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Andrews, Hans A. – Community College Journal, 2001
Dual-credit programs allow students to enroll in college courses for credit while still in high school. These programs significantly reduce the time required to achieve an associate or baccalaureate degree, thereby reducing the cost both to the student and to the state. Many states are providing legislative support for program expansion. (Contains…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement Programs, Articulation (Education), College School Cooperation, Community Colleges

Rothschild, Eric – History Teacher, 2000
Provides historical information on the Document-Based Question (DBQ) that has been a part of the Advanced Placement (AP) U.S. history examination since 1973. Focuses on the effects that DBQ had on course content and teaching methods. Addresses the new changes made with the redesign of the DBQ in 1982. (CMK)
Descriptors: Advanced Placement, Advanced Placement Programs, Course Content, Educational Change

Stovel, John E. – History Teacher, 2000
Provides background information on the Document Based Question (DBQ) that is part of both the Advanced Placement (AP) U.S. and European history examinations. Includes an example of the process involved in analyzing documents during the AP examination. Discusses teaching techniques that can be used for the DBQ with the purpose of improving student…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement, Advanced Placement Programs, Educational Strategies, Equivalency Tests

Chu, Jonathan M. – History Teacher, 2000
Argues that poor student performance on the Advanced Placement (AP) U.S. history examination is due to poor preparation for the exam and the misuse of the AP examination to measure teacher effectiveness and school quality. States that teaching methods must change to enable students to see the relationships among facts in history. (CMK)
Descriptors: Advanced Placement, Advanced Placement Programs, Equivalency Tests, Low Achievement
Drake, Barry – Journal of Research in International Education, 2004
It has been suggested that the International Baccalaureate Organization could be expected to "influence" as many as 100 million people in the foreseeable future. This article focuses on some of the cultural dissonances that may be produced from attempts to "clone" on to non-Eurocentric models, educational systems and methodologies designed to…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, International Education, Advanced Placement Programs, Educational Improvement
Kauffman, Nils – Journal of Research in International Education, 2005
This article compares the International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme (IBPYP) as implemented at three schools in the USA. The author hypothesizes that the schools each offer a unique form of the program based on the respective context and capacity to implement the IBPYP. The author found consistency among the faculties in their explanation…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Futures (of Society), Advanced Placement Programs, Elementary Education
Swanson, Joni – Principal Leadership, 2007
Although 80%-85% of high school graduates in Geneseo, Illinois intended to enroll in postsecondary institutions, only 30%-40% completed the ACT-recommended college core curriculum and even fewer (10%-12%) enrolled in credit-based transition programs, such as AP or dual or concurrent enrollment courses. Students were fulfilling the high school…
Descriptors: High School Graduates, Scholarships, Graduation Requirements, Graduation Rate
von Davier, Alina A., Ed.; Liu, Mei, Ed. – ETS Research Report Series, 2006
This report builds on and extends existent research on population invariance to new tests and issues. The authors lay the foundation for a deeper understanding of the use of population invariance measures in a wide variety of practical contexts. The invariance of linear, equipercentile and IRT equating methods are examined using data from five…
Descriptors: Equated Scores, Statistical Analysis, Data Collection, Test Format
Turlington, Anita J. – 1994
This handbook, which is one in a series of handbooks designed to help tech prep practitioners replicate successful materials, projects, or programs that have been developed by Partnership for Academic and Career Education (PACE) consortium members, explains how to design a technical advanced placement program. Outlined first are the structure of…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement Programs, Articulation (Education), Community Colleges, High Schools
Fincher-Ford, Margaret – 1996
In many parts of the United States, high school students are enrolling in college-level courses for both high school and college credit. The educational innovation is referred to as dual credit. This book was designed to help administrators and teachers develop dual-credit educational partnerships and to provide information to students. Chapter 1…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement Programs, College Bound Students, College Credits, College School Cooperation
Bodenhausen, Judith – 1988
This study investigates the relationship between the academic background of teachers of advanced placement (AP) classes and the scores of their students on the nationally administered advance placement examinations. The effect of teacher characteristics on the exam scores was found to be significant. Classes which did poorly on the exams were more…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Advanced Placement Programs, Regression (Statistics), Scores
deBlas, Deborah, Comp.; And Others – 1988
The advances of two-way cable television are discussed in this teachers' guide, which presents materials that have been developed as suggestions for teaching a two-way television course for advanced placement (AP) or honors students in foreign languages. The materials for the course, which is designed to enable students to study these languages…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement Programs, Cable Television, Curriculum Guides, Educational Television
Flaherty, Robert John – 1987
This study was undertaken to determine whether a significant correlation exists between the student's performance on the Advanced Placement (AP) Computer Science Examination and three factors: (1) mathematics scores on the Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test (PSAT); (2) a mathematics index score reflecting mathematics courses taken by the student…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Advanced Placement Programs, Aptitude Tests, Computer Science
College Entrance Examination Board, New York, NY. – 1984
Data on student participation in the College Board's 1984 Advanced Placement Examinations (AP exams) are presented. The tables show mean exam grades by subject and ethnic group for all candidates, males, females, grade 12 candidates, grade 11 candidates, and public school candidates. National data are also provided on reports designated for…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement Programs, College Bound Students, College Entrance Examinations, Ethnic Groups
STEIN, RUTH S. – 1967
A STUDY WAS MADE OF THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF HIGH SCHOOL HONOR STUDENTS WHO WERE ALLOWED TO ENROLL IN LOS ANGELES CITY COLLEGE TO TAKE STANDARD TRANSFERABLE COURSES OF COLLEGE LEVEL PRIOR TO HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION. PERFORMANCE DATA AND GRADE POINT AVERAGES WERE GROUPED FOR EACH HIGH SCHOOL AND FOR EACH DEPARTMENT OR SUBJECT AREA. ON THE SCHOOL…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Advanced Placement Programs, College Entrance Examinations, Grade Point Average