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Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ. – 1980
Designed to help university and college faculty, academic administrators, and testing personnel select appropriate tests for college admission, this booklet provides a comparative description of the three biology examinations offered by the College Board. In separate sections, the following topics are covered: faculty improvement in test…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Advanced Placement Programs, Biology, College Admission
Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ. – 1980
Designed to help university and college faculty, academic administrators, and testing personnel select appropriate tests for college admission, this booklet provides a comparative description of the three chemistry examinations offered by the College Board. In separate sections, the following topics are covered: faculty involvement in test…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Advanced Placement Programs, Chemistry, College Admission
Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ. – 1980
Designed to help university and college faculty, academic administrators, and testing personnel select appropriate tests for college admission, this booklet provides a comparative description of the three physics examinations offered by the College Board. In separate sections, the following topics are covered: faculty involvement in test…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Advanced Placement Programs, College Admission, College Bound Students

Herr, Norman Edward – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1992
Contrasts the traditional honors program and the Advanced Placement program of the College Entrance Examination Board using the self-reports of 155 high school science teachers experienced in both programs. Examines the perceived influences of each program format upon the use of basic teaching techniques, laboratory experiences, pacing of the…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Advanced Placement Programs, Comparative Analysis, Creative Thinking

Henry, Michael – Social Studies, 1991
Discusses a survey of 56 advanced placement (AP) U.S. history teachers. Explores the scope of AP history and types of posttest activities used after Advanced Placement examinations. Concludes that public school courses developed more deeply into post-1960 events than the private schools did. Describes movies, debates, simulations, and local…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement Programs, Comparative Analysis, Course Content, Curriculum Research