An early look at figures from the 2016 Advanced Placement tests shows continued growth in test-taking in subjects such as physics and computer science, and a trend of increasing scores in a number of ...

Students considering an Advanced Placement course in physics have four options to choose from: AP Physics 1: Algebra-Based; AP Physics 2: Algebra-Based; AP Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism; and AP ...

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 ...

This past week, several reports were distributed, describing how the College Board had begun a process of recalibrating (which they call validating) Advanced Placement (AP) scores. What does this mean ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Ray Ravaglia covers education, focusing on technology and innovation. For schools in countries with national curriculum boards, ...

When Naperville North High School sophomore Jason Xia took the AP physics 1 exam last May, all he was hoping for was to have enough correct answers to earn the maximum score of 5. Now a junior, the 16 ...

Amid the disruption from the coronavirus, high school students will be able to take Advanced Placement (AP) tests next month. It will be online and much shorter than previous years. But for some ...

Students at Baltimore Polytechnic Institute, the top-rated public high school in the city, can enroll in more than two dozen Advanced Placement courses. They’re able to do accelerated work in history ...

Even though school is out for summer, Advanced Placement students are finally getting their exam scores back ahead of the 2025 fall semester. Advanced Placement Programs are offered at schools across ...

Advanced Placement exams are on the horizon for high school students, and with them comes plenty of anxiety. The tests determine students’ mastery of college-level course material in classes ranging ...

Racial gaps are larger on average for Advanced Placement (AP) than for dual enrollment (DE) programs. The average district white-black gap in AP participation is more than twice as large as the ...