❮ 3
CHAPTER
What You Need to Know About
the AP English Language and
Composition Exam
IN THIS CHAPTER
Summary: Information about the AP English Language and Composition
exam and its scoring.Key Ideas
✪ Learn answers to frequently asked questions.
✪ Learn how your final score is calculated.
✪ Learn tips for successfully taking the exam.Background on the AP English Language and
Composition Exam
What Is the AP Program?
The Advanced Placement program was begun by the College Board in 1955 to construct
standard achievement exams that would allow highly motivated high school students the
opportunity to be awarded advanced placement as freshmen in colleges and universities in
the United States. Today, there are more than 37 courses and exams with over two million
students from every state in the nation, and from foreign countries, taking the annual exams
i n May.KEY IDEA