AN ANALYSIS OF ADVANCED PLACEMENT (AP®) EXAMINATIONS IN ECONOMICS AND COMPARATIVE GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS

ETS Research Report Series

Volumn 2001, Issue 2, 2001, Pages i-31

  Breland, Hunter M ^a   Oltman, Philip K ^b  

^a EDUCATIONAL TESTING SERVICE   (United States)

^b at ETS   (United States)

Author keywords

advanced placement examinations; college credit; economics; faculty survey; gender differences; government.

Indexed keywords

EID: 85164471184     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23308516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2333-8504.2001.tb01859.x     Document Type: Article

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