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Advanced
Placement (AP)
Overview
The Advanced Placement program provides rigorous coursework to prepare students
for higher education — or to simply present a more challenging curriculum.
These classes can be used for college credit or for advanced placement in a
college program. AP gives students an opportunity to take college-level courses
and exams while still in high school. Students enjoy the challenge of taking
AP courses with enthusiastic classmates and teachers; high school faculty find
that AP courses enhance their students' confidence and academic interest as
well as their school's reputation; and college faculty report that AP students
are far better prepared for serious academic work.
The AP program encourages students who do not typically take honors
or college preparation classes to do so. The Advanced Placement program,
or AP, has many benefits:
“A steadily increasing number of parents, students, teachers,
and school administrators are turning to AP as a model of educational
excellence. Administrators say AP raises the bar for academic achievement
in their schools. High schools that participate in AP set the pace
in college preparation. Teachers benefit by participating in professional
development workshops and Summer Institutes. Students, of course, benefit
by participating in a challenging and rigorous educational experience
for which they may gain credit or advanced placement when they attend
college.
Alaska Statistics
In the United States, over 90 percent of colleges and universities have an AP policy granting incoming students credit, placement, or both, for qualifying AP examination grades. In 2005, forty-two (42) Alaskan schools participated in AP examinations. 2,208 students took 3,687 exams. 322 Alaskan students used their advanced placement scores to attend colleges within Alaska; 560 students used their advanced placement scores to attend colleges out of state.
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