How Are AP Exams Administered?

Like last year, most 2026 AP Exams will be delivered digitally (fully digital or hybrid digital) through the Bluebook testing app. The remaining AP Exams will be administered through other modes of testing. Here’s an overview of the 2026 AP Exams. For more information about a specific course, you can review the course and exam pages. 

Digital AP Exams in Bluebook

Fully Digital AP Exams

The following AP subjects have fully digital exams. You’ll complete multiple-choice and free-response questions in Bluebook, with all responses automatically submitted at the end of the exam. 

• AP African American Studies
• AP Art History
• AP Comparative Government and Politics
• AP Computer Science A
• AP Computer Science Principles*
• AP English Language and Composition
• AP English Literature and Composition
• AP Environmental Science
• AP European History
• AP Human Geography
• AP Latin
• AP Psychology
• AP Seminar*
• AP United States Government and Politics
• AP United States History
• AP World History: Modern

*Note: For AP Computer Science Principles and AP Seminar, you’ll complete the end-of-course fully digital AP Exam in Bluebook, and you’ll also submit your performance tasks through the AP Digital Portfolio for scoring.

Hybrid Digital AP Exams

The following AP subjects have hybrid digital exams. You’ll complete multiple-choice questions and view free-response questions in Bluebook. You’ll handwrite your free-response answers in paper exam booklets.

• AP Biology
• AP Calculus AB
• AP Calculus BC
• AP Chemistry
• AP Macroeconomics
• AP Microeconomics
• AP Physics 1: Algebra-Based
• AP Physics 2: Algebra-Based
• AP Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism
• AP Physics C: Mechanics
• AP Precalculus
• AP Statistics

AP Exams Not Delivered Through Bluebook

Here’s a summary of how these exams are administered.

AP Art and Design (2-D, 3-D, Drawing)

You’ll submit all work (three portfolio components) for scoring through the AP Digital Portfolio.

AP Chinese Language and Culture, AP Japanese Language and Culture

These exams are administered on school-owned and -controlled devices through a separate exam application. 

AP French Language and Culture, AP German Language and Culture, AP Italian Language and Culture, AP Spanish Language and Culture

In these exams, you’ll complete the multiple-choice and written free-response sections on paper, and you’ll record your spoken free response on a device supplied by the testing school.

AP Music Theory

In this exam, you’ll complete the multiple-choice and written free-response sections on paper, and you’ll record your sight-singing free response on a device supplied by the testing school.

AP Research

There’s no end-of-course written exam for AP Research. Instead, you’ll be assessed on performance tasks you complete that are based on your yearlong research project: an academic paper (which you’ll submit for scoring through the AP Digital Portfolio), a presentation, and an oral defense of your research.

AP Spanish Literature and Culture

In this exam, you’ll complete the multiple-choice and free-response sections on paper.

Get Started with Bluebook

Here are some ways you can get familiar with the digital testing experience in Bluebook.

• Follow the instructions to download Bluebook.
• Try a test preview in Bluebook to explore the tools and features you’ll use on exam day.
• Try practice assessments from your teacher in AP Classroom. The AP Classroom testing experience continues to be updated to closely match Bluebook.