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Cech, Scott J. – Education Week, 2007
The perception that the Geneva, Switzerland-based International Baccalaureate Organization's academic programs offer just what American students need in today's more globally competitive environment seems to be catching on. After decades of obscurity and slow expansion, the pace of growth in IB--including courses of study for the primary and…
Descriptors: Advanced Courses, Advanced Placement Programs, Global Approach, Academic Achievement
Manzo, Kathleen Kennedy – Education Week, 2004
This article discusses the continuing growth of student participation in the Advanced Placement program and how schools increasingly recast the program as being within reach of any student willing to do the work, regardless of academic standing. The Advanced Placement program was established in 1955 to give high-achieving students access to…
Descriptors: Student Participation, Advanced Placement, Advanced Placement Programs, Academic Achievement