August 2, 2002

College Board Plans to Broaden Mission of Advanced Placement Program

Once, the Advanced Placement program served a niche market of elite students. Someday, it will serve almost everyone.

That was the vision outlined by College Board officials in July, at the first AP National Conference, in Chicago, an event that brought hundreds of high-school teachers and administrators together with a number of college officials. Pledging to make the AP curriculum "an anchor of reform" for high schools, Peter Negroni, the College Board's senior vice president for

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