High school students around the world began taking online AP exams this week. Some say they have encountered problems submitting responses and may have to retake the exams at a later date.
But on Monday said that the vast majority of test-takers had successfully submitted their exams.
Cole Wagner, 17, said he was unable to submit his AP Physics Mechanics exam Monday after he tried twice to copy and paste his answers from a Google Doc to the exam. He said the responses reformatted when he pasted them into the exam, meaning they did not correspond with the questions. He’s hoping to retake the test at a later date.
Late Tuesday, the College Board acknowledged that some students had reported troubles cutting and pasting responses for exams. Darren Kagey, a junior at Pickerington High School North in Pickerington, Ohio, took the same AP Calculus AB exam and said he had a similar issue. He said he was informed he would have to apply for a makeup test.
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