Each year over 2 million high school students take over 4 million Advanced Placement (AP) tests in an attempt to earn college credit. The number of AP students in the United States is growing each ...

WASHINGTON — Columbus McKinney is taking his fifth Advanced Placement course at Woodrow Wilson High School in Washington, undeterred even though he didn’t score high enough to get college credit on ...

The number of Arkansas high school students who took challenging Advanced Placement exams increased in 2014 compared with 2013, as did the number of test scores that can qualify students for college ...

Increasing numbers of students from low-income Latino and black families are taking advanced courses and passing AP exams in Lynwood Unified School District, south of downtown Los Angeles. To make ...

Some of the benefits involved with taking AP classes are being able to gain college credit, preparing oneself for the rapid pace of college life and academics, and strengthening one’s college ...

Placement into your courses in college can be scary. You might be wondering, “How do advisors decide which courses I belong in?” You might also be thinking, "I already have college credit from dual ...

Two local school districts made it onto the College Board’s Eighth annual AP District Honor Roll. Roseland Public Schools and Cotati-Rohnert Park Unified were among 447 school districts across the U.S ...

In his 2004 State of the Union address, President George W. Bush proposed to "expand Advanced Placement programs in low-income schools." The President's subsequent budget for fiscal year (FY) 2005 ...

The AP program has expanded rapidly since 1990 to become the primary program for providing US public high school students with advanced coursework, with nearly two in five graduates earning AP credit ...

The number of Louisiana public school students taking Advanced Placement tests has nearly tripled in the past five years, though many continue to struggle to master the tests. Only about one-third of ...