AP Macroeconomics: Updates for 2019-20

§ To bring you and your students new classroom resources and supports, we’re making § updates to AP® Macroeconomics for the 2019-20 school year. § These updates will give you a clearer sense of the content and skills that will be tested on § the AP Exam. They’ll also ensure that the exam format remains consistent from year to year. § You won’t need to update your syllabus in the AP Course Audit. § § Starting in August, you’ll need to complete a simple digital activation process to access § the new resources and help your students register for their exams.

Course Updates The CED organizes the course into six commonly taught units. AP Macroeconomics has been updated for the 2019-20 § school year to make things clearer for you and your students. § This series of units represents a sequence that is found in widely adopted college textbooks and that many Course and exam information is now clearly AP Macroeconomics teachers have told us they follow: w presented in a course and exam description (CED). w Unit 1: Basic Economic Concepts § w § Currently, a course description booklet—a very general w Unit 2: Economic Indicators and the Business Cycle overview of course content, with a topic outline—is w available to help you plan your instruction. w Unit 3: National Income and Price Determination § w § Starting in late May 2019, you’ll have access to a course w Unit 4: Financial Sector w and exam description (CED) for AP Macroeconomics w Unit 5: Long-Run Consequences of that clearly outlines all required course content and Stabilization Policies defines how that content will be assessed on the exam. w w Unit 6: Open Economy—International Trade and Finance § § By organizing the course content and skills into units, we’re able to give you and your students free formative assessments—personal progress checks—that you can assign throughout the year to measure student progress. § § We want to respect your time and expertise by providing a road map you can modify and adapt to your local priorities and preferences. You can choose to follow this suggestion for how content can be sequenced and paced. As always, you’ll have the flexibility to organize the course content as you like. The CED defines specific learning objectives and Exam Updates skills for students. The weighting, timing, and number of questions on the AP § § Specific learning objectives are included in the course Macroeconomics Exam aren’t changing, but starting in the framework so that it’s clear for you and your students 2019-20 school year: exactly what they should be able to do. § § Rather than having a variable number of points on the § § In the framework, each learning objective is clearly free-response section of the exam, the total number of connected to specific course content in the form of possible points for the free-response section will be set essential knowledge statements. With this kind of at 20—10 points for the long question and 5 points for specificity, you and your students will know how that each short question. content will be assessed on the AP Exam. § § Students will be required to show their work when § § The framework outlines distinct skills that AP prompted to perform a calculation in the free-response Macroeconomics students should practice throughout section of the exam. (This is already required on the AP the year—skills that will help them learn to think and act Microeconomics Exam.) like economists, such as explaining economic outcomes § § The skills defined in the CED will be assessed in the same and modeling economic situations using graphs. proportions on all versions of the AP Macroeconomics § § Throughout the CED, you’ll find thoughtful suggestions Exam. (Currently, because there are no defined course for pairing course content with these skills. skills, the assessed skills vary.)

You’ll find complete details about the updated AP Macroeconomics course and exam in the CED, available on AP Central® in late May 2019.

Print copies of the CED will be available in easy-to-use, customizable binders in June 2019. collegeboard.org/CED Preorder your free copy at .

Visit collegeboard.org/APMacro2019 for the most up-to-date information, including:

§ § A video overview of the AP Macroeconomics updates; § § More information about the new resources; § § A detailed timeline of what you can expect and when; and § § A video preview of the CED and unit guides.