German Advanced Placement under the College Board

Three years have passed since this program was last outlined. Advanced Placement is no longer an educational experiment; it is now an established offering of the College Entrance Examination Board. It is the purpose of this report to give you a brief picture of the present status of German Advanced Placement and to answer some of the questions raised by those interested in the practical operation of this program. What is Advanced Placement? It is a relatively new and steadily expanding national educational program which seeks to enrich the curriculum of the able and ambitious student in the secondary school by challenging his mind with subject matter of college level and quality. Insofar as an increasing number of gifted secondary school students take advantage of this program, Advanced Placement represents a strengthening of both secondary and college education in this country. The program is vitally concerned with the upgrading of educational standards; it encourages increased articulation of effort on the part of schools and colleges, and affords the properly qualified student the opportunity of advancing at his own pace

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