Updates and News

Located here are articles from local and national media concerned with the AP® Course Audit.

Certifying AP Courses

by Alan Dessoff "About 100,000 teachers of Advanced Placement courses, most of them in U.S. high schools, have an extra assignment on their desks this spring. But it's for them, not their students. If they want their courses designated as "AP" in the 2007-2008 academic year, so they can be identified that way on student transcripts, they must comply with a new audit the College Board is conducting to reinforce the program's quality and credibility." April 2007

Advanced Placement: A detour for college fast track?

by Mary Beth Marklein "Admissions officials at Wartburg College in Waverly, Iowa, like those at most colleges nationwide, like to see Advanced Placement courses on high school transcripts. And like many colleges, they typically exempt students who have passed AP exams from taking certain introductory courses." March 20, 2006

The Two Faces of AP

by Tamar Lewin "Every summer, there is a fabulous moment at the Greensboro, North Carolina, "Cool to Be Smart" celebration, for students who have passed five or more Advanced Placement exams - the moment when one of them selects a lucky key and wins a new car and balloons cascade from the ceiling." January 8, 2006