The College Board launched the Advanced Placement Capstone Diploma Program in 2014, giving high school students the chance to develop research and argumentative skills needed to succeed in college and ...

Hundreds of freshmen at Mainland High School in Daytona lost the chance to earn $600 worth of college credit this year, and the school's principal is under investigation after giving those students a ...

Each November, students and schools face a deadline for registering for exams for the College Board’s Advanced Placement fall-semester and yearlong courses. These exams are taken in May and depending ...

KINGSPORT, Tenn. (WJHL) – A student at Dobyns-Bennett High School earned a perfect score on his college-level Advanced Placement Seminar Exam in the spring. A release from Kingsport City Schools (KCS) ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. As the CEO of Command Education, I write about emotionally intelligent leadership and education. Despite these drawbacks, AP ...

College-bound students know the GPA and SAT scores listed on their college applications are scrutinized by college admissions officers. But so too are additional numbers: the scores on their AP exams.

AP exams are scored on a scale of 1 on the lowest end to 5 on the highest. "Most colleges award credit for AP scores of 3 or higher, but the threshold absolutely varies," notes Kim Frascone, owner of ...

High school students often take college-level classes to save time and money in college, but there is one catch: You have to pass the exams in order to get the credit. According to a recent study by ...

FCRH only awards transfer credits for IB scores of 5 or higher. Only higher level (HL) exams are accepted, not subsidiary level (SL) exams. Scores of 5, regardless of exam, earn non-major elective ...

After reading “AP Tests Are Still One of the Great American Equalizers” (Review, Feb. 23), I realized that the arguments against Advanced Placement exams haven’t changed much in the 45 years I have ...