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Article: AP courses aren't magic bullet in science, study suggests.(advanced placement)(Brief article)
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- Curriculum Review
- Article date:
- May 1, 2006
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Taking Advanced Placement courses does not significantly increase performance in college introductory biology, chemistry and physics classes, according to a four-year study of 18,000 students conducted by University of Virginia and Harvard University researchers. Freshmen who hadn't taken AP courses scored an average of 82 on introductory science exams; those who had scored a 4 on AP tests averaged 87; and those who registered a top AP score of 5 averaged 90 on the college tests.
"The AP test and class is not what they want it to be, which is teaching beyond what you would normally get in high school," University of Virginia professor Robert H. Tai, a study ...