College Board's Advance Placement Tests are growing in American High Schools, making it possible of more students to get a chance to be among the elitist, but the failing rate is increasing as well- though not surpassing the passing rate. According to the College Board report released on Wednesday an estimated 800,000 seniors of the graduating class took AP tests during their high school life, doubling the amount of 2001's graduating class but also doubling both the failing and passing rates, which is only to be expected with a growing system. Trevor Packer, vice president of the Advance Placement program says:
“Are we getting more 1s and 2s? Absolutely, but are we getting more 3s, 4s and 5s? Even more so. So the question is whether that increase in the percentage of low scores is a reasonable trade off for the even larger growth in high scores, and I don’t know an educator who wouldn’t think it’s a good trade off to take the risk and give more courses that we know have been good for the few.”
So...the more the merrier?
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