Advanced Placement Exam Registration Directions for PPS

Exams are $90, with full ($0) or partial ($45) financial aid available to students who qualify.

See Below for Directions

Deadline is Nov 2nd, 2026. Late fees will apply after this date.

Click here to see the Tenative May Exam Schedule

District AP Contacts

Christopher Brida

Director- AP, CTE, and IB

Chris Cozzoli

District AP Testing Coordinator

Advanced Placement Team

advancedplacement@pps.net

Step 1: Payment and Financial Aid Options

Click on options to see details and get links directly to schoolpay. Make sure to sign into schoolpay with the correct student selected to make purchases.

OPTION 2: Full Reduction

→If you give PPS permission to share with the College Board that you are eligible (see below) for financial assistance

Click here to purchase your exam(s) on SchoolPay for $0, no CC/payment info is required.

-$0 Exams are only available for On-Time registration.

Students are eligible for the AP Exam fee reduction on all AP Exams they take in a given year if:

their family’s annual income falls within the Income Eligibility Guidelines set by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food and Nutrition Service, or
they qualify as an “identified student” because they are:
- in households participating in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), the Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations (FDPIR), or in some states, Medicaid benefits, or
- unhoused, migrant, runaway, or in foster care, or
- enrolled in a federally funded Head Start Program

3. Partial Reduction ($45/Exam)

Schoolpay Account Help Here

Step 2: Enter Exam Codes

1- Click on your school name to see the list of classes at your school for related exam codes:

If you want to take an AP Exam of those offered in PPS when not in an "AP" class use this list to get exam codes

Write down your exam code for each exam you want to order.

PPS Students doing "Exam Only"

2- Log in to your MyAP account at Myap.collegeboard.org

3- Click on the Yellow “Join a Course or Exam”. Scroll down the page if you don’t see it.

4- Enter the exam code and hit Submit and proceed through until you get confirmation.

Repeat #3 and #4 for each exam to order.

Additional Information

If the exam code is entered correctly, myAP will display that the assessment is administered by "Portland Public Schools: ATC" on the testing details before clicking into AP Classroom. Students should check myAP around November 7th to make sure the exams they want are ordered by looking for that exam info and immediately emailing advancedplacement@pps.net with any issues.

For 2nd Semester Only AP classes the standard registration window will be open from February 1 to March 1. Before February 1 directions will be posted here on where students can get and enter the exam codes into myAP and complete payment in Schoolpay. Exams are $90, with full ($0) or partial ($45) financial aid available to students who qualify. 2nd Semester Only AP classes do not have a Late window to order.

For 1st Semester, and year long AP classes, and Exam Only registrations- the LATE registration window will be open from February 1 to March 1. Before February 1 directions will be posted here on where students can get and enter the exam codes into myAP and complete payment in Schoolpay. Exams are $130, with full ($40) or partial ($85) financial aid available to students who qualify but all exams ordered LATE include a $40 late fee charged by College Board that cannot be waived. Please make sure to register in the Fall to avoid this additional fee. After March 1 we are unable to order exams.

Important dates and deadlines

November 1 Deadline to register for exam and complete financial aid / payment

November 8 Students check on MyAP that correct exams are ordered

November 10 Last day to cancel exam registration for a full refund

February 1 - 28 Late and second semester registration

April 1 Last day to cancel exam for partial refund

Early May AP Exams : Check the full schedule here