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Dvorak, Jack – Journalism and Mass Communication Educator, 1998
Shows that high school students who took a specialized high school course in intensive journalistic writing passed the Advanced Placement English Language and Composition Examination at higher rates (from 1991 to 1997) than did test-takers who took AP English Composition courses as a preparation for the exam. (SR)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Advanced Placement Programs, High Schools, Journalism Education
Stratopoulos, Irene Chachas – 1969
The main purposes in examining and evaluating the Advanced Placement English Program in Salt Lake and Granite School Districts were to identify the essential curriculum features of the program, to make suggestions for curriculum improvement, and to determine whether or not the quality of the AP English Program surpassed that of the conventional…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Advanced Placement Programs, Advanced Students, Curriculum Evaluation
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Fleitz, Elizabeth – CEA Forum, 2007
Having celebrated its fiftieth anniversary in 2005, the Advanced Placement (AP) program has received quite a bit of attention in the past few years due mainly to its exponential growth in popularity. While much of this attention has been positive, a significant amount of criticism has attacked the assumptions of the AP program, aligning it with…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement, Advanced Placement Programs, English Instruction, English Curriculum