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 ...

Fairfax County is Virginia’s largest school district, and one of the biggest in the country. A recent test question in an advanced placement (AP) government course asked students a multiple-choice ...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- If you take an Advanced Placement course, you can earn college credit for the course if you score a 3 or higher out of 5 on the end of year AP test. That's true in Arkansas, ...

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 ...

Texas high school student Alyssa Brown was not expecting to see a question about Taylor Swift on her Advanced Placement US government and politics exam. “I opened the free response questions, and the ...

Students taking Advanced Placement (AP) exams are memeing their way through the unique challenges test-taking presents amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The stress of big tests often inspires memes, and AP ...