What are ways to encourage minority students and those from low socioeconomic backgrounds to take and succeed in AP classes? Advanced Placement courses and their final national standardized exams began in 1954 to help students, mostly white males, get through college more quickly so that they would have more time in the work force. 50 years later,…

Project Aspire was created to identify poor rural students with academic potential and to provide them with academic and counseling support in advanced placement courses and prerequisites. This article describes Project Aspire and its foundations; the relevant lessons learned from the literature on poverty, small schools, rural schools, and gifted…

Compiled by the Curriculum Services Office Staff at the North Harris Montgomery Community College District (NHMCCD), in Texas, this manual provides information on administrative issues related to articulation agreements between NHMCCD and area high schools, focusing on competency based course articulation, tech prep initiatives, and dual credit…

Kansas City Kansas Community College's (KCKCC's) High School Partnership Program was established in spring 1987 to enable outstanding high school seniors to earn both high school and college credit for college-level courses taken on their own campuses. Through the Partnership Program, KCKCC offers classes at 10 of the 17 high schools in its…

Advanced Placement (AP) participation and examination performance data are important in understanding the extent to which Texas students have completed courses that may qualify them for a "head start"--advanced standing, course credit, or both standing and credit--upon beginning college or university course work. A brief history and…

In their effort to provide quality programing for their diverse student body, the Des Moines Public Schools continually evaluate their teaching and student outcomes. This report presents results about student performance on the following tests: (1) Iowa Tests of Basic Skills (ITBS); (2) Iowa Tests of Educational Development (ITED); (3) American…

Because a high percentage of Advanced Placement English Language and Composition (APELC) students from a small rural high school were receiving below-average grades on the Advanced Placement Examination, a 10-week composition program was designed and implemented. The composition program included three main strategies: (1) the use of the rubric as…

This study evaluates the effects of the Advanced Placement (AP) Program in the lives of students and investigates the validity of the Advanced Placement Examinations at participating colleges and universities. Nine of the colleges and universities that received the most AP candidates in 1982 were selected for the study. The transcripts of a large…

Two questionnaires were constructed in 1985 as part of the overall Study of Stanford and the Schools. The survey instruments focused respectively on high school student and teacher opinions of their various Advanced Placement (AP) classroom experiences and their academic expectations for AP students based on these classroom experiences. The…

To guide personnel in establishing appropriate gifted/talented programs in small, rural secondary schools, this bibliography provides annotated citations for 29 journal articles and books published from 1968 to 1986 which examine all aspects of gifted education. Annotations are divided into 4 sections: the current status of gifted education in…

This document contains the agenda for an Administrator's Workshop given by the College-Level Examination Program (CLEP) of the College Board. Included are an update on CLEP activities, a section on reaching out to faculty, and a section on reaching out to adult students. Covered in the update on CLEP activities are results of 1984 workshop surveys…

A program was developed to facilitate the transition of Licensed Practical Nurses (LPNs) into a program to become registered nurses (RNs) and acquire an associate degree in allied health at Brookdale Community College (New Jersey). A committee of four nursing faculty compared the curriculum of an exemplary practical nursing program with…

The two techniques for advanced standing treated here are (1) the Advanced Placement Program administered by the College Entrance Examination Board and (2) the various plans that enable superior students to take courses in nearby colleges and universities while they are completing their high school programs. Some outcomes of advanced standing…

This guide provides information about high school level programs in the Boston Public Schools. Included are descriptions of general and special high school programs and cooperative vocational education and postgraduate programs. Descriptions of the high school and special programs include a general statement of the philosophy and/or general nature…

This second annual report to the Florida Legislature and the State Board of Education reviews the reasons for student acceleration programs, the methods of acceleration, and the financial implications of time-shortened degree programs. Statistical data are provided on the number of Florida high school and postsecondary students taking advantage of…