Letters

To the Editor:

Reading your article on a new analysis of Advanced Placement credit ( "Study Suggests Fewer Students Receive AP Credit," July 12, 2000), I was struck by the conclusions of the study's author, which seem to confuse cause and effect. He cites the College Board's standards as the cause of the decline in credit.

But as Lee Jones of the College Board points out, the standards have not declined and continue to be validated through an excellent process: giving examinations to college students taking comparable introductory courses, comparing the results with the students' grades, and tracking their progress...