Bluebook Alerts for Professionals

Unless blocked, Bluebook will auto-update on Windows devices the next time it’s opened. Students don’t need to sign in. To avoid overwhelming your network and causing delays, ask students to open Bluebook themselves before test day or group readiness sessions.  

If testing devices don’t allow Bluebook auto-updates, take action to make sure students can use Bluebook.   

This is a routine but required update to make minor adjustments—students can’t use Bluebook without it.  

Get installation instructions for each device type.  

Earlier today, we discovered a technical issue that prevents students from taking AP Exams using Text-to-Speech. We’re working on a fix and hope to complete it later this evening. Check back here for updates. 

We apologize for this situation. 

Bluebook is experiencing an issue with Text-to-Speech. We’re investigating the matter and hope to resolve it soon. In the meantime, take the steps shared below and monitor this page for updates. 

Students are unable to use Text-to-Speech to take AP Exams.   

Students who have this accommodation and are testing today have two options: 

• If students want to use their approved Text-to-Speech accommodation, submit an incident report and order late-testing exams.   

• If students want to test without their approved Text-to-Speech accommodation, they can test today. If they later feel their testing experience was affected, submit an incident report and order late-testing exams. 

When submitting the IR, select the incident Bluebook embedded text-to-speech issue. Complete details about submitting the Incident Report are on p.91 of the AP Coordinator’s Manual, Part 2.   

If students have this accommodation and are testing tomorrow or later this week, check back here for updates.  

Due to a global issue with Amazon Web Services (AWS), Bluebook, Test Day Toolkit, and other College Board products were experiencing intermittent outages. Service has been restored.

We know you worked hard to prepare for the test, and we apologize for this stressful situation.

We’ve resolved the issue. We have identified the cause and are taking steps to prevent this problem in the future.  

If your students were unable to test or were affected in another way, you can reschedule their test date.  

For students who entered the room code, submit a retest IR in Test Day Toolkit and follow instructions in the Coordinator Manual for preparing a retest administration.

We know that you and your students work hard to prepare for test day, and we apologize for the disruption. 

Bluebook has been experiencing an issue since approximately 8:30 a.m. ET. We’re investigating the matter and hope to resolve it soon. In the meantime, take the steps shared below and monitor this page for updates.

If students are testing successfully, allow them to continue.

If students are unable to start or continue testing, follow the instructions below:

• Wait as long as your school’s schedule allows while we try to resolve the situation.
• If you need to, reschedule or retest on a later day in the testing window. Call us if that’s not possible.
• Follow the dismissal instructions in your manual.
• Report a retest irregularity for students who entered the start code and a report-only irregularity for students who didn’t.