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Archive Home > 2009 > February > 05 > A.P. program grows, except among blacks

A.P. program grows, except among blacks

15 percent of high school graduates took one or more Advanced Placement courses

By Tamar Lewin / The Bulletin
February 5, 2009

More than 15 percent of the 3 million students who graduated from public high schools last year passed at least one Advanced Placement exam, the College Board said Wednesday, but African-American students were still far less likely to have passed or to even have taken an A.P. exam than white,....

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