AP by Philip M Sadler

AP by Philip M Sadler

With an annual yearly growth rate of 9.3 percent over the last two decades, Advanced Placement courses have become a juggernaut in American high school education. AP courses are routinely perceived as an indicator of educational rigor, and many schools push to enroll low-income or minority students in these courses in the hope of preparing them for success in college-level courses. This rapid expansion of AP courses raises important questions. What are the advantages and disadvantages of courses geared toward the AP exams? How well do AP courses prepare students for college-level work or predict students’ success in college? Should colleges award credit for AP courses? Is the AP program a cost-effective tool for closing the gap between students in privileged and struggling communities?

Gerhard Sonnert, a sociologist of science at Harvard University, is the author, with Gerald Holton, of Gender Differences in Science Careers: The Project Access Study (Rutgers University Press).

Gerald Horton is Mallinckrodt Professor of Physics and Professor of History of Science at Harvard University. The Foreword is by Linda S. Wilson, President of Radcliffe College.

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ISBN 13	9781934742556
ISBN 10	1934742554
Title	AP
Author	Philip M Sadler
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Harvard Educational Publishing Group
Year published	2010-04-30
Number of pages	256
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