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The Advanced Placement Program's Impact on Academic Achievement false By:Russell Warne,Braydon Anderson Published on 2015 by The number of high school students who have taken and passed Advanced Placement (AP) exams has more than doubled since 2000. In this article, we examined whether this increased participation in the AP program has impacted twelfth-grade students' scores on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) in mathematics, reading, and U.S. history for all students and for five major ethnic/racial groups: White, Black, Hispanic, Asian American, and Native American students. We found that the drastic increase in AP tests taken has coincided with improved NAEP scores in mathematics, but not in reading or U.S. history. We explored possible explanations for this situation, such as the AP program's possible ineffectiveness in raising overall academic achievement, the small proportion of students who actually take AP tests, and more. We conclude by provi...