Describes the Advanced Placement Program that is offered in high schools for students who want advanced studies in physics. Different aspects of the program, such as the course structure and grading procedures, are described briefly. (PS)

Credit by examination programs not only allow a student to work at his own level of competency, but also allows him to complete his coursework in a shorter period of time, which alleviates financial burdens. (HS)

Selected high school graduates can earn a year's college credit through College-Level Examination Program. (Editor)

Presents comparative results in achievement on the General Chemistry 1977 ACS Examination (New York) for first year college chemistry students, students completing one year of secondary school chemistry (N=778) and another secondary group (N=176) completing a year of advanced placement chemistry in addition to the one year of chemistry. (CS)

The use of standardized test scores to exempt students from college courses was investigated using the General Psychology Exam of the College Level Examination Program. Results questioned the ability of instructors to assess its utility. (JKS)

Reports on a study which sought to determine the validity of the Advanced Placement Spanish Language Examination by comparing the performance on the multiple-choice section of this test of three groups: (1) advanced placement students, (2) second-year college students, and (3) third-year college students. (AM)

Defends the grading of the advanced placement examinations in U.S. government and politics courses. Provides the criteria used for the selection of the readers. Points out among 27 readers in 1989, all had masters' degrees and 4 held doctorates in political science or international relations. Claims high school instructors in the program are…

Describes a three-week summer institute for high school social studies teachers, held at Rutgers University in 1987, which was intended to prepare teachers for the advanced placement course and examination in political science. Covers institute planning, participant recruitment, institute course content, final evaluation, and follow-up on the…

The comparability of scores on test forms that are constructed through examinee item choice is examined in an item response theory framework. The approach is illustrated with data from the College Board's Advanced Placement Test in Chemistry taken by over 18,000 examinees. (SLD)

The history of the College Entrance Examination Board's Advanced Placement Program is chronicled from its conception in 1951 through early developmental stages and 40 years of implementation. Issues discussed include test development, funding, administration at the institutional level, expansion of curriculum areas and testing options, teacher…

The extent to which log-linear smoothing could improve the accuracy of common-item equating by the chained equipercentile method in small samples of examinees was investigated with responses from a 100-item test and 93,283 examinees. Smoothing reduced the sample size required for a given degree of accuracy. (SLD)

This final panel interview from the Indiana University Summer Arts Institute attempts to summarize findings of previous sessions. For inclusion in the Indiana University and Israel programs, it is decided, students must evidence not only artistic talent and skill, but also interest in plural areas of study. (Author/PB)

Presented are two teaching methods: an algorithm for determining area; and identifying cubic polynomials with three integral zeros, integral maximum and minimum points, and integral inflection points at the advanced placement calculus level. Examples for each are given. (CW)

Examines the American high school system, focusing on Advanced Placement (AP) physics, and the role of specialist mathematics, science, and technology high schools. Considers how these ideas could contribute to science curriculum development in Great Britain. (DDR)