AP Computer Science A on Savad. The AP CSA paper in Java, its four free-response questions, scored 1–5.

AP Computer Science A is its own AP subject, built on the course College Board teaches from fall 2025: four units, all code in Java. Multiple choice marks itself; you mark the four free-response questions — always the same four kinds — out of 9 and the 1–5 score follows.

✓4 CED units, 53 topics✓42 MC + 4 FRQ paper✓1–5 AP score
The exam

AP Computer Science A — Java, as your students will sit it.

1Section IMultiple choice · 42 questions · 90 min
2Section IIFree response · 4 questions · 90 min: methods and control structures, class design, data analysis with ArrayList, 2D array
AP score 1–5 from a composite where Section I and Section II weigh the same. Each free-response question is marked out of 9. No calculator in either section.
Features

What you get for AP Computer Science A.

Organised by the CED

Questions are tagged to the 4 units and 53 topics of the course — using objects and methods, selection and iteration, class creation and data collections — and to the computational thinking practice they test.

  • Multiple Choice and the four FRQ types
  • Five practices as a filter
  • Java code in the question

Two-section papers

A question's format decides where it sits: multiple choice in Section I, then the four free-response questions in their fixed order in Section II — 3 hours in total.

  • Timed per section
  • No calculator
  • Preview as student

FRQs marked on their rubric

Multiple choice is scored on submit. You mark each free-response question 0–9 against its rubric, and the composite and 1–5 score update as you go.

  • Model solution and rubric beside the code
  • Live coding: watch the code as it is typed
  • Score withheld until all FRQs are marked

See the weak units

Analytics shows accuracy by unit and topic, weakest first, so the next lesson starts where the points went.

  • Accuracy by CED unit
  • Weakest topics first
  • Progress across papers
Teacher guide

Running AP Computer Science A from the teacher panel, step by step.

Your first day, in order. Each step links to a short video of the page it happens on.

1

Add AP Computer Science A to your subjects

Turn on AP Computer Science A in “My subjects” and switch to it from the header.

Watch: My subjects
2

Create your AP CSA classes

Classes → “New class” with AP Computer Science A as the subject.

Watch: Classes
3

Invite students with the AP CSA code

Share the AP Computer Science A join code and approve students as they join.

Watch: Students
4

Build questions by unit

Library → Questions: write MC items and the four kinds of FRQ, and tag the CED unit, topic and practice.

Watch: Adding AP Computer Science A questions
5

Set homework

Tick questions in the Library (or open a pack), press “Create Assignment”, choose the class or individual students and the due date. AP CSA homework has no calculator, and students type their Java in a code editor — no photos of working.

Watch: Homework in AP Computer Science A
6

Run a practice paper

Mock Exams → “New mock exam”, add questions — they sort into Section I and Section II's four slots — then activate.

Watch: Building an AP Computer Science A mock
7

Mark the free response

In Grading, mark each FRQ out of 9; the AP score appears when the last one is marked. During class, Live coding shows each student's code as it is typed, and you can type into it.

Watch: Grading AP Computer Science A results
8

See weak units

Analytics shows accuracy by unit and topic, weakest first.

Watch: Analytics
Video guides

Every page of the panel, feature by feature.

Recorded on the real teacher panel. The first videos are AP Computer Science A's own — its mocks, the student's exam screen, its question builder, its homework and its marking — then the pages every subject shares. Each video shows the whole page, then zooms in on every tab and button, clicks it and explains it. Pick a feature from the list to jump straight to it.

AP Computer Science A

Building an AP Computer Science A mock

Build an AP Computer Science A mock on the real paper: 42 multiple choice in 90 minutes, then the four free-response questions in 90, and open it to a class.

In this video · 14 features · 2:47

For AP Computer Science A

Every subject

Good to know: AP Computer Science A is a track of its own on your plan, separate from the AP track that covers Calculus and Biology.

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