The Power of One: Taking even one AP course changes student outcomes, substantially improving their first-year college GPA and on-time college graduation rates.
Cost Savings: In 2023, over 50,000 New York students earned qualifying AP Exam scores. That’s a potential tuition and fee savings of nearly $182 million for New York students and families.
Help New York Students Build Skills to Take on Real-World Challenges
AP courses and exams help students build the critical skills aligned to the proposed New York State Portrait of a Graduate, which outlines that high school graduates should demonstrate proficiency as “critical thinkers, innovative problem solvers, literate across all content areas, culturally competent, socially-emotionally competent, effective communicators, and global citizens.”
These AP courses use projects and performance tasks to prepare your students for the future:
English 10: AP Seminar
An English course taught in the AP Seminar style; helps students build foundational writing, collaboration, research, and presentation skills. This course fulfills New York graduation requirements and can serve as grade 10 English for all students.
AP Computer Science Principles
Whether students want to pursue a career in computer science, medicine, fashion, or engineering, this AP course can help them prepare. They'll be challenged to create solutions for real-world problems. This course can be taken as early as 9th grade and no prior coding knowledge is needed.
AP African American Studies
Our newest AP course draws from a variety of fields—history, literature, the arts, geography, and science, and offers a rich exploration of African American history and culture. In this course, students complete a three-week individual project and develop historical, literary, visual, and data analysis skills.
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Pre-AP at No Charge
Pre-AP® gives students the opportunity to build skills for success in AP.
College Board is offering Pre-AP for no charge to schools that commit to enrolling 10th-grade students in AP African American Studies, AP Computer Science Principles, or English 10: AP Seminar or 12th-grade students in AP Precalculus in the 2025-26 school year.
“In AP Seminar, they learn traditional English class skills while researching and writing about something that interests them. They’re more motivated to learn these writing skills when they’re using them to examine a topic they feel passionate about.”
– Allison Friedman, English Teacher, Channel View School for Research, Rockaway Park, NY.
Help New York Students Build Skills to Take on
Real-World Challenges
Digital AP Exams
In May 2025, 28 AP Exams will transition to digital testing through the Bluebook™ digital testing app.
Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District in New York was honored as the 2023 AP Medium District of the Year for its outstanding efforts to broaden access to Advanced Placement® and deliver positive outcomes for students. Watch this video to see their story.
English 10: AP Seminar
An English course taught in the AP Seminar style. The course helps students build foundational writing, research, and presentation skills through collaborative projects and performance tasks. This course fulfills New York graduation requirements and can serve as grade 10 English for all students.
AP Precalculus
Created for any student ready for high school precalculus, this course prepares students to succeed in math they’ll encounter in college.
AP African American Studies
Our newest AP course draws from a variety of fields—history, literature, the arts, geography, and science, and offers a rich exploration of African American history and culture. In this course, students complete a three-week individual project and develop historical, literary, visual, and data analysis skills.
AP Computer Science Principles
Students are introduced to how computing and technology shape the world around them by creating solutions to real problems. This course can be taken as early as 9th grade and no prior coding knowledge is needed.
The newest Advanced Placement® courses are designed to invite a wide range of students into AP®.