Advanced Placement Program
Guide Note:
The Advanced Placement Program allows high school students to earn college credits by taking advanced classes with standardized final exams. Fast Facts:
- Began in 1955
- Administered by the College Board
- 37 courses and exams offered
- Passing scores: 3-5
- Failing Scores: 1-2
- Cost per exam: $84
The Mahalo Top 7
- Official Site: About the Advanced Placement (AP) Program
- Wikipedia: Advanced Placement Program
- Official Site: Bulletin for AP Students and Parents 2006-07 (486 Kbs)
- Official Site: AP Credit Policy Info
- A2Zcolleges.com: Advanced Placement Programs & Testing
- Official Site: AP Central - for Educators
- Kaplan: Why Should You Take AP Exams?
Advanced Placement Program News and Information
- USA Today: "AP testing program feels growing pains" (2005)
- AP Central: All About the Exams
- AP Central: The History of the AP Program
- NewsLIB: Advanced Placement News
- Google News: Advanced Placement Program
Advanced Placement Program Online Resources and Tutorials
- CollegeBoard.com: Foreign Language, Math & Science, and History & Social Science Test-Taking Tips
- CliffsNotes: AP Tests
- SparkNotes: AP Test Prep
- Peterson's: Prep Central for the AP Exams
Advanced Placement Program Practice Tests
- CollegeBoard.com: Previously Administered Free-Response Questions
- REA Online: AP Biology, AP European History, and AP US History Practice Tests
- University of Houston: 2006 AP Calculus Practice Exams
Advanced Placement Program Blogs and Forums
- SparkNotes: AP Message Boards
- College Confidential: AP Tests Preparation Message Boards
- Wesleying: Possible African-American History AP?
- Welker's Wikinomics Blog: Blog for AP Econ Students and Teachers
Advanced Placement Program Criticism and Commentary
- The Washington Post: "A Smart Parent Criticizes AP" (2007)
- Education Commission of the States: Advanced Placement Policy Brief
- USA Today: "Advanced Placement: A Detour for College Fast Track?" (2006)
Advanced Placement Program Books and Merchandise
- Official Site: AP Product Listing | APCD CD-ROMs
- Barron's: AP Test Preparation Books
- Kaplan: AP Titles
- CliffsNotes: AP Books and PDFs
Advanced Placement Program Study Guides and Tutoring
- Mentoring Advanced Placement: AP Mentoring
- The Princeton Review: AP Exam Review
- AP Secrets: AP Secrets Study Guides
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