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 ...

More high-school students are taking Advanced Placement examinations than in the past, but the percentage of those who pass the tests has dropped slightly, according to a report released last week ...

AP exams, taken each May, test students' mastery of a first-year college courses that students take during high school, and are scored on a scale from 1-5.

AP courses are taught by high school teachers who follow course guidelines developed and published by the College Board.

A Florida high school principal has been formally reprimanded for providing 336 students with a "placebo" AP test, which they took believing a good grade would have resulted in earning college ...

Students taking the AP test in English encountered problems but will be allowed to make up the test. The College Board has confirmed that thousands of students experienced technical difficulties ...

AP exam scores often show up on high school transcripts and could determine whether students earn college credits. Here are five tips for acing them.

Seventeen Shawnee High School students and graduates captured the attention of the College Board for earning high marks on ...

The number of high school students taking Advanced Placement exams continued to grow last year, and more of the test-takers were from low-income families, according to the College Board’s latest ...

Memes about the advanced placement exams turned up on social media recently. Do they break the rules or do they highlight a deeper issue of inequality?