The College Board adopted a new methodology for scoring Advanced Placement course exam—and as a result, the percentage of students passing in nine exams has increased over the last three years. The ...

The College Board has overhauled its scoring methodology for the majority of Advanced Placement exams over the past two years. On Monday, the nonprofit published on its website the first public ...

A surge in Advanced Placement test scores after a change in how the College Board evaluates the exams has sparked accusations of grade inflation. The College Board revealed this month that it started ...

The College Board announced Tuesday that the Maryland class of 2013 led the nation in high scoring on Advanced Placement tests. The New York-based organization said in a report that 29.1 percent of ...

LANSING, (Mich.) WLNS — High school students in Michigan are doing better than ever in Advanced Placement (AP) courses—and the increase includes a lot of diversity. Scores are going up—and so are the ...

Some Advanced Placement teachers might have noticed that a higher percentage of their students received passing scores on the program’s year-end exams in the last few years. This year, 72 percent of ...

This past week, several reports were distributed, describing how the College Board had begun a process of recalibrating (which they call validating) Advanced Placement (AP) scores. What does this mean ...

A total of 961 students have earned at least one recognition from the College Board this year for their high performance on ...

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (WTVD) -- High School students will now have more opportunities to start college in North Carolina with college credit already accumulated. The University of North Carolina System ...

Last week, high school students around the world received an email telling them their Advanced Placement exam scores were under review for potential academic integrity violations—and, if corroborated, ...

This article originally appeared on Undark. Every May, millions of high school students in the United States and across the globe take specialized tests known as advanced placement (AP) exams. Offered ...