The Advanced Placement program’s name is based on its promise to deliver college-level curriculum to high school students. As a high school teacher with university teaching experience and a doctorate ...

Native speakers are packing college-level Spanish and Chinese language classes and acing their AP tests at rates far higher than their English-speaking peers. In Maryland, Virginia and D.C., public ...

Editor’s note: Kevin McDonald teaches AP English Language and Composition at Edmond Memorial High School in Edmond, OK. He and his wife, an elementary music teacher, have two daughters who are well on ...

This month saw your humble columnist notch two huge literary achievements, the kind ink-stained wretches dream about. I was a Pulitzer Prize finalist in the commentary category for my coverage last ...

There is nothing sweeter than reading an essay prompt and instantly feeling inspired. For many of the more than 500,000 students who took the AP English Language and Composition exam this year, that ...

In a previous article, I described a massive change in the distribution of AP scores. There were some hints that this was coming. There was a 2021 conference on the English Literature and Language AP ...

The AP lit exam lasts three hours and includes two major sections: a 60-minute multiple-choice portion with 55 questions, and a 120-minute free-response section where students write three essays. This ...

Nine AP exams will be administered in a digital format for the May 2025 testing season, the College Board announced in July. The tests will still be taken on the high school’s campus and will have the ...

You have /5 articles left. Sign up for a free account or log in. Last week I served as a consultant for the Advanced Placement English Language and Composition exam ...

This fall, thanks to receiving a high score on the Advanced Placement English Language and Composition exam, hundreds of thousands of incoming freshmen are going to dodge their college or university’s ...