Please review these updates with your staff or student information system vendor as soon as possible.
Two new AP Exams will be reported to institutions starting July 2024:
Changes to the data fields reported on electronic and paper score report are effective as of May 2024. Details and the updated student data record layout are available below.
After the spring of 2025, paper delivery of AP score reports will be discontinued and AP score reports will only be available via internet delivery. No action is needed right now if your campus or organization receives AP score reports via paper delivery.
Colleges can choose to participate in internet delivery of scores in addition to or in lieu of paper delivery by completing the College and University AP Score Reporting Services Order Form, sent to each college in April.
Internet delivery of scores is available free of charge in a non-delimited flat-file format (ASCII). Institutions will need to acquire or purchase the required software, either PGP Desktop Professional 2.6.2 and higher, or GnuPG 2.0 and higher. If you currently have GnuPG or PGP Desktop Professional, make sure it’s one of these supported versions that can create the 2048-bit RSA key required to receive AP score data electronically:
The data privacy landscape continues to evolve, impacting the way College Board connects with students and handles student data.
In response to these changes, we need to revise the content of AP score reports. The layout of the electronic and paper score reports will remain the same, but certain fields (listed below) will always be blank.
| Field Name | Number in Electronic File | Location in Electronic File | Status in Electronic File |
|---|---|---|---|
| Educational Level | 14 | 157 | Blank starting May 2024. This field will also no longer be reported on paper score reports. |
| Expected College Entrance | 15 | 158-160 | Already blank |
| Student Search | 17 | 162 | Blank starting May 2024 |
| Best Language | 18 | 163 | Already blank |
| Applying for Sophomore Standing | 19 | 164 | Already blank |
| Previous AI Year | 21 | 173-174, 181-182 | Blank starting May 2024 |
| Previous AI Code | 22 | 175-180, 183-188 | Blank starting May 2024 |
| Exam Suppression Flag | 48 | 548 (repeats for each set of exam scores) | Already blank |
| Class Section Code | 49 | 549 (repeats for each set of exam scores) | Already blank |
| Service Type | 54 | 887-888 | Blank starting May 2024 |
| Service Code | 55 | 889-892 | Blank starting May 2024 |
| Ordering Institution Key | 56 | 893-900 | Blank starting May 2024 |
| Race/Ethnicity Student Response; | 57 | 901-911 | Blank starting May 2024 |
| Derived Aggregate Race Ethnicity | 59 | 934-935 | Blank starting May 2024 |
The remaining fields will stay populated at the same number and location in the electronic file. These include fields critical for identifying and matching students and for granting credit and placement: the student’s name, date of birth, address, gender, AP ID, and most recent high school information. (AP score reports will remain cumulative, and include all scores and awards earned by the student throughout their entire AP Exam-taking career.)
Students will still be able to send their AP scores through their College Board accounts, and your institution may still use data from these score reports for application support, recruitment, and outreach.
Please review the summary of changes (.pdf) and updated student data record layout (.pdf) with your IT/operations staff and/or student information system vendor as soon as possible to ensure you’ll be ready to interpret AP student score records .
For questions about internet delivery of scores, contact AP Code Control at 866-609-2447 (option 3) or email [email protected] .