Each November, students and schools face a deadline for registering for exams for the College Board’s Advanced Placement fall-semester and yearlong courses. These exams are taken in May and depending ...

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 ...

College-bound students know the GPA and SAT scores listed on their college applications are scrutinized by college admissions officers. But so too are additional numbers: the scores on their AP exams.

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 ...

Dual enrollment has been growing in popularity, with over 2.5 million high schoolers taking at least one dual-credit course ...

AP exams have been receiving increasing criticism over the past few years. There are many issues that are involved with the unhealthy culture of these tests. A survey of 1,000 AP teachers found that ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. As the CEO of Command Education, I write about emotionally intelligent leadership and education. Next week, students across the ...

Nine AP exams will be administered in a digital format for the May 2025 testing season, the College Board announced in July. The tests will still be taken on the high school’s campus and will have the ...

High school students often take college-level classes to save time and money in college, but there is one catch: You have to pass the exams in order to get the credit. According to a recent study by ...

A student takes notes in an Advanced Placement physics class at D.C.’s Woodrow Wilson High School in 2014. (Charles Dharapak/AP) Perspective by Jay Mathews I’m having a friendly argument with Pete ...

Veterans Memorial High School has been recognized by the College Board’s AP School Honor Roll program for its percentage of students who have taken Advanced Placement exams, which give high school ...

More California students are taking Advanced Placement exams and passing them, according to the College Board. In 2025, ...