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The Advanced Placement Program, commonly known as Advanced Placement, or AP, is a and Canada-based program that offers high school students the opportunity to receive university credit for their work during high school, as well as a standard measure of achievement in a particular course. Measured by the number of students that enroll in AP courses and take AP exams, AP United States History is the most popular test.
 
The non-profit College Board, which has run the program since 1955, develops and maintains courses in various subject areas, supports those who teach the courses, supports universities as they define their policies related to AP grades, and develops and coordinates the administration of annual AP examinations.

AP tests are scored differently from the common A-F grading scale common in the . They are scored on a numeric scale, 1 to 5, with the following general meanings:

  • 5: Extremely well-qualified
  • 4: Well-qualified
  • 3: Qualified
  • 2: Possibly qualified
  • 1: No recommendation
These scorings are used by some colleges to exempt students from introductory coursework if they demonstrate mastery through an AP test. Each college's policy is different, but most accept scores of 4 or 5, and some accept scores of 3.


In some high schools with an exam exemption policy, an AP Exam can be taken in place of the school's final exam and the final grade given to the student in that case is the final quarter/semester grade without the exam. The AP exam is rarely used as a course grade because the AP exam scores only come out in mid-July. However, "mock-exams", usually APs from the previous year, are often administered as final exams.

 
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