Paranoia, Glitches, and Class War: Students in AP Classes Panic Under COVID

The people behind Advanced Placement (AP) tests would like to make one thing very clear: they are not secretly posing as a teenaged Redditor named “Dinosauce313” in a plot to catch kids cheating on their exams. The high-pressure tests, which help decide who gets into America’s elite colleges, are not being used for entrapment-style stings. But as the APs—like every other aspect of schooling—move online amid COVID-19 lockdown, all hell is…