Italian AP Exam

In 2010, NIAF collaborated with Italy when the Embassy of Italy to fundraise the $3 million necessary to preserve the AP Italian Language Examination as part of the yearly offering from the College Board.

With a leadership gift of $250,000 donated by NIAF’s Chairman Emeritus, Congressman Frank J. Guarini, the Foundation was able to raise a total of $750,000 and serve as the community’s leader in the struggle to make sure that the Italian language would always have a place in the upper echelons of higher learning.

Today, thanks to the efforts of NIAF and the assembled Italian American community, the AP Italian Language Exam is healthy and secure in its place among the College Board’s offerings, and the numbers of students sitting for the test each year continues to grow significantly.

Normally, the AP exam is taken after completion of an AP Italian course in high school.

If your high school does not currently offer an AP course in Italian Language and Culture, but there are a sufficient number of interested students, contact the principal and the educator responsible for Italian to examine the possibility of instituting one.

Students already proficient in the language and culture may register to take the AP exam without having completed an AP course.
Contact the AP Coordinator in a school where AP exams are administered for assistance in registering for the Italian AP Exam.