Advanced Hype

Studies Say AP enrollment doesn't necessarily ensure college success.

Advanced Placement is riding a wave of popularity: Nationwide, roughly 1.5 million students take one or more AP courses from a range of 20 different subjects. And those numbers are only likely to grow, particularly in math and science. Amid fears that America is falling behind the rest of the world in those subjects, President Bush has called for tripling the number of students who take AP math and science exams, and for adding 70,000 more...