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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
Manzo, Kathleen Kennedy – Education Week, 2005
College-based programs that motivate underachieving teenagers to graduate and pursue further education is part of a menu of initiatives Guilford County, North Carolina, has introduced to meet the academic, social, and emotional needs of students in its middle and high schools, where racial and ethnic diversity and poverty have been on the rise. As…
Descriptors: Nontraditional Education, Public Schools, Educational Innovation, High Schools