This pathbreaking biography of the Advanced Placement program tracks its evolution from an obscure benefit for privileged kids into America's foremost source of rigorous, college-level academics for millions of high-school students, its emergence as an opportunity booster for disadvantaged youngsters, and the multiple challenges it now faces.
Chester E. Finn, Jr., is a distinguished senior fellow and president emeritus at the Thomas B. Fordham Institute and a senior fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution. He is the author or coauthor of many books, including Exam Schools: Inside America's Most Selective Public High Schools and Troublemaker: A Personal History of School Reform since Sputnik (both Princeton). Andrew E. Scanlan is a research and policy associate at the Thomas B. Fordham Institute.
"The most comprehensive book ever on Advanced Placement, the most
powerful educational tool in the country. . . . [Finn and Scanlan]
add so much to a subject crucial to the future of high
schools."---Jay Mathews, Washington Post
"Both a history and full-throated defense of the Advanced Placement
program."---Jason L. Riley, Wall Street Journal
"A fascinating read. . . . Engaging and well researched."---W. S.
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