Introduction: The Five-Step Preparation Program -- Step 1: Set Up Your Program -- 1. What You Need to Know About the AP Computer Science Principles Assessment -- 2. Planning Your Time -- Step 2: Determine Your Test Readiness -- 3. Take a Diagnostic Exam -- Step 3: Develop Strategies for Success -- 4. Strategies to Help You Do Your Best on the Exam and Create Performance Task -- Step 4: Review the Knowledge You Need to Score High -- 5. The Create Performance Task -- 6. The Explore Curricular Requirement -- Big Idea 1: Creative Development -- Big Idea 2: Data -- Big Idea 3: Algorithms and Programming -- Big Idea 4: Computing Systems and Networks -- Big Idea 5: Impact of Computing -- Step 5: Build Your Test-Taking Confidence -- AP Computer Science Principles Practices Exam 1 -- AP Computer Science Principles Practice Exam 2

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