College Board Hasn’t Dumbed Down Its Tests

The SAT and AP exams are still two of the strongest, most predictive tools for revealing who is ready for college-level ...
Education Week

Here’s Why More Students Have Passed AP Exams in Recent Years

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 ...
Washington Times

Students score better with new AP tests; College Board denies revenue for struggling schools is goal

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 ...
Inside Higher Ed

Majority of AP Tests to Be Delivered Online

Put down your pencils: The Advanced Placement test will take place entirely online. Starting this May, the College Board will discontinue paper exams for 28 of the 36 AP subjects that offer ...
Business Insider

The College Board is raking in cash as it promotes its AP exam among low-income students, many of whom are failing it

In 2023, a record number of low-income students took Advanced Placement exams. The College Board made about $500 million in revenue as a result. The problem? A sizable number of those low-income ...
Ars Technica

College Board keeps apologizing for screwing up digital SAT and AP tests

Don’t worry about the “mission-driven not-for-profit” College Board—it’s drowning in cash. The US group, which administers the SAT and AP tests to college-bound students, paid its CEO $2.38 million in ...
USA Today

When do AP scores come out? What to know and where to find your College Board results

If you’re anxiously waiting for your Advanced Placement (AP) exam scores, here’s what you need to know. Each year, AP scores are released online in early to mid-July. The release dates are set between ...
Forbes

So Your High School Doesn’t Offer APs—Are AP Exams Still Important For College Admissions?

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 ...
Inside Higher Ed

Second AP Exam Has Technical Problems

The College Board has confirmed that thousands of students experienced technical difficulties taking the Advanced Placement exam in English last week. The admission comes just day after students ...
The New York Times

Why Is the College Board Pushing to Expand Advanced Placement?

This year, taxpayers paid the nonprofit at least $90 million for A.P. tests that many students failed. By Dana Goldstein Dana Goldstein reported from a high school in Boston, and examined College ...
Education Week

The College Board Adds Two New AP Courses. Here’s What Makes Them Different

For decades, the College Board partnered with college and universities to design courses for its sprawling Advanced Placement program, which is offered at about 16,000 high schools, making it the most ...
WRAL

More NC students taking and passing AP exams than ever, new data shows

More North Carolina high school students are taking and passing Advanced Placement exams than ever before, according to new data presented on Wednesday by the state Department of Public Instruction.