The participation and performance of 11th- and 12th-grade Texas public school district students on the College Entrance Examination Board's Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate Organisation's programs during the 1999-2000 school year were studied. Results show the largest 1-year gains to date in the number of Texas Advanced Placement…

This is the fourth annual High School Report on placement, performance, and persistence of new 16 to 19 year-old high school graduates at the City College of San Francisco (CCSF) (California). The current report focuses solely on high school graduates at CCSF during the fall 2001 and spring 2002 semesters. Students attending CCSF who did not…

The introduction of the SAT Reasoning Test™ with a writing section in March 2005 and the concomitant elimination of the SAT® Subject Test in Writing after January 2005 have led many colleges and institutions to ask for guidance in using the new SAT Reasoning Test writing section scores for college placement and admissions. Standard-setting…

Revised version of an address presented at the Foreign Language Advanced Placement Conference, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, June 27, 1969. (DS)

Addresses the population section of the Advanced Placement course outline for human geography, focusing on four themes: (1) geographical analysis of population; (2) population distribution and composition; (3) population growth and decline over time and space; and (4) population movement. Identifies strategies for instructional activities.…

Project STRIDE (Services for Transition to Independence through Education) included development of individualized transition plans for adults with learning disabilities; a year of full-time training; and a second year of training with transition to job placement and follow up. Interviews with 19 completers and 10 teachers found that most students…

The mother of a gifted daughter advises parents that they can provide a rewarding educational experience for their children by searching for professionals who offer guidance and support, locating a responsive school, choosing activities that showcase the child's talent, not accepting stereotyping of the child, locating special programs, and…

Explores the development of the Advanced Placement (AP) U.S. history test and reviews its grading process for consistency and fairness. Examines the efforts taken to ensure compatibility with college-level U.S. history survey courses. (CMK)

The Advanced Placement (AP) and International Baccalaureate (IB) programs serve as popular choices for many intellectually gifted high school students. This article describes an aspect of a larger study that examined 5 intellectually gifted females' perceptions of their educational experience while enrolled in one of the programs. Using the…

Data were collected and analyzed to determine the extent to which a select group of teacher interns (from the Stanford Secondary Teacher Education Program) can be placed and retained in teaching. (Authors/JA)

Several questions were investigated regarding the placement rates of counseled and uncounseled employment security applicants. In general, as the number of counseling interviews increased there was a corresponding increase in the placement rate. (Author)

Employment and salary statistics are tabulated for 1973 graduates of library schools accredited by the American Library Association. (LS)

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