The College Board’s Advanced Placement program, which offers students a chance at earning college credit while still in high school, continues to grow in participation—and performance—across 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 ...

In a previous article, I described a massive change in the distribution of AP scores. There were some hints that this was coming. There was a 2021 conference on the English Literature and Language AP ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

2025 AP exam scores will be released starting July 7, with the exact time varying based on location. Students can access their scores online through their My AP account on the College Board website.

Its tests aren’t perfect, but they’re better predictors of college performance than anything anyone else is using.

My joy and relief of finally being able to pay for my long-awaited lunch before my next stretch of afternoon classes was extinguished with embarrassment. The cashier’s words made my face grow hot, and ...

The College Board announced in a tweet on March 20 that it’s developing ways to test students signed up for Advanced Placement tests from their homes after the coronavirus outbreak has led several U.S ...

Founded 1900 to democratize college access, the College Board now straddles an uncomfortable line between its nonprofit mission and corporate-scale revenues. While technically structured as a member ...