The College Board over the last few years has bet on two new courses to boost participation of underrepresented students in the Advanced Placement program: AP African American Studies and AP ...
Advanced Placement courses can save college-going students time and thousands of dollars in credits, but the opportunity to take college-level coursework varies widely in Alabama. A total of 285 ...
ATLANTA, Ga. (WALB) - State Superintendent Richard Woods released an update about AP, IB, and Dual Enrollment courses following a controversy about AP African-American studies. This follows Woods ...
Advanced Placement (AP) classes offer high school students an invaluable opportunity to challenge themselves academically while reaping benefits that extend well into their college careers. By ...
It’s mid-afternoon on a hot summer day in Mississippi, and Matt Dolan ’82 has assembled a small army of promising high school students at Mississippi State University in Starkville for some academic ...
The Georgia school superintendent announced Wednesday that he will add Advanced Placement African American Studies to the course catalog, enabling it to receive state funding, after declining to ...
In Carroll High School history teacher Tracie Jensen’s classroom, advanced placement students are asked to think deeply about the background of historical events, not just the details. “Why does this ...
Advanced Placement exams are scored on a scale from one to five, with five being the highest possible score. A score of three and above is widely considered as “passing” the exam, while anything below ...
In Braun's AP calculus class, 75 percent of his students' test scores last year were high enough to earn them college credit. Statewide, last year more than 22,600 students took AP exams. Nearly 68 ...
When Palm Springs Unified School District unanimously approved Advanced Placement African American Studies as one of its newest courses on Feb. 11, it also committed to consider the course as a ...
More North Carolina high school students are taking and passing Advanced Placement exams than ever before, according to new data presented on Wednesday by the state Department of Public Instruction.