ABSTRACT
The College Board’s Advanced Placement (AP) program continues to see significant growth. In 2008, Hertberg-Davis and Callahan summarized their findings of students’ perceptions of AP courses and the International Baccalaureate program, reporting more than one million students were involved in AP programs in 2005. The effort to develop a set of model academic standards grounded in rigorous content and the application of knowledge though the use of higher-order thinking skills predates the CCSS-M. AP courses strive to engage students in coursework equivalent to introductory courses at the college level and are designed by committees involving experienced AP teachers and college faculty. AP courses offer an alternative to the general education classroom that is appropriate for some students. The chapter concludes with a discussion of the role math-ematics plays in the development of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics talent and creativity at the secondary level.
