Beginning Monday, 3.4 million high school students will sit down at desks — and in cars, on bedroom floors and anywhere they can find some quiet — and take Advanced Placement exams with the hopes of proving mastery of a range of academic subjects. From a report: The tests will look much different than in years past, as the coronavirus pandemic has closed high schools and sent the College Board, which runs the Advanced Placement program, scrambling to create a new format. The tests, in subjects including U.S. history, physics and macroeconomics, historically took three hours to complete. This year, the tests will cover less material and last no more than 45 minutes. To minimize the opportunity for cheating, students globally will take them at the same time, meaning overnight exams for those in Asia. “We definitely did not want to do it this way,” said Trevor Packer, senior vice president of the A.P. program and instruction at the College Board. “But when we started to see that schools were closing and many would not open this academic year, we had two options: we would either cancel the exams or find a way to meet students where they are, which is in their home. We heard an overwhelming desire to proceed. We thought we had to go ahead.”
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