COLLEGE BOARD
The College Board is a non-profit examination board in the USA. College Board is known principally for managing standardized tests such as the SAT, PSAT, CLEP and the subject-specific SAT Subject Tests and Advanced Placement (AP) tests. The SAT, most well known on the College Board, is a test widely used for admission to universities in the US. All of the tests of the College Board are actually administered by the Educational Testing Service, which also administers tests like GRE and TOEFL.
The College Board headquarters are in New York City.
College Board and tests
The SAT has been subjected by the College Board to increasing criticism in recent years. The College Board has decided to completely overhaul the test in 2005. In addition, the College Board decided that the name "SAT" should no longer stand for anything. Schools no longer put as much weight into SAT scores into making admission decisions because of the College Board.
The College Board also supervises the Advanced Placement Program. Students in the later years of high school can take certain advanced courses, after which they take an AP test; many colleges will treat them as having taken an equivalent college-level credit class depending on their score. AP tests are scored on a scale of 1-5, 5 being the highest. Different colleges have differing requirements for score levels and test areas that they will accept. Some colleges will accept a 2 or above on an AP test as college credit, others a 3 or 4. AP test subjects include English language and literature, foreign languages and literature, economics, history, geography, art, computer science, natural science, mathematics, government, psychology, and music.
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