Tighter Standards for AP Courses

The College Board, which administers the AP tests, has created an "AP Course Audit" to ensure that high schools meet a minimum course standard in all AP classes. While the AP tests themselves have long been standardized, this newest innovation should ensure that high schools no longer offer AP courses that purport to prepare students for the AP tests but in reality are "Advanced Placement" in name only.

I took an AP Physics class in high school where we learned little of what was actually tested on the AP exam. Several students walked out of the exam in frustration. Did anyone else have a similar experience?

Monday March 5, 2007