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The Advanced Placement® Program (AP) provides opportunities for willing and academically prepared students to pursue college-level coursework while still in high school. AP courses are developed by the College Board’s AP Program. Corresponding exams at the end of the year allow students to earn college credit or advanced placement at colleges and universities around the world.
There are 38 AP courses in seven subject areas. Visit AP Central to learn more about the courses offered.
AP® educators and coordinators may access information about launching and growing an
AP® program as well as important updates by visiting About AP.
AP teachers may access free tools to support teaching on site, online, or in combination by visiting AP Classroom and AP Daily.
AP students may view AP exam scores, learn about AP awards, and get answers to all score-related questions by visiting AP Students Page.
Advanced Placement® (AP®) Summer Institutes provide the most intensive professional development available for AP® educators. Summer institute attendees engage in thirty or more hours of content-rich training designed to strengthen how they teach their AP® courses. Any recent changes to AP® will be addressed at the AP® Summer Institutes. College Board endorsed consultants will guide attendees through resources such as course outlines; content-specific handouts; and student samples, scoring guidelines, and commentary from the most recent AP® exams.
2025 West Virginia Advanced Placement Summer Institutes
Week One
Location: Capital High School, Charleston, WV
Dates: Tuesday, June 24 – Friday, June 27, 2025
Sessions
- African American Studies
- Art & Design
- Biology for New AP Teachers
- Biology for Experienced AP Teachers
- Calculus AB
- Chemistry for New AP Teachers
- Chemistry for Experienced AP Teachers
- English Language
- English Literature
- Environmental Science
- Human Geography
- Music Theory
- Physics I
- Precalculus
- Psychology
- Spanish Language & Culture
- Statistics
- U.S. Government & Politics
- U.S. History
Week Two
Location: Online
Dates: Tuesday, July 8 – Friday, July 11, 2025
Sessions
- Art & Design
- Calculus AB
- Calculus BC
- English Language for New AP Teachers
- English Language for Experienced AP Teachers
- English Literature for New AP Teachers
- English Literature for Experienced AP Teachers
- European History
- Physics II
- Psychology
- Statistics
- U.S. Govt & Politics
- U.S. History for New AP Teachers
- U.S. History for Experienced AP Teachers
- World History: Modern
Registration for both AP Summer Institutes will be available here in January 2025.
New and Experienced Sessions:
Teachers who have taught the AP course for three or fewer years must attend the specified session for new AP teachers. Teachers who have taught the course for four or more years should attend the session for experienced AP teachers. Experienced AP teachers may attend the sessions for new teachers if a basic course refresher is needed. However, new AP teachers may not attend the experienced sessions.
Sessions not specified new or experienced are open to both new and experienced AP teachers of that course.
2025 Registration Fees:
- WV teachers: $50
- Out-of-state teachers: $700
Lodging:
WV teachers living at least 50 miles from the institute location qualify for lodging under the WVDE direct-billed room block.
AP Courses Not Listed on the 2025 Schedule:
WV teachers who must attend courses not listed on the schedule may be eligible to attend an APSI session in another location. Contact Karen Linville at Karen.Linville@k12.wv.us for more information.
AP Computer Science Principles and AP Computer Science A will be provided through CodeWV. Registration details will be available on this page at a later date.
Contact Information:
For more information about the summer institute and required policy 2510 attendance, please contact Karen Linville at Karen.Linville@k12.wv.us.
The West Virginia Department of Education is pleased to offer Advanced Placement (AP) exam fee waivers to qualified West Virginia students. The fee waiver allows students to take AP exams at no cost. Schools must apply for students to receive waivers, and waivers are granted based on an individual student’s financial need. Students qualifying for a test fee waiver will pay $0 for 2025 AP exams.
The base AP Exam fees for 2025 are as follows:
- $99 per exam
- $147 per exam for Capstone (AP Seminar or AP Research)
Funding Amounts for Qualifying AP Exams:
- $99 Exam Cost
- $37 College Board Waiver
- $9 Rebate to School (Schools are expected to forego the $9 rebate for these students.)
- $53 West Virginia Waiver from WVDE
- $0 Student Pays
AP Seminar and AP Research Exams:
- $147 Exam Cost
- $37 College Board Waiver
- $9 Rebate to School (Schools are expected to forego the $9 rebate for these students.)
- $101 West Virginia Waiver from WVDE
- $0 Student Pays
Approved grant funds will be sent to schools in spring 2025. Schools use the funding to pay College Board directly. The College Board will send invoices to schools specifying the amount due.
Student Eligibility Criteria:
Please follow this link to view eligibility criteria: AP Fee Reductions
What AP Coordinators Must Do:
- Indicate the fee reduction status for each eligible student in AP Registration and Ordering.
- For each student who is eligible for the College Board fee reduction, check the box for Reduced Fee next to their name in the student roster.
- For students who are not eligible for the fee reduction, no action is needed.
- Indicate only once per student, not for each exam.
- Indicate fee reduction status for each student by the time you submit your exam order. If you need more time to verify this information, you can update students’ fee reduction status through AP Registration and Ordering after submitting your exam order, but no later than April 30, 2025 (11:59 p.m. ET).
- Indicate to the West Virginia Department of Education the number of AP exam waivers needed by using the following link: 2025 West Virginia AP Fee Waiver Request Form.
- Access the school’s invoice that is emailed to you after the late-testing administration ends. (Invoices may also be accessed and printed through AP Registration and Ordering.
- Send payment to College Board no later than June 15, 2025.
For more information, contact Karen Linville, Coordinator for Advanced Placement, Student Enrichment Office, West Virginia Department of Education, phone: 304-558-5325.
The West Virginia Department of Education provides support for school administrators and AP coordinators.
WVDE and College Board are partnering to provide two in-person sessions for administrators and AP coordinators:
Session 1
Wednesday, July 17, 2024, at Shady Spring High School
10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Session 2
Thursday, July 25, 2024, at Waterfront Hotel, Morgantown
10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
To register, visit AP Sessions for Administrators and Coordinators
Contact Karen Linville or call Student Enrichment Programs at (304) 558-5325.
Contact Us
Karen Linville, Program Lead
Office of Middle & Secondary Learning
Phone: 1-833-627-2833
Fax: (304) 558-1613