Discusses the interdisciplinary approach in the College Board's Advanced Placement European History courses, in an attempt to respond to the needs of today's students. (Author/PG)

A high school and state college in Utah have jointly initiated a program designed to provide a comprehensive, accelerated, and coordinated experience for selected high school seniors. (Author/PG)

College and high school teachers must cooperate in the development of the disadvantaged able student as well as give remedial attention to the culturally and socially deprived. (IR)

The growth of the Advanced Placement Program (AP) in participating high schools and entire districts has been supplemented by state-wide plans to use AP as part of general educational improvement. AP summer institutes to provide opportunities for motivated teachers is described. (MLW)

The College Board's Options for Excellence program in San Antonio is described. The Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test is used to identify the "sleepers," students who have not previously demonstrated their concern or aptitude for tough academic courses. (MLW)

Development of an advanced placement examination and certification program that guarantees admission to foreign universities is discussed as a means of promoting international educational exchange and assuring comparability of academic standards. Use of American advanced placement credentials is already common in some foreign countries. (MSE)

The Hebron Advanced Placement Institute, a group of teachers spending a week in the summer examining methods and materials for Advanced Placement English, is described. Its mission is to engender excitement for the discipline and to enable its participants to face confidently the challenge of AP instruction. (MLW)

Even in Florida, a state most receptive to the College-Level Examination Program (CLEP), Black students make little use of one of the most popular time-shortened degree mechanisms. The director of Florida A & M's Test Service Bureau explains why and tells how counselors can help Black students break through educational barriers. (Author/LBH)

The dean of institutional research at the nation's largest community college reviews the advantages and pitfalls of credit-by-examination in this report of student answers to a survey of attitudes toward the CLEP exams. Most replied that they would repeat their experiences with CLEP and judged the General Examinations to be adequate. (LBH)

The Johns Hopkins University program to identify prodigies in mathematics is reviewed. The Advanced Placement Program of the College Board is seen as a means for intellectually highly able youths to move ahead fast in a greatly enriched fashion and earn college credit. (MLW)

The Ventures in Education program, begun 10 years ago, includes honors-level curriculum, advanced placement courses, summer workshops, enrichment, a longer school day, and continued counseling and guidance. It has demonstrated that poor, disadvantaged high school students can learn to excel in demanding courses of study. (MSE)

A journalist looks at the qualities of elite public high schools, examining how they promote academic rigor and high achievement and how these variables can be measured. The role of advanced placement programs in setting high standards and motivating students is highlighted. (MSE)

A high school English teacher describes personal experiences in "untracking" instruction and offers insights into techniques and considerations for making untracked instruction effective. Issues addressed include attendance and missed work, deadlines, classroom communication, assignments, student choice in reading materials, and student…