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Optional Student Practice for the 2020 AP Exams To help you prepare for the 2020 AP Exams, in April 2020 you will automatically be assigned optional

practice free-response questions in AP Classroom. When you have practice questions available, you will

see a notification on your AP Classroom home page. Selecting the notification will take you to the student

practice assignments.

Find out more about the administration of the 2020 AP Exams here.

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Accessing Student Practice Questions from the Assignment Area

Selecting the link will lead you to the Assignments tab in the Assessments area. Any current assignments

from your teacher can be found under “Your Assignments” [1]. Select “Optional Student Practice” to see your

practice questions [2]. The course unit the question covers is included in the question title [3]. Select a title

or a “Begin” button to open the practice question. If you have begun a question but saved it without finishing

it, a “Continue” button will appear [4].

On your mobile phone, select “Practice” from AP Classroom’s menu.

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Answering Practice Questions

The free-response practice questions are similar to other free-response questions you take online in AP

Classroom. Type your response in the field under the question [1]. The questions may also require a file

upload or an audio recording for a response. When you are finished, select “Submit” [2].

Before you submit the practice question for grading, you will have the opportunity to review the scoring

guidelines for the question. Your teacher will use the same guidelines to grade your response. You may

review the guidelines and revise your response before submitting your final answer.

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If you select “Yes, Review”, the scoring guidelines will appear under your response. The number buttons

represent the possible score you could earn on the question part. Select each number to see the guidelines

for that score. You may revise your answer, and then select “Submit” again when finished.

When your finished with a question, you will return to the “Assignments” tab. Select “Optional Student

Practice” to continue with additional questions.

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Monitoring Student Practice Progress

On the Progress tab, select “Optional Student Practice” to review the status of your student practice

questions. Status will be “Submitted” [1] for questions you’ve completed but haven’t been scored by your

teacher yet. When your teacher scores your response, the status will be “Scored” [2]. If you have started a

question but haven’t completed it yet, the status will be “In Progress” [3].

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Viewing Student Practice Results

After your teacher has scored your question, go to the Results tab to view your performance. The practice

questions appear in the “Optional Student Practice” tab. To see your results for a question, select its title.

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Student Practice Question Results Details

On the question screen, you see your score for the question [1] and its component parts [2]. You may also

review your responses [3].

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