Declining credibility for the AP program

Academic Questions

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 11-25

  Casement, William ^a  

^a Darvish Collection Gallery of Fine Art   (United States)

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EID: 84873514156     PISSN: 08954852     EISSN: 19364709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12129-003-1058-y     Document Type: Article

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1. An informative summary of AP's history is provided by the College Board on their AP Central web site: Bob DiYanni, "The Story of AP, the Advanced Placement Program, " http://www.apcentral.collegeboard.com.
2. "AP Then and Now, " in "Participation in AP: Annual Participation, " AP Central web site section "The Courses. " http://www.apcentral.collegeboard.com.
3. "Advanced Placement Program, National Summary Report, 2002" (New York: The (, ollege Board).
4. "Equity and Access, " in "AP Initiatives, " AP Central website section "The Program. " http://www.apcentral.collegeboard.com.
5. A Secondary School Guide to th. e Advanced Placement Program (College Entrance Examination Board), 34-35.
6. "The 100 Best IIigh Schools in America, " Newsweek, 2June 2003, 48-54.
7. "The 100 Best IIigh Schools in America, " Newsweek, 2June 2003, 48-54.
8. William Lichten, "Whither Advanced Placement?"FducationPoli-Anal-'sisArchives, volume 8, number 29 (2000). http://epaa.asu.edu/epaa/v8n29.html.
9. William Lichten, "Whither Advanced Placement?"FducationPoli-Anal-'sisArchives, volume 8, number 29 (2000). http://epaa.asu.edu/epaa/v8n29.html.
10. Statement for this article made September 2003 by Kent Peterman, Director for Academic Affairs, School of Arts and Sciences, University of Pennsylvania
11. Rick Morgan and Len Ramist, "Advanced Placement Students in college: An Investigation of Course Grades al 21 Colleges" (Princeton, N]: Educational Testiqg Service, February 1998), Report SR-98-13.
12. Barbara G. Dodd, "An Investigation of the Validity of AP Grades of 3 and a Comparison of All and Non-AP Student Groups" (College Entrance Examination Board, 2002).
13. Quoted from Rebecca Trounson and Richard Iee Colvin, "Rapid Growth of Advanced Placement (;lasses Raises Concerns, " Los Angeles 77rues, 7 April 2002.
14. Statement for this article made October 2003 by Michael Kellman, Professor of Chemistry at the University of Oregon.
15. "Access to Excellence: A Report of the Commission on the Future of the Advanced Placement Program" (College Entrance Examination Board, 2001).
16. "Program Summary Report, 2002/' in "Exam Data: 2002, " AF Central website section "The Exams, " subsection "All About the Exams. http://www.apcentral.collegeboard.com.
17. "School AP Grade Distribution by Total and Ethnic Group, " AP Central website: http://www.apcen tral.collegeboard.com.
18. "Exam Scoring, " AP Central website section "The Exams. " http://apcentral. collegeboard.com.
19. Bruce Leslie, "What AP Scores Really Mean, " Chronicle of Higher Education, 11 August 2000.
20. Bruce Leslie, "What AP Scores Really Mean, " Chronicle of Higher Education, 11 August 2000.
21. "Access to Excellence, " 9.
22. "What are the Characteristics of AP Teachers? An Examination of Survey Research" (New York: College Entrance Examination Board, 2002). College Board Report No.2002-10.