonometry, Calculus, or a mathematics course for which one of these courses is a prerequisite.
• Current AP Calculus or AP Statistics Readers who are interested in switching to AP Precalculus, please contact APReader@ets.org.

Research Additional Note:

• College faculty must be active faculty members and teach a course specifically focused on scholarly research skills and methods or one in which students undertake a research paper employing an explicit methodological approach. Faculty who provide undergraduate research opportunities and mentor students are also encouraged to apply.

Seminar Additional Note:

• High school teachers who are not teaching AP Seminar but have at least three years of experience in courses specifically focused on critical thinking and communications will be considered.
• College faculty must be active faculty members and teach an interdisciplinary course, teach within an honors program, or a course specifically focused on critical thinking. Faculty who have taught undergraduate seminar courses are also encouraged to apply.