Next week, students will take on exams in Biology, Calculus, English Language, World History, and Art History. Morning exams begin at 8 a.m., and afternoon exams start at noon.

The occasion was the AP English Language and Composition exam, that annual ritual for smarty-pants high schoolers that allows those who get a great score to earn college credit.

This fall, thanks to receiving a high score on the Advanced Placement English Language and Composition exam, hundreds of thousands of incoming freshmen are going to dodge their college or ...

AP English Language and Composition 588,470 exam registrations. This course covers “the elements of argument and composition” as students develop critical reading and writing skills.

Next week, students will take on exams in Biology, Calculus, English Language, World History, and Art History. Morning exams begin at 8 a.m., and afternoon exams start at noon.

Higher scores. In California, AP U.S. History teacher Mark Reindl logged on to view his students’ test results this month and found a surprise: 76% of his students passed, many with high marks.

The exams in English, history, social sciences and other subjects will move to the digital testing application, Bluebook, the same software used for the SAT. Most AP exams will be digital this May.