Where Tutix is today
A ready-made AP World History: Modern program is planned and not available yet. You can start a AP World History: Modern class now: the tutor teaches live from your syllabus or notes. Ready-made programs exist for other courses.
How the 2027 exam is built
AP World History: Modern is sat on Thursday, May 6, 2027 (morning session). The exam is 3 hours 15 minutes long: a multiple-choice section of 55 questions in 55 minutes, then the written section. No calculator is involved. Delivery: fully digital.
What changed for 2027
For May 2027 the three short-answer questions are all required, each on a different period and each with a source (a secondary text, a primary text, and a primary or secondary non-text source), and the long essay is one required prompt rather than a choice. The College Board says the course content, the multiple-choice section and the scoring rubrics are not changing.
What the written questions ask
- Short answer: three required questions, each on a different period, each with a source.
- Document-based question: you write an argument from seven documents covering the period 1200 to 2001.
- Long essay: one required prompt, with a broad question and a short introductory statement.
What it covers
| Unit | Exam weighting, as the College Board publishes it |
|---|---|
| 1 The Global Tapestry | 8 to 10% |
| 2 Networks of Exchange | 8 to 10% |
| 3 Land-Based Empires | 12 to 15% |
| 4 Transoceanic Interconnections | 12 to 15% |
| 5 Revolutions | 12 to 15% |
| 6 Consequences of Industrialization | 12 to 15% |
| 7 Global Conflict | 8 to 10% |
| 8 Cold War and Decolonization | 8 to 10% |
| 9 Globalization | 8 to 10% |
How students have scored, 2021 to 2026
The share of students scoring 3 or higher on AP World History: Modern was 52.2% in 2021 and 66% in 2026. The College Board reviews each exam's score standards every five to ten years, so a change from one year to the next can reflect a new standard as well as how students did. AP pass rates for every exam shows the whole table.
| Year | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 or higher | Students | Mean score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 14% | 36% | 16% | 26% | 8% | 66% | n/a | n/a |
| 2025 | 13.9% | 33.4% | 17.0% | 26.5% | 9.2% | 64.3% | 411,547 | 3.16 |
| 2024 | 11.9% | 32.3% | 19.6% | 27.4% | 8.8% | 63.7% | 379,385 | 3.11 |
| 2023 | 15.3% | 21.9% | 27.4% | 22.3% | 13.0% | 64.7% | 350,353 | 3.04 |
| 2022 | 13.2% | 21.9% | 27.0% | 23.7% | 14.3% | 62.1% | 314,716 | 2.96 |
| 2021 | 9.7% | 18.5% | 24.0% | 28.9% | 19.0% | 52.2% | 302,232 | 2.71 |
The College Board describes a 5 as extremely well qualified and a 3 as qualified, and says many US colleges grant credit or placement for a 3 or above, but each college makes its own decisions: check the policies of the colleges you care about.
How to prepare with Tutix today
Type AP World History: Modern in the class wizard, attach your own notes or syllabus if you have them, choose a tutor and join: the tutor teaches on a shared whiteboard and reads what you write while you are still in class.
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Example
AP World History: Modern · Skills · Point of view
A merchant's letter praises the profits of a long-distance trade route. Explain how his occupation might shape his account.
“Biased” is a label, not an explanation. What would a person who profits from the route be likely to describe, and what might he leave out?
A sample written to show how a class sounds. The scores show how the exam would credit each answer. Not a real learner.
What a ready-made program adds, and what it costs
Ready-made programs, such as AP Calculus AB, come with lessons and questions reviewed in advance, at five levels. The Free plan includes 45 live class minutes a month with no card; see the plans.
The twelve ready-made programs are drawn to scale, with a real lesson to read, on the Programs page.
Questions people ask
Does Tutix have an AP World History: Modern program?
Not ready-made yet; it is planned. Today you can start an AP World History: Modern class: type the course, attach your own notes, and the tutor builds the classes around them.
When is the AP World History: Modern exam in 2027?
Thursday, May 6, 2027 (morning session). The 2027 AP window runs from May 3 to 7 and from May 10 to 14.
What is the format of the AP World History: Modern exam?
55 multiple-choice questions in 55 minutes, then short answer (40 minutes); document-based question (60 minutes); long essay (40 minutes). Delivery: fully digital.
How many students score 3 or higher on AP World History: Modern?
In 2026, 66% of students who sat the exam scored 3 or higher, according to the College Board. 411,547 students sat it in 2025.
Sources
- AP World History: Modern: the exam, College Board (accessed October 21, 2026)
- AP World History: Modern: the course, College Board (accessed October 21, 2026)
- AP history exam updates for 2027, College Board (accessed October 21, 2026)
- AP exam dates, College Board (accessed October 21, 2026)
- AP score distributions, 2026, College Board (2026 results)
- AP score distributions, by year (2021 to 2026), College Board (2021 to 2026 results)
- AP World History: Modern: score distribution, College Board (accessed October 21, 2026)
- The AP score scale, College Board (accessed October 21, 2026)
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