Choosing high school courses can feel high-stakes—and for good reason. According to a survey from the National Association for College Admission Counseling, nearly 87% of colleges believe curriculum ...

The Lone Star State has spent decades striving to expand access to Advanced Placement (AP) math courses, but the results remain underwhelming. A study we recently published at the Thomas B. Fordham ...

Florida’s public high schools can offer a new Advanced Placement math course next school year, the Florida Department of Education told the College Board late Wednesday, a delayed decision that had ...

As standardized testing advances from all directions, teachers and administrators face a momentous choice: Are we mainly concerned with educating our students, or with ranking them? Recent news ...

Which AP tests stump students the most? Numerade used data from the College Board to identify the 10 AP courses with the lowest pass rate in 2023.

Twenty states consider Algebra II a high school graduation requirement, but about half of those allow for exceptions or alternatives, such as data science courses. Credit: Meredith Kolodner/The ...

Two years ago, Gov. Ron DeSantis laid out his problems with Advanced Placement courses. First, he refused to approve use of a fledgling AP African American studies course in Florida high schools, ...

A rush to calculus leaves some students behind in California Commentary: One district’s faulty data shouldn’t drive California’s math policy Thus, San Francisco Unified developed a new math course ...

After years of debate, Palo Alto High School and Gunn High School are set to offer Multivariable Calculus for credit.