More Students Taking, and Passing, A.P. Exams
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The proportion of students taking the courses has grown slowly but steadily over the last five years.
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LONG BEACH, N.Y. - Of 1.4 million high-schoolers who took the Scholastic Aptitude Test in 2004, fewer than 1,000 scored a perfect 1600.
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One school in England sticks out a mile for the number of qualifications points achieved by its students.
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It seems that more and more medical students and young doctors show up for clinical work in less-than-professional attire.
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Colleges are increasing efforts to find vulnerable students and to get them into treatment, sometimes forcing them to leave temporarily.
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Creating A+ and A++ grades at A-level  would help private school pupils who apply to universities, a study says.
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The new Diplomas will be worth the equivalent of more than three A-levels in university entrance points.
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Maryland school officials proudly noted last week that more than 90 percent of students in the Class of 2009 expected to earn a diploma had passed one of four tests required to graduate. But testing data provided to The Washington Post by local school systems indicate that the number of students who...
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Psychologists are reporting that intense exam pressure is actually more likely to impair the performance of very good students than mediocre ones.
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For nearly six years, the federal government has defined school success mainly by how many students pass state reading and math tests. But a growing number of educators and lawmakers are pushing to give more weight to graduation rates, achievement in science and history and even physical education.
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Students should make their university applications after their A-level results, says an official report.
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Schools are looking to use an increasingly popular way to analyzing test scores, which tracks the progress of students as they move from grade to grade.
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Indiana&#39;s fourth- and eighth-grade students scored higher on math and science tests than the national and international averages, according to results released today.
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By Pete Bosak, The Centre Daily Times, State College, Pa.  Jun.
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Universities are being urged to design more courses to allow people of working age to get a degree.
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Schools grapple with degree to which they're responsible for social, as well as academic, skills.
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Many liberal arts colleges have made admissions exams like the SAT and ACT optional.