Each November, students and schools face a deadline for registering for exams for the College Board’s Advanced Placement fall-semester and yearlong courses. These exams are taken in May and depending ...

For decades, Advanced Placement classes have offered a means for ambitious high school students to earn a boost toward college. More than 60 percent of U.S. high schools offer AP classes, which are ...

Hispanic and Latino students made up more than a quarter of all AP test takers nationwide in 2025, while those students made ...

If last year’s numbers are any indication, some 3 million students will be taking 5 million Advanced Placement exams this spring. These three-hour exams, offered in May each year, mark the culmination ...

On the heels of a controversy over how to teach African American studies, another showdown over Advanced Placement courses could be brewing in Florida, this time over AP Psychology, as the nonprofit ...

Your daughter aced her freshman biology class and came home announcing she wants to be a biomedical engineer. Meanwhile, your ...

Two-thirds of college-level courses offered at secondary schools meet the academic requirements allowing them to be labeled “Advanced Placement” courses, and some of the remaining third, which are ...

Officials overseeing the Advanced Placement program have announced that they intend to drop AP classes and exams in four subject areas, in a pullback expected to affect about 12,500 students and 2,500 ...