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Just the Stats: Rising Grades, But Lower Standardized Test Scores — What Does It All Mean?

According to the National Center for Education Statistics, a typical high school graduate is taking more Advanced Placement courses and earning higher GPAs – but they are failing to show any signs of improvement on their National Assessment of Education Progress, or NAEP, tests.

February 21, 2007

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College Chiefs Urged To Shed Elitist Tendencies At ACE Conference

“The Access Imperative” is the theme of this year’s American Council on Education Annual Meeting, which concludes today in Washington. College administrators gathered for the conference on Monday received some stern advice for achieving the diversity they say they want: Stop relying on SAT scores and other assessments that are really only accessible to the elite.

February 12, 2007

Students

AP Classes – What’s Stopping Black Students?

Black high school students are significantly underrepresented in AP courses that provide students with a jumpstart on college and serve as an early predictor of college success, according to The College Board’s “Advanced Placement Report to the Nation.” Experts say checking teacher bias and improving identification of qualified Black students can help.

February 6, 2007

Community Colleges

States Make Progress Closing High School “Expectations Gap” But More Needs To Be Done, Report Finds

Just one year after 45 of the nation’s governors joined leaders from education and business to make high school reform a national priority…

February 22, 2006

Students

More High School Students Took Advanced Placement Classes, But Equity Gaps Remain

On the 50th anniversary of the Advanced Placement Program (AP), the College Board has released the second annual “Advanced Placement Report to the Nation,” showing that…

February 8, 2006

African-American

American Students Launch 10-Week Study

American Students Launch 10-Week Study Of Cuba Under New U.S. RegulationsHAVANA When Veronica Sanchez’s parents found out she was going to Cuba for 10 weeks, they “freaked out” and worried she would become a communist, the 19-year-old Mexican-American student said. “My dad really has it in his head that I’m never going to go back […]

February 23, 2005

Faculty & Staff

Teach for America Teachers Outperform Colleagues, Study Reveals

Teach for America Teachers Outperform Colleagues, Study RevealsPRINCETON, N.J. Students of Teach for America (TFA) teachers outscored their schoolmates on math achievement tests and matched their average performance in reading, according to a national study of the program recently released by Mathematica Policy Research Inc.The study compared the performance of corps members from Teach for […]

June 30, 2004

International

College Board Launches Course in Chinese Language, Culture

College Board Launches Course in Chinese Language, CultureRepresentatives of the People’s Republic of China and College Board President Gaston Caperton last month announced the creation of an advanced placement program course and examination in Chinese language and culture, citing China’s growing economic significance and the College Board’s commitment to promoting cultural understanding in America’s schools […]

January 14, 2004

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Independent Panel Says Gov. Bush’s One Florida Plan Is Working

Independent Panel Says Gov. Bush’s One Florida Plan Is WorkingBut Black freshman enrollment declining at University of FloridaTAMPA, Fla.A two-year study of Gov. Jeb Bush’s One Florida plan for minority college enrollment and state contracting shows the plan is working, but the governor’s work is not done, a review committee composed of minorities said last […]

July 17, 2002

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LettersDear Editor:I want to say thank you to all those hands that take part in compiling every edition of Black Issues In Higher Education. I stopped in the middle of reading to respond to the May 23rd edition, specifically the first few pages. I found these pages to be uplifting and inspiring because they identified […]

June 19, 2002

International

AP Students With ‘3 or Higher’ Outperform Advanced Math, Physics Students Both in U.S., Abroad

AP Students With ‘3 or Higher’ Outperform Advanced Math, Physics Students Both in U.S., AbroadNew YorkA College Board-commissioned study by the TIMSS International Study Center shows that Advanced Placement students who score three or higher on physics and calculus AP Exams outperform physics and advanced math students from the United States and other countries in […]

August 1, 2001

Students

Extra Credit, Extra Criticism

Extra Credit, Extra CriticismAdvanced Placement courses are increasingly being viewed as indicative of minority equity — and the indicators don’t look good. By Pamela BurdmanOAKLAND, Calif.Massanda D’Johns has always planned to go to college, and now the Castlemont High School senior isn’t taking any chances. Castlemont, in Oakland, Calif., offers six Advanced Placement courses, and […]

October 25, 2000