12-05-2025
Goodbye hand cramps: Many AP exams go digital this month
HILTON, N.Y. (WROC) — This month, for the first time, many students taking classes through the Advanced Placement Program are taking their exam on a computer instead of on paper.
The AP Program, which is run through the College Board, announced starting in May, standard paper testing will be discontinued for 28 AP exams.
Students in those classes are now taking their exams through the Bluebook digital testing application.
AP classes provide college-level course work and often provide college credits for high school students.
Some of the courses going fully digital for exams include AP English Literature, AP European History and AP Psychology.
There are also a number of courses that will deliver the exam in hybrid fashion.
Local school districts are administering many of those tests now.
Emilia Bovenzi, testing coordinator at Hilton High School, says two weeks into the transition it appears to be a success with many students saying they were able to finish the exam faster.
'We haven't had any tech issues, but we have tech ready to go if we need it and it makes it a lot less work for the proctors as well, we don't have to collect as many papers, we don't have to worry about kids writing in the answers in the wrong location,' Bovenzi said. 'The only thing is that kids get a little nervous because they're a timer in the corner of the screen that makes them a little anxious, but, overall, I think it's been smooth and easy and once you get in the process of doing them it makes life a lot easier.'
The switch follows the SATs moving online and will likely precede the digital migration of other tests.
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