"Blacks Less Likely to Take A.P. Exam" (NYTimes, 04/04/09)

More than 15 percent of the three million students who graduated from public high schools last year passed at least one Advanced Placement exam, the College Board said Wednesday, but African-American students were still far less likely to have passed, or to even have taken, an A.P. exam than white, Hispanic or Asian students.

"Giving Choice and Taking It Away" (Inside Higher Ed, 01/07/09)

The controversial Score Choice program announced in June is purported to help relieve student stress, but colleges are being explicitly offered options by the College Board that would limit student choice over scores or result in admissions offices having score information that students might not want reviewed.

College costs rise

Overall costs of attending private school increased 4.8%, while in-state public school costs rose 5.7% from previous school year, College Board says.

College Board Will Offer a New Test Next Fall

A new test intended to prepare eighth-grade students for high school and college courses, not for use in assessment or college admissions, will be available to schools next fall, according to the College Board. The New York Times, October 22, 2008