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Billings, Judith A. – 1990
In March 1990, the Washington State Legislature adopted the Learning by Choice Law, a law relating to student enrollment options. The law consists of three major components: Family Choice; Running Start; and Seventh and Eighth Grade Choice. The Family Choice law allows parents to select which public school(s) their children will attend, within…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement Programs, Enrollment, Free Choice Transfer Programs, Grade 11
Calgary Univ. (Alberta). Centre for Gifted Education. – 1993
This proceedings contains summaries of 24 conference papers focusing on new directions in gifted education. Each paper's summary is about four pages in length. Papers have the following titles and authors: "Supporting Giftedness in Girls in the Classroom" (Julia Ellis); "A Community of Learners in ECS" (Anne Green);…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Advanced Placement Programs, Educational Methods, Elementary Secondary Education
Edmonds School District 15, Lynnwood, WA. – 1991
A school-university partnership between the Edmonds School District 15 and Edmonds Community College in Lynnwood, Washington, is described in this report. Described are the mission of the joint articulation council, project reports and updates, examples of collaborative project proposals, a completed contract class agreement, and promotional…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement Programs, Articulation (Education), College Bound Students, College School Cooperation
Thompson, Dale E.; And Others – 1989
The Arkansas Articulation Program is the process used since 1986 to supervise the coordination between secondary and postsecondary levels of vocational, technical, and technology education courses whose content has been standardized as the result of competency identification specific to each subject area. The program aims to strengthen the…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement Programs, Articulation (Education), Developmental Continuity, Educational Mobility
White, Carole D. – 1989
The major objectives and benefits of the Advanced Placement Program (APP) are summarized, and data specific to Delaware are compared to national statistics about advanced placement (AP) courses in high schools. School participation in the APP is considered an indicator of academic success by educators and policy makers. The extent to which…
Descriptors: Advanced Courses, Advanced Placement Programs, College Bound Students, Comparative Testing
HART, JOHN A.; HAYES, ANN L. – 1967
THIS REPORT EXPLAINS THE INTENTIONS OF THE STUDY WHCIH PRODUCED THE "MODEL FOR AN ADVANCED PLACEMENT ENGLISH COURSE," A DAY-BY-DAY CLASS PLAN FOR WORK IN LITERATURE AND COMPOSITION, DESIGNED TO AID TEACHERS IN CONDUCTING ADVANCED PLACEMENT ENGLISH COURSES. ALSO DISCUSSED ARE THE METHODS FOLLOWED IN EVALUATING THE MATERIALS FOR THE MODEL…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement Programs, College School Cooperation, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation
MCKENDALL, BENJAMIN W.
THE POSITION TAKEN IS THAT THE CURRICULAR CHANGES THAT HAVE BEEN MADE AT THE UNIVERSITY LEVEL TO PERMIT EDUCATIONALLY DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS (USUALLY NEGRO) TO ATTEND COLLEGE ARE ONLY PALLIATIVE BECAUSE MOST ADMISSION PROCEDURES ARE TOO INFLEXIBLE TO CONSIDER THE EFFECTS OF A DISADVANTAGED EDUCATION IN THE LOWER SCHOOLS ON A STUDENT'S SCHOLASTIC…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Advanced Placement, Advanced Placement Programs, College Admission
Hocking, Elton – Journal of Secondary Education, 1964
The status of foreign language education is discussed in the context of increased enrollments and the current fervor to raise academic standards generally. Problems related to the increased enrollments in high school language courses (audiolingually oriented), and the rather inflexible attitudes of college language departments (literature…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement Programs, Articulation (Education), College Entrance Examinations, College Language Programs
Gloss, Garvin G.; And Others – 1969
Briefed are the planning, the committee work, and the supportive legislation which followed the conception of Ohio's gifted program. The procedural methodology used by the Division of Special Education to encourage the initiation of programs and to disseminate information of research, monographic contributions, and demonstration results is…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Advanced Placement Programs, Demonstration Programs, Educational Finance
Johnson, Galen W. – 1996
This description of the gifted education program of the Des Moines (Iowa) public schools is organized into five sections: (1) context evaluation, (2) input evaluation, (3) process evaluation, (4) product evaluation, and (5) future planning. The context evaluation section notes that the state-mandated programs provide services to students…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Academically Gifted, Acceleration (Education), Advanced Placement Programs
Cornog, William H. – College Board Review, 1980
The Advanced Placement Program evolved from the School and College Study of Admission with Advanced Standing. Its progenitors sought to encourage and reward able and ambitious students, to focus on subject matter, to bring school and college teachers together, and to eliminate the lock-step in education. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Achievement Tests, Advanced Placement Programs, Advanced Students

Godsey, Maurice – New England Journal of History, 1989
Discusses the role of U.S. history in world history. Describes the International Baccalaureate program and its influence upon precollege students in preparing them for the intellectual demands of university study. Reviews the Baccalaureate curriculum's emphasis on regional studies and integration of histories. (KO)
Descriptors: Advanced Placement Programs, Area Studies, Cultural Awareness, Geographic Regions

Brody, Linda E.; And Others – Gifted Child Quarterly, 1990
This study evaluated the achievements of 65 young entrants as beginning undergraduates in a highly selective university. Compared to nonaccelerants, subjects tended to graduate in a shorter period of time and earn more honors. Starting college with a large number of Advanced Placement Program credits was the best predictor of outstanding academic…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academically Gifted, Acceleration (Education), Advanced Placement Programs

Wenner, Gene C. – School Arts, 1990
Describes a specialized school for the arts for high school students. Discusses courses in ceramics, metal working, photography, advancement placement in studio art, and art history. Explains the relationship between this specialized school and the surrounding high schools that these students attend for other subjects. (KM)
Descriptors: Advanced Placement Programs, Art Activities, Art Appreciation, Art Education

Ennis, Rosemary – History Teacher, 1999
Discusses resources that can be used in an Advanced Placement (AP) U.S. history course, including a series of textbooks, supplemental readings, projects, Document-Based Questions and essays from earlier AP examinations, Internet and multimedia resources, and students and their families. (CMK)
Descriptors: Advanced Placement Programs, Course Content, Genealogy, History Instruction