Editing Advanced Placement (section)

=== 2018–2019 ===
* AP United States Government and Politics<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://advancesinap.collegeboard.org/english-history-and-social-science/us-government-politics|title=AP U.S. Government and Politics - Advances in AP - The College Board|website=advancesinap.collegeboard.org|date=July 10, 2006 |access-date=May 9, 2017|archive-date=May 6, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170506191806/https://advancesinap.collegeboard.org/english-history-and-social-science/us-government-politics|url-status=live}}</ref>
** Section I (MCQ) will be extended from 60 questions in 45 minutes to 55 questions in 80 minutes. It will still count towards 50% of the total exam score.
*** The questions will feature greater use of scenarios and stimulus material.
*** The number of answer choices for each question will be reduced from five to four.
** Section II (FRQ) will include four questions in 100 minutes (the same amount of questions and time as the previous exams). The section as a whole will be worth 50% of the total exam score. All four questions are weighted equally (each is worth 12.5% of the total exam score). 
*** One will be a concept application question involving a political scenario.
*** One will be a quantitative analysis and interpretation question with a visual stimulus.
***One will be a [[Supreme Court of the United States|SCOTUS]] Comparison, a comparison between one case that is required knowledge outlined in the course and exam description, and the other not being of prior knowledge to the students.
*** One will be an argumentation essay requiring supporting evidence and reasoning.