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For AP students, a new classroom is online
- 04-22-2011
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By Sue Shellenbarger/Wall Street Journal
When budget cuts wiped out honors French classes at her Uxbridge, Mass., high school, 18-year-old Katie Larrivee turned to the Internet. These days, Ms. Larrivee, who plans to study abroad in college, practices her pronunciation alone in front of a computer. "J'ai renforcé ma comprehension de la langue" by taking an advanced-placement French course online, Ms. Larrivee says. Advanced-placement classes have been booming amid efforts by high-school students and parents to trim college tuition costs and gain an edge in the college-admissions race. A record 1.99 million high-school students are expected to take AP exams next month, up 159% from 2000, says Trevor Packer, vice president, advanced placement, for the College Board, New York, the nonprofit that oversees AP courses and testing. About 90% of U.S. colleges and universities award college credit to high-school students who pass the program's rigorous subject-matter tests. (more...)
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