The Advanced Placement (AP) exams have a significant impact on teaching English and the AP scores are recognized by most of the colleges and universities in the United States. The limitations of timed, standardized writing are discussed.

A lack of access to educational opportunities has been a reality for African American students. As a result, America's schools are facing a national dilemma. African American students are significantly underrepresented in advanced mathematics courses. One of the most segregated places in American society is the mathematics classroom. African…

Discusses issues involved in the standardization of curriculum for high school computer science education, including the choice of programing language. The new Advanced Placement (AP) Program in Computer Science is also discussed, including its use of Pascal and the implications of introducing such a test at this time. (EAO)

The College Board's Advanced Placement courses are often the pride of secondary schools, but students' success in them is a function of the teachers' qualifications. (Author/MSE)

Discussed is the value of using essays and other popular writings as supplemental material for advanced placement biology courses. Their value as motivators and as views of the everyday work of scientists is stressed. (CW)

Assessment reforms might fail because high stakes will be attached to them too soon, judgments will be unreliable, and lawsuits will occur. Educators need to consider technical issues including score reliability, task validity, portfolio sampling, and generalizability problems. U.S. schools would improve considerably if national Advanced Placement…

This document looks at the academic reasons why states should take seriously the use of Web-based courses provided by state virtual schools to improve student access to quality teachers and quality courses. State virtual schools are not about technology, but rather about using today's technology to meet the tremendous academic needs of middle…

Two students describe their experience in an advanced placement (AP) American history course. (JDH)

Discussion of Advanced Placement (AP) programs as a talent development option for gifted high school students focuses on their rationale as an example of differentiated curriculum, benefits of advanced placement for these students, important issues in talent development such as quality instruction and models/mentors, special problems of AP…

Reviews current activities of the Joint Council, among them, a researcher training institute, a new K-12 economic education scope and sequence document, a junior high level test of economic knowledge, an instructional package for advanced placement classes, a textbook conference, a project to help teachers of students who work with at-risk…

Examines elements of gifted child education, including the process of identifying gifted students, implications for gifted education, and possible outcomes of labeling students. Emphasizes that some gifted children need more than a pull-out program, and that gifted child education can be a pattern for appropriately differentiated instruction. (MM)

Flexible pacing through the curriculum is recommended to meet the needs of able learners. Considerations in developing flexible pacing programs are described, including the influence of school policy, the population served, implementation strategies, staff selection and staff development, evaluation methods and results, and the role of support…

Opening up advanced placement English to all students willing to undergo a rigorous summer and yearlong regimen of writing and reading provided a Richmond (California) high school teacher with some positive insights about cooperative learning activities for mixed-ability students. Giving students the chance to work at the highest academic levels…

This panel interview from the Indiana University Summer Arts Institute examines unique needs of high school students in the Indiana University Campus Program, including peer group establishment, selection of a leader and staff, and provision of challenging confidence-building experiences in what is for many students the most competitive…

Recommends that secondary educators interested in high school reform should read three reports (two regarding advanced placement and one regarding minority achievement), and should become familiar with a reading program (the Formula-Three Language Processing program) with documented success at all grade levels. (SR)