I was saddened to hear of Daniel Doyle’s embittering stint as an AP World History exam reader at Colorado State University (The Chronicle, Letters, August 7). I assume that it was his first and last ...

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 ...

During the 11 years Trevor Packer has run the College Board’s Advanced Placement program, teachers of AP U.S. history have bemoaned the wide-open nature of the AP final exam’s multiple-choice section.

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 AP U.S. History examination is one of the College Board's most commonly taken AP exams. Students are required to know a large number of historical facts, names and places and must also be able to ...

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 ...