AP Development Committees

One of the things that makes the Advanced Placement Program unique is its establishment of and reliance on Development Committees. These committees are essential to the preparation of Course Descriptions and exams. The College Board has found that a committee of highly qualified secondary school and college teachers can best determine the content of an AP course, and can design an exam that will be appropriate for assessing the achievement of students who have taken the AP course. Most Development Committees have six or seven members, representing a variety of types of secondary schools and colleges from all regions of the country. They also represent a diversity of knowledge and points of view in their fields. Committee members bring to their tasks knowledge of the curricula and instructional methods in their fields. As faculty members, they know the abilities and skills that are critical to mastery in a given subject, and how students can demonstrate them.

The 2009—2010 Committees

• Art History Committee
• Biology Committee
• Calculus Committee
• Chemistry Committee
• Chinese Language and Culture Development Committee
• Computer Science Committee
• Economics Committee
• English Language Committee
• English Literature Committee
• Environmental Science Committee
• European History Committee
• French Committee
• German Language Committee
• Comparative Government and Politics Development Committee
• United States Government and Politics Development Committee
• Human Geography Development Committee
• Italian Language and Culture Development Committee
• Japanese Language and Culture Development Committee
• Latin Development Committee
• Music Theory Development Committee
• Physics Development Committee
• Psychology Development Committee
• Spanish Development Committee
• Statistics Development Committee
• Studio Art Development Committee
• United States History Development Committee
• World History Development Committee