Does it cost anything?
No. Classes, assignments, AI scoring and everything else for teachers are free, for you and your students, like the rest of Aim for Five. There are no ads.
For teachers
Questions teachers ask
Straight answers about cost, student privacy, AI scoring and how Aim for Five fits next to AP Classroom. Setting up for the first time? The step-by-step guide walks through every screen.
Cost and setup
Does my school need to set anything up?
No. There's nothing to install and no rostering or school sign-up. You sign in, make a class and share its code. Students join with their own free accounts, using Google or a link sent to their email.
Which courses can I teach with it?
Every course on the site: World History, US History, European History, US Government, Human Geography, Macroeconomics, Microeconomics, Biology, Chemistry, Environmental Science, Psychology, Physics 1, Precalculus, Calculus AB, Calculus BC and Statistics. You can assign unit multiple choice and free-response questions in each one, and World History also has full practice exams, DBQs, long essays and short answers.
I teach several sections. How should I set that up?
Make one class per section, so each has its own code, roster and results. You can have up to 30 active classes, and a quiz from your library can go to several classes at once, each with its own due date.
Does it work with Google Classroom?
Yes, alongside it. The Google Classroom button posts your class's join link (or an assignment's link) to Google Classroom so students can click straight in. There's no roster or grade sync; you can download a gradebook as a spreadsheet (CSV) to copy scores across.
Students and privacy
What do you store about my students?
For a student account: their email address (and, if they sign in with Google, the name and picture Google shares), the name they type when they join your class, and the work they turn in for your assignments: answers, scores, time per question and written answers with their scores. Their own studying on the site is saved to their account too, but you never see it. We don't sell data and don't show ads.
Read the privacy policyWhat can I see about a student?
Only the name they give when they join and the work they do for your assignments. Practice they do on their own, flashcards and anything else on the site stays private to them.
How old do students need to be?
13 or older. The site is made for high school students taking AP courses. Depending on the country, students under 16 may need a parent's or guardian's consent.
Can student data be deleted?
Yes. A student can leave your class, which deletes the work they turned in for it, or delete their whole account from their account page, which deletes everything straight away. You can remove a student from your class, which deletes their work for it, and deleting a class deletes its roster, assignments and all the work in it. Anyone can also download their data from their account page.
Is it FERPA or COPPA certified?
We don't hold any formal privacy certification, and we won't claim one. What we do: keep student data to the minimum above, never sell it, show no ads, only allow students 13 and older, send AI scoring only the question and the answer (never a name or email), and let students and teachers delete data themselves. If your school or district needs more detail or a data agreement, email info@aimforfive.com and we'll talk it through.
Contact usAI scoring
How accurate is the AI scoring, and who has the final say?
You do. The AI scores each answer row by row against the question's rubric, with a short reason for each row, as a first pass to save you time. It can be wrong, especially on unusual or very short answers, so you accept or change each row in one click, or accept the rest in bulk when you agree. Your score replaces the AI's, and students only see the review when you release it. Answers too short to score are left for you to score by hand.
What gets sent to the AI?
Only the question and the student's answer, never their name, email or account details. Scores are saved with the assignment, so the same answer isn't sent twice.
Teacher-only questions
How do you keep teacher-only questions from leaking?
They never appear on public pages, in search results or in the site map. Only teachers we've checked can browse them, and a student only receives the questions in an assignment they're in. Correct answers and explanations stay on the server until your setting releases them, and question and choice order can be shuffled for each student. Nothing can stop someone copying a question by hand, but there's no answer key online to look up.
Which courses have teacher-only questions?
Teacher-only questions are ready for 10 courses: US History, European History, US Government, Biology, Chemistry, Environmental Science, Psychology, Precalculus, Calculus AB and Calculus BC. They're coming next for Human Geography, Macroeconomics, Microeconomics, Physics 1 and Statistics. Until then, you can assign the public questions in every course.
Why do I have to ask for teacher access?
Because students could otherwise sign up as teachers and see the teacher-only questions. A person checks each request, usually within a couple of days, using your school and role. While you wait you can make classes, build quizzes and assign everything from the public questions.
AP Classroom and help
I already use AP Classroom. Why add this?
Keep using it. Aim for Five uses the same unit and topic numbers as the official course descriptions, so a Unit 3 assignment here lines up with Unit 3 there. We add what saves time around it: AI first-pass scoring for free response with your review, fresh teacher-only questions, item analysis with reteach links, automatic follow-up practice, projector warm-ups and printable quizzes. We're not affiliated with College Board.
What if I find a mistake in a question?
Use the Report a problem button under the question, including on your results pages. It comes straight to us with the question attached, and reports from teachers are looked at first. You can ask to be emailed when it's fixed.
How do I get in touch?
Use the contact form or email info@aimforfive.com. We read every message and usually reply within a few days, including questions about using the site with a whole department or school.
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