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Line 1: − <!-- Comment -->The Advanced Placement program is directed by College Board<ref>http://www.collegeboard.com/student/testing/ap/about.html</ref>, and used in most American high schools. There are currently 37 AP exams. After a student completes a course, he may take the AP exam in that subject. The AP exams are typically offered on specific dates in the month of May. High schools usually weight a student's grade in an AP class on a 6-point scale instead of the normal 4-point scale or 5-point Honors scale. The AP exams are graded on a 5-point scale. Most Colleges and Universities will offer college credit for exam scores of 3 or higher, depending on admission policy.+ + + + + + + − + − + − + − [[AP Calculus BC|Calculus BC]]<br />+ − + − + − [[AP Comparative Government and Politics|Comparative Government and Politics]]<br />+ − + − + − + − + − + − + − + − + − + − + − + − + − + − + − [[AP Macroeconomics|Macroeconomics]]<br />+ − + − + − + − [[AP Physics C Mechanics|Physics C Mechanics]]<br />+ − [[AP Physics C Electricity and Magnetism|Physics C Electricity and Magnetism]]<br />+ − + − + − + − + − + − + − [[AP Studio Art Drawing|Studio Art Drawing]]<br /> − [[AP United States Government and Politics|United States Government and Politics]]<br /> − [[AP United States History|United States History]]<br /> − − − + +
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The '''Advanced Placement''' (AP) program is directed by [[College Board]],<ref>http://www.collegeboard.com/student/testing/ap/about.html</ref> and used in most American [[high school]]s.
There are currently 37 AP exams. After a student completes a course, he may take the AP exam in that subject. The AP exams are typically offered on specific dates in the month of May. High schools usually weigh a student's grade in an AP class on a 6-point scale instead of the normal 4-point scale or 5-point Honors scale. The AP exams are graded on a 5-point scale. Most colleges and universities will offer college credit for exam scores of 3 or higher, depending on admission policy.
In order for a course to be designated "AP", it must go through the College Board's AP Course Audit process. Schools develop their own curricula for courses labeled “AP”; the AP Course Audit specifies a set of expectations established by college and university faculty for college-level courses. Courses that meet or exceed these expectations may be authorized to use the “AP” designation.<ref>[http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/public/courses/teachers_corner/46361.html AP Course Audit Information]</ref> Homeschool educators may also use this process in order to label their courses "AP".<ref>[http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/public/courses/teachers_corner/51272.html AP Central: Frequently Asked Questions]</ref> However, any student can take an AP exam, even if he has not taken an AP course, even if he is [[homeschooled]], and even if his school does not offer AP courses. Most schools that offer an AP exam are required to let anyone take it.
All AP exams are graded together by AP teachers and college professors from across the nation. After the initial grading, raw scores are curved to get the 1-5 scale that the student and college receives. This means that the number of correct answers needed to earn a specific score varies from year to year. It also means that school administrators cannot influence a particular student's score. As [[Jerry Jessness]] wrote, "No student, not even a star athlete, can negotiate a higher grade on an A.P. exam."<ref>[http://www.reason.com/news/show/31070.html Why Johnny Can't Fail]: How the "[[floating standard]]" has destroyed public education</ref>
== List of AP Exams ==
== List of AP Exams ==
[[AP Art History|Art History]]<br />
*[[Art history]]
[[AP Biology|Biology]]<br />
*[[Biology]]
[[AP Calculus AB|Calculus AB]]<br />
*[[Calculus]] AB
*Calculus BC
[[AP Chemistry|Chemistry]]<br />
*[[Chemistry]]
[[AP Chinese Language and Culture|Chinese Language and Culture]]<br />
*[[Computer Science]] A
* ''The Computer Science AB exam was discontinued after spring 2009.''
[[AP Computer Science AB|Computer Science AB]]<br />
*[[Macroeconomics]]
[[AP Computer Science BC|Computer Science BC]]<br />
*[[Microeconomics]]
[[AP English Language and Composition|English Language and Composition]]<br />
*[[English Language]]
[[AP English Literature and Composition|English Literature and Composition]]<br />
*[[English Literature]]
[[AP Environmental Science|Environmental Science]]<br />
*[[Environmental Science]]
[[AP European History|European History]]<br />
*[[European History]]
[[AP French Language|French Language]]<br />
*[[French Language]]
[[AP French Literature|French Literature]]<br />
*[[French Literature]]
[[AP German Language|German Language]]<br />
*[[German Language]]
[[AP Human Geography|Human Geography]]<br />
*Comp [[Government]] & [[Politics]]
[[AP Italian Language and Culture|Italian Language and Culture]]<br />
* U.S. Government & Politics
[[AP Japanese Language and Culture|Japanese Language and Culture]]<br />
*Human [[Geography]]
[[AP Latin Literature|Latin Literature]]<br />
*[[Italian Language]] and Culture
[[AP Latin Virgil|Latin Virgil]]<br />
*[[Latin]] Literature
* ''The Latin literature exam was discontinued after spring 2009.''
[[AP Microeconomics|Microeconomics]]<br />
*Latin: [[Vergil]]
[[AP Music Theory|Music Theory]]<br />
*[[Music]] Theory
[[AP Physics B|Physics B]]<br />
*[[Physics]] B
*Physics C
*[[Psychology]]
[[AP Psychology|Psychology]]<br />
*[[Spanish Language]]
[[AP Spanish Language|Spanish Language]]<br />
*[[Spanish Literature]]
[[AP Spanish Literature|Spanish Literature]]<br />
*[[Statistics]]
[[AP Statistics|Statistics]]<br />
*[[Studio Art]]
[[AP Studio Art 2-D Design|Studio Art 2-D Design]]<br />
*[[U.S. History]]
[[AP Studio Art 3-D Design|Studio Art 3-D Design]]<br />
*[[World History]]
[[AP World History|World History]]<br />
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