Learning in the Fast Lane: The Past, Present, and Future of Advanced Placement

by Andrew E. Scanlan and Jr. Chester E. Finn

Book Overview

The first book to tell the story of the Advanced Placement program, the gold standard for academic rigor in American high schools

The Advanced Placement program stands as the foremost source of college-level academics for millions of high school students in the United States and beyond. More than 22,000 schools now participate in it, across nearly forty subjects, from Latin and art to calculus and computer science. Yet remarkably little...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691178720
• ISBN13: 9780691178721
• Release Date: September 2019
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.4" x 9.2"