The College Board recently recalibrated Advanced Placement (AP) scores for nine subjects, aiming to boost passing rates to 60-80%, aligning them with other AP tests. This "validation" process has led ...

A glance at the summer issue of The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education: Black students and the Advanced Placement program College-bound black students should be encouraged to participate in the ...

In the article “Here’s Why More Students Have Passed AP Exams in Recent Years ” (Aug. 2, 2024), the reporter raises an important question: “[The College Board’s scoring adjustments] led some educators ...

DePauw awards credit for a number of advanced placement and dual enrollment programs, including College Board AP, International Baccalaureate (IB), dual enrollment, advanced college, and A Levels.

The College Board has "recalibrated" nine AP subjects over three years, leading to a significant increase in students scoring 3 or better, exemplified by dramatically improved US Government scores.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dec. 14—Thomas Jefferson Independent Day School has been named to the College Board's 2024 Advanced Placement Program School Honor ...

Eight private schools in Washington area -- including St. Albans and Sidwell Friends -- announce they will stop offering Advanced Placement courses. Eight elite private high schools in the Washington ...

The percentage of public high schools offering Advanced Placement (AP) courses is declining, with lower percentages offering AP in 2012 than in 2008. The overall declines in AP programs after 2008 ...

The Justice and Education Departments said the school had penalized white and Asian applicants, the latest in a series of investigations into admissions at elite universities. By Alan Blinder ...

In August, the College Board announced a new website designed to complement Advanced Placement courses. “AP Classroom” offers standardized year-long curricular sequences, divided into nine units.