Learning in the Fast Lane : The Past, Present, and Future of Advanced Placement /

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"More than three million high-school students take five million Advanced Placement exams each May, yet remarkably little is known about how this sixty-year-old, privately-run program, has become one of U.S. education's greatest successes. From its mid-century origin as a tiny option for pr...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Finn, Chester E., Jr., 1944- (Autor), Scanlan, Andrew E. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2019]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
School grade placement.
Advanced placement programs (Education)
EDUCATION > Testing & Measurement.
Reclassement (Éducation)
Programmes de formation acceleree (Éducation)
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Part I. Brief history
  • Early days
  • Poor kids advance, too
  • Growth industry
  • Part II. On the ground in 2018
  • The lone star challenge
  • Growing AP in Gotham
  • In suburbia
  • Advancing charter schools
  • Part III. Challenges and opportunities
  • Competition stiffens
  • Does platinum bend? Standards under stress
  • Elite dropouts
  • Advanced Placement fights the culture wars
  • Part IV. Looking ahead
  • Making a difference
  • Appendix I. Cui bono? Weighing the benefits of Advanced Placement and dual credit
  • Appendix II. Additional data.

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