Proposal to cut under-enrolled program brings protests from Italian Americans, ambassador.

Each year, more than a half-million high-schoolers take the AP language exam and hope to score well enough to earn college credit or placement into college courses. Though students who take AP ...

Unlike other Advanced Placement subjects which offer students an online test they can take from home, the World Language exams can only be taken in person — a deal-breaker for many families who ...

AP season is almost upon us. Annie Abrams has noticed some disconnects between intention and practice and wonders what effect those disconnects have on students and their writing. - JW Guest Post: ...

Getty Images Experts say AP and IB foreign language courses set the foundation for developing skills that could open up new job opportunities when students enter the workforce.

The prospect that AP Italian might be eliminated has set off a reaction that might seem surprising, considering that 2,000 students took the Italian AP exam this year. Prominent Italian American ...

Last week I served as a consultant for the Advanced Placement English Language and Composition exam with a group of dedicated high school and college educators. Working with the group, my job was to ...

Kailee Giles, center, an AP student at Tumwater High School in Washington, worries that skipping the AP exam will “look weird” on her high school transcript. But she may not have a choice if ...