Greetings AP/IB/CIE Coordinators
We hope you are enjoying this change in weather! It definitely helps us remember time seems to be moving quickly. Thank you for all you are doing to advocate for and ensure students are safely engaged in their advanced courses in any and all platforms you may be using, whether in person, hybrid, or completely online. NC educators are amazing!
Here are a few updates and reminders from our division as well as International Baccalaureate Organization and College Board's Advanced Placement Program.
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From NCDPI's Division of Advanced Learning and Gifted Education
AP/IB/AICE Exam Fees Guidance 2020-2021
In Summer 2014, with SL2013-360 section 8.27, the General Assembly modified 115C.83.4A to enhance access and encourage participation in Advanced Placement (AP) and International Baccalaureate (IB) courses by appropriating funds to pay for all AP and IB exams for public school or charter school students who are enrolled in the corresponding AP/IB courses. In the summer of 2017, with SL2017-57 section 7.28, the General Assembly modified 115C-174.26A and SL2013-360 section 8.27 to include Cambridge International Education (CIE) AS-Level and A-Level courses as eligible advanced courses. This funding continues in the recurring budget. For individual program information, see the Exam Fees Guidance for 2020-2021.
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International Baccalaureate Organization- from Laura Lane
- The DP-CP Assessment calendar has been updated for the May 2021 session to reflect the changes in assessment for this session only. Please ensure you are aware of the changes and how they might impact your school community.
- The DP-CP subject assessment registration deadline is November 15 at midnight Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). Any registrations completed after the deadline will incur late fees. Inclusive access arrangements should also be submitted for candidates during the registration process.
- Further resources to support the May 2021 session have been released on the programme resource centre (PRC). Look for news in IBIS when it is posted.
There are a few new resources to support learning, teaching and assessing:
- Read about the IB Webliography, a curated resource companion.
- Participate in free webinars in Novemberand December or view recordings from recent webinars.
- Join a live webchat that will be scheduled in November for DP and CP coordinators to ask questions about the May 2021 assessment session. Watch your email for details!
Advanced Placement Program - from Kathleen Koch, NC AP Partnership
AP exam orders for Semester 1/Yearlong AP courses must be submitted by Friday, Nov. 13 in the AP Registration and Ordering System (APRO).
GOOD NEWS Reminder!
This year, the unused/canceled exam fee is waived for students who may later decide not to test. All students who currently plan to take AP Exams should join their teachers’ AP Classroom sections now so you can include them in your school's exam order by November 13. Because the $40 per exam late order fee still applies this year, it's better for students to be registered on time and cancel later, rather than order after the deadline. Schools won’t be charged any fee for exams that are canceled or indicated as unused.
CHECKLIST
Here is a CHECKLIST to help you. You can submit your order and resubmit any time up to the November 13 deadline. We strongly suggest submitting the order as it is as soon as possible, and then resubmitting as necessary before November 13 as changes are made to the order.
- Have all Semester 1/Yearlong AP and Exam Only sections been created?
- Are course sections entered correctly Yearlong AP/Semester 1 vs Semester 2? Be sure to double check, especially if teachers created their own sections. If a course is Semester 2 (course begins after November 13) but not coded as such, the system expects the ordering to happen for those students by November 13. Changes can be easily made by going to the ACTION pull down to the right of the section, choose EDIT SECTION, and then choose SECOND SEMESTER. All Semester 2 sections will have a 2 with a circle around it to indicate second semester. (Note that second semester course enrollments and orders are not due until March 12.)
- Have AP students in Semester1/Yearlong AP courses been given a JOIN CODE by their AP teacher at your school, and have the students enrolled in the class? If not, you won’t be able to order the AP Exam for those students until students join.
- Do the courses and their students listed in AP Registration and Ordering System match the course info in PowerSchool? Cross-referencing these lists is a great way to ensure that no students are missed in your AP order.
EXAM ONLY Sections CHECKLIST
- Are all NCVPS or virtual AP course sections (meaning students taught by teachers NOT at your school) created as EXAM ONLY? Have you given those students their JOIN CODE for the Exam Only section so that you can order the AP Exams for them?
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ALERT! NCVPS teachers or the virtual AP course teachers must have their students JOIN the teacher’s specific course section(s) in AP Classroom so that the APRO system can match up the Exam Only students from your school with this provider. Details are on page 39 of the AP Coordinator’s Manual under “State Subsidies.” **Your school will be responsible for paying for these Exam Only exams IF the NCVPS teacher or the virtual AP course teachers do not create the AP Classroom section and your students enrolled in their courses do not join AP Classroom section.** The APRO system will automatically see your school’s EXAM ONLY section for this student and attempt to match it with the NCVPS or virtual AP course teacher’s AP Classroom section. If APRO finds a match, the NC state subsidy will kick in and pay for this student’s AP Exam. If your Exam Only student has not joined an AP Classroom with the teacher providing the AP instruction, your school will be responsible for the AP Exam cost. Best practice is to follow up with NCVPS or the virtual AP course teacher to ensure that your students have JOINED the virtual teacher’s AP classroom section.
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