August 12, 2005

In Brief

ARKANSAS ADVANCES: Data from the College Board show that the number of Arkansas students taking Advanced Placement examinations has risen by 108 percent, from 6,674 to 13,883, in just one year. The percentage gain in AP tests taken was the largest posted by any state in the 50-year history of the testing program. Officials from the Arkansas Department of Education have given most of the credit to public schools' efforts to comply with a 2004 state law requiring them to offer AP courses in

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