Describes the Advanced Placement U.S. history program which allows students to earn college credit by taking a standardized test while still in high school. Reviews procedures for selection of multiple choice questions on this test from 1960-1984. States that multiple choice type questions on this test have changed since 1960, but not…

Data from Florida high schools indicate that the original purpose of student acceleration, to accomplish traditional academic objectives faster, has shifted toward curricular increahment. Discussion and tables illustrate how advanced placement, dual enrollment, and early admission have evolved during the 1978-84 years. (5 references) (MLF)

Two students describe their experience in an advanced placement (AP) American history course. (JDH)

Syracuse University's Project Advance (one of the first high school college cooperative programs in the United States through which college courses, taught in high schools by high school faculty, are taken for college credit) 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)

Presents the entire Advanced Placement Physics C Examination, intended to match the first two terms of a three-to-four term sequence of calculus-based physics courses for physical science or engineering majors. (MLH)

To help the Middle College National Consortium to learn about students' perspectives on the transition to college, the National Center for Restructuring Education, Schools and Teaching (NCREST) conducted two focus groups with 13th grade students at two Middle College-Early College high schools. There was consensus by the students in the focus…

Advanced Placement (AP), launched in 1955 by the College Board as a program to offer gifted high school students the opportunity to complete entry-level college coursework, has since expanded to encourage a broader array of students to tackle challenging content. At the end of the year-long course, students may opt to sit for the course-related…

From preschool parents to Pentagon chiefs, people are calling for more foreign language instruction. Factors driving the demand include China's economic growth, which has prompted the College Board to add Chinese to its list of Advanced Placement tests. Meanwhile, President George W. Bush, citing national security concerns, has called for the…

The number of students per 1,000 12th graders who participated in Advanced Placement (AP) examinations shows the level of importance that students, schools, and colleges place on the AP program and how that importance has changed over time. Between 1984 and 1997, the number of students who took AP examinations increased dramatically, from 50 to…

This study used confirmatory factor analytic methods to investigate whether the subscales of the Advanced Placement International English Language examination (APIEL[R]) measuring Writing, Speaking, Listening, and Reading were invariant across 2 groups, 197 Chinese students and 434 German students. Since categorical responses were observed on…

The central premise of this study was that the use of graphing calculator technology helped improve students' achievement in upper level biology courses. The populations studied included high school students in a block course entitled "AP Biology/AP Calculus" and students in a traditional AP Biology course. There appears to be a positive effect on…

Describes the development of an educational institution created in response to the urgent need to provide new and more flexible approaches to education for New York State. (Author/RK)

Expanded version of a list published in the German Quarterly, September 1965. (DS)

The purpose of this study was to determine the predictive validity of the College Entrance Examination Board Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) and the College Entrance Examination Board Achievement Test scores in the prediction of scores on various subject area College Level Examination Program (CLEP) tests. (Author/BW)