What is the College Boards position on offering AP courses under the semester plan?
The College Board recognizes the many changes occurring in the educational system and is currently studying the impact of the semester plan on the AP Program. How many schools will use the semester plan in 1994-95? A recent College Board survey indicates about 350 schools, nationwide, will implement the semester plan next year. Regionally, the semester plan concept is most prevalent in North Carolina and Virginia. Although there is growing popularity for this method of scheduling, it is still not a major national trend. Will the College Board offer AP semester exams? Semester AP exams will not be available for the 1995-96 school year. The College Board is giving serious consideration to the possible development of future semester AP exams if a significant number of schools adopt the semester plan. AP exams for all 29 courses are different each year. The AP test development committees follow a two-year cycle to construct each new AP exam. Thus, to maintain the integrity of the AP exams,
