For decades, high school students hoping to attend the most selective colleges in the country have received the same recommendation: Take the most rigorous courses possible. And over that time, ...

When the College Board launched its Advanced Placement Precalculus course in 2022, it aimed to expand students’ access to advanced math courses and open more doors for students to earn college credit ...

Clarification: This story has been updated to clarify that tests are mandated in most Advanced Placement courses. When students set to take Precalculus Honors return to school this fall in the ...

The College Board offers four Advanced Placement classes in math: AP Calculus AB, AP Calculus BC, AP Statistics and – the newest – AP Precalculus. Successful completion of an AP math class is ...

ST. JOSEPH COUNTY, Ind. -- An Indiana high school student has become the only person in the world to land a perfect score on an AP calculus exam. Denise White has taught different levels of calculus ...

A 17-year-old Arcadia High School student earned a perfect score on the Advanced Placement Calculus BC exam in May, making him one of only 11 in the world this year to perform such a feat. Nathan Chou ...

Corrections & Clarifications: An earlier version of this story misstated the percent of students Truman Bennet falls in. He is among 0.006% of students to achieve a perfect score on the exam this year ...