Since 2006, enrollment in advanced math and science courses is up 75%. Like many high school students, Leslie Ota loaded up her course list with Advanced Placement (AP) classes. While studying at ...

Encouraging students to take accelerated math classes in 8th grade, based on prior strong performance, increases their chances of scoring a 3 or higher on Advanced Placement math exams in high school, ...

If students aren’t adequately prepared for college-level math courses in high school, it can make completing a college degree more difficult, with some students needing to spend time and money on ...

Choosing high school courses can feel high-stakes—and for good reason. According to a survey from the National Association for College Admission Counseling, nearly 87% of colleges believe curriculum ...

With a years-long shift to skills-based instruction and grading, this district found an unexpected outcome—an increase in AP ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover the college admission process and how it affects families. According to a recent NPR report, nearly 3 million high school ...

Is today the Golden Age of the AP? A program that began in 1951 as a selective niche test taken by fewer than 1,000 students has grown into a baseline of the higher education process. According to the ...

Advanced Placement (AP) courses are college-level courses offered to high school students. There are 38 AP courses in the Arts, English, History & Social Science, Math & Computer Science, Science, and ...

Rural high schools, small high schools and high schools that serve historically marginalized students don't provide the same access to advanced math classes as other schools, new research shows. As a ...

Participating in a White House initiative to offer Advanced Placement (AP) courses to military family communities, the Office of Naval Research (ONR) is kicking off a $1.1 million investment Sept. 30 ...

THREE RIVERS AREA — Students at Newport High School have the chance to take any number of Pre-Advanced Placement and Advanced Placement courses during their high school careers. To increase the number ...

Alumni of Palo Alto public schools shared their perspective on the change, which will allow students to take post-calculus ...