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Direct linkViadero, Debra – Education Week, 2010
At a time of mushrooming interest in Advanced Placement (AP) tests, a new book, "AP: A Critical Examination of the Advanced Placement Program," assembles studies on how capable the program is of meeting the increasingly diverse expectations held up for it. Growing out of a symposium held at Harvard in 2007, the book focuses on AP science…
Descriptors: High Schools, Advanced Placement, Academically Gifted, Disadvantaged
Cech, Scott J. – Education Week, 2008
More students are taking Advanced Placement tests, but the proportion of tests receiving what is deemed a passing score has dipped, and the mean score is down for the fourth year in a row. Data released here this week by the New York City-based nonprofit organization that owns the AP brand shows that a greater-than-ever proportion of students…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement, Ethnic Groups, Academic Achievement, Advanced Placement Programs
