Cedar Shoals High School's AP Policy

Getting Ready for Exam Day

All exams for students at Cedar Shoals High School will be administered at Cedar Shoals High School.

Signs will be posted to direct students to the check in area at each high school.

Students testing two times in one day are advised to bring a snack.

If for any reason you do NOT present yourself to take an exam that has been ordered for you, NO Refunds will be issued and you MUST pay the additional $40.00 return fee charged by College Board. This applies to any and all exams ordered for any student.

If you qualify for a fee reduction and order a test and then do not present yourself on testing day, then you MUST pay the $40.00 return fee.

What to Bring to the Exam Room

1. A government-issued or school-issued photo ID is required. NO ID = NO EXAM

2. Your Social Security number** for identification purposes.  If you provide your number, it will appear on your AP score report.  **Some colleges and universities use Social Security numbers as student identifiers when assigning AP credit or advanced placement for qualifying AP scores.

3. Your six-digit school code (CSHS 110116)

4. Your 6 digit CCSD ID number (your lunch number)

5. If applicable, your SSD Number and Student Accommodation Letter, which verifies that you have been approved testing accommodations.

6. Several sharpened No. 2 pencils with erasers, for all responses on your multiple-choice answer sheet. These will NOT be provided.

7. Pens with black or dark blue ink for completing areas on the exam booklet covers and for free-response questions in most exams.

8. Up to two approved calculators with the necessary capabilities if you are taking the AP Biology, Calculus, Chemistry, Physics or Statistics Exams. Visit www.collegeboard.org/ap/calculators to learn more about the calculator policy for each of these exams, and for a list of authorized calculators.

9. A ruler or straightedge only if you’re taking an AP Physics Exam. (Protractors are not allowed.)

What NOT to Bring to the Exam Room

1. Electronic equipment (cell phone, smart phone, tablet computer, laptop computer etc.), portable listening or recording devices (MP3 player, iPod, etc.), cameras or other photographic equipment, devices that can access the Internet, and any other electronic or communication devices.  

2. Watches that beep,have an alarm or that have communication capabilities (i.e Apple Smart Watch)

3. Books, compasses, mechanical pencils, correction fluid, dictionaries, highlighters or notes.

4. Scratch paper; notes can be made on portions of the exam booklets or, on scratch paper provided by the proctor.

5. Reference guides, keyboard maps or other typing instructions.

6. Clothing with subject-related information.

7. NO Food or drink is allowed in the testing room.

Exam Scores

AP Exam Score Reports are sent in July to the college or university you designated on your answer sheet and to your high school. You can view your AP scores online and submit an online request for additional score reports for colleges, universities, and scholarship programs.

You will not receive scores in the mail. Visit apscore.org to learn when you can access your scores. You will need your AP number from your student pack in order to be able to access your scores.

Each report is cumulative and includes grades for all the AP Exams you have ever taken, unless you have requested that one or more grades be withheld from a college or canceled.  To request that your score reports be sent to colleges, call (888) 308-0013 or (609) 771-7366 (outside the United States, U.S. territories, or Canada) on or after July 4.

Exam Security Policies and Procedures

1. The AP Program's standards and procedures for administering exams have two primary goals: giving students the same opportunity to demonstrate their abilities, and preventing students from gaining an unfair advantage. To promote these goals, the AP Program reserves the right to cancel any grade, when, in its judgment, any of the following occur:

2. Violation of exam security policies and procedures: On exam day, you are required to sign your answer sheet, indicating that you are aware of and agree to all of the policies in the Bulletin for AP Students and Parents. The exam security policies and procedures you agree to are:  

3. Exams must be administered on a strict schedule. No exam administration may begin before the official starting time. Exams may only begin up to one hour after the official starting time on the specified days. If an exam is offered to you at an incorrect date or time, you must refuse to take it; contact the Office of Testing Integrity to arrange to take an alternate exam.  

4. Exam materials must be kept sealed so that no one sees the questions beforehand.  

5. Because multiple-choice questions are sometimes reused, no one may see the multiple-choice questions except you—the student—during the exam.  

6. You should not, under any circumstances, take multiple-choice questions from the room, give them to anyone else, or discuss them with anyone else (including your AP teacher) through any means, including, but not limited to, e-mail, text messages, and the Internet.

7. You are not permitted to discuss the free-response questions until 48 hours after the exam administration, except in the case of alternate testing. Free-response questions that appear on alternate forms of the exam may never be discussed.  

8. You may not consult textbooks, teachers, other students, any electronic device (including wireless e-mail devices or cell phones), or any other resource during the break between Sections I and II of the exam, or during any other unscheduled breaks.  

9. Disclosure of secure test items: When the AP Program finds that a student has disclosed through any means any multiple-choice question, any free-response question from an alternate exam, or any free-response question from a regularly scheduled exam within 48 hours of its administration, the Program will automatically have that student's exam grades canceled.

10. Misconduct: When the AP Program or administration personnel find that there is misconduct in connection with an exam, students may be dismissed from the exam room, or the AP Program may decline to score the exams or may cancel the grades. Students involved in any exam misconduct will be asked to turn in their exam materials and leave the testing room. These students may not return to the testing room, and their exam grades will automatically be canceled. Failure to adhere to any of these policies and procedures may result in invalidation of AP Exam grades. Misconduct includes, but is not limited to, the following:  

• Obtaining improper access to the exam, or a part of the exam, or information about the exam.

• Referring to, looking through, or working on any exam, or exam section, other than during the timed testing period for that exam or exam section.

• Using any prohibited aids.  

• Taking food or drink into the testing room.  

• Leaving the testing room without permission.  

• Attempting to remove from the testing room any part of the exam or any notes relating to the exam.  

• Copying from another student's work or a published work.

• Attempting to give or receive assistance, or otherwise communicate, in any form, with another person about the exam during the exam administration.  

• Attempting to take the exam for someone else.

• Creating a disturbance.

• Failing to follow any of the exam administration regulations contained in the Bulletin, given by testing staff, or specified in any exam materials.

• Using testing accommodations that have not been preapproved by the College Board.

12. Testing irregularities: "Testing irregularities" refers to problems with the administration of an exam, and may affect an individual or group of students. Such problems include, but are not limited to, administrative errors (e.g., improper timing, improper seating, defective materials, and defective equipment); improper access to exam content; and other disruptions of exam administrations. When testing irregularities occur, the AP Program may decline to grade the exam or may cancel the grade. When it is appropriate, the AP Program gives students the opportunity to test again as soon as possible without charge.  

13. Identification discrepancies: When, in the AP Program's judgment or the judgment of exam administration personnel, there is a discrepancy in a student's identification, the student may be dismissed from the testing room. In addition, the AP Program may decline to grade the exam or may cancel the grade.

14. Invalid grades: The AP Program may also cancel grades if, in its judgment, there is substantial evidence that they are invalid for any reason. Evidence of invalid grades may include, but is not limited to, discrepant handwriting, unusual answer patterns, or inconsistent performance on different parts of the exam. Before canceling grades for invalidity, the AP Program notifies the student in writing about its concerns, gives the student an opportunity to submit information that addresses the AP Program's concerns, considers any such information submitted, and may offer the student a choice of options. The options could include a voluntary grade cancellation, a free retest, or arbitration in accordance with the ETS Standard Arbitration Agreement. Note: The arbitration option is available only for exams administered in the United States.