No A for AP tests.

• Author: Arenson, Karen W.
• Position: Education - Brief Article

Advanced-placement math and science courses are not getting high marks in a government study that is highly critical of what's taught and how.

Thousands of high school students take the College Board's AP courses or the International Baccalaureate program to receive college credits or impress admissions officials. But the study, commissioned in part by the U.S. Department of Education, found that the courses crammed in too much material...