AP Press Releases
11/09/09
AP Program to Change AP World History, French and German
02/04/09
College Board Announces 2008 AP® Results: More U.S. Students Succeed on AP Exams, Predictors of Success in College
New Research Shows AP® Continues to Reduce College Costs for Students
01/08/09
The College Board Announces Suspension of Advanced Placement® Italian After May 2009 Exam
06/12/08
AP Italian Update
02/13/08
College Board Announces Advanced Placement Results: A Greater Percentage of the Nation's Students Succeed on AP® Exams, Predictors of Success in College
Report Points to the Need for Better Preparation in Earlier Grades
11/05/07
College Board Releases Results of AP® Course Audit
Ledger of AP Courses Taught in Secondary Schools Worldwide Now Available Online
02/06/07
The College Board Announces States' Results in the 2007 Advanced Placement Report to the Nation: A Larger Percentage of High School Graduates Achieve High AP® Standards
Two New Studies Confirm Relationship Between AP and College Success
States that Lead the Way in AP Performance:
NY, MD, UT, VA, CA, MA, FL, CT, NC, and CO
05/02/06
National Science Foundation Awards $1.8 Million to College Board to Redesign AP® Science Courses
Partnership announced as nation's leaders call for increased access to AP science.
04/19/06
China National Office for Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language and the College Board Announce New Chinese Language and Culture Initiative
New Agreement Will Build Chinese Language Programs in U.S. Schools
02/21/06
Does Success on Advanced Placement Program Exams Predict College Success?
A Summary of AP Research
02/07/06
Increase in Advanced Placement Student Success Achieved in All 50 States
President in State of the Union Calls for More AP® Teachers
New York, Maryland, Utah, California, Virginia, Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Florida Lead the Way; Record-Breaking Gains in Arkansas.
11/21/05
Six States Receive $500,000 from the NGA Center for Best practices to increase AP Participation
09/19/05
College Board Honors AP® Community on Program's 50th Anniversary
Tuition Waivers Granted for Teacher Professional Development
09/08/05
Tutto a Posto—Advanced Placement Italian Language and Culture Course Offered for the First Time
07/13/05
College Board to Hold 2005 Advanced Placement National Conference in Houston, July 14-18
AP® Program's Fiftieth Anniversary Celebrated
5/26/05
College Board Honors Advanced Placement Community on Program's 50th Anniversary To Issue Tuition Wavers for Teacher Professional Development
05/25/05
AP® Chinese Program to Receive $300,000 from Taiwan Ministry of Education
03/31/05
Advanced Placement Students Honored at the First Lady's Arts Day at the Capitol Celebration
01/25/05
Advanced Placement Proves Gateway to College Success
More Students Succeeding on AP® Exams in All 50 States: New York, Maryland, Utah, Florida, California, and Massachusetts Lead the Way
11/10/04
Japanese Officials and the College Board Announce an Advanced Placement Program® Course in Japanese Language and Culture
College-Level Course to Prepare High School Students for Success in the Global Economy
12/05/03
Chinese Officials and College Board Announce Advanced Placement Course in Chinese Language and Culture
New Curriculum Is Response to China's Growing Economic Importance and the Increasing Diversity in U.S. Classrooms
09/24/03
Italian Officials and College Board Announce Advanced Placement Course in Italian Language and Culture
Italian to Be First in a Series of College-Level Courses Aimed at Introducing High School Students to Culture through Language
02/06/03
The College Board and Florida Virtual School Create Web-Based Study Aid for Advanced Placement Exams