Programs for the Academically Talented in English: What Are the Gains?

Is the Advanced Placement Program effective? What are its advantages? The author, a member of the faculty of the Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, writes from experience in teaching Advanced Placement classes at Walnut Hills High School, Cincinnati, and at Newton High School, Newtonville, Massachusetts. In addition, Dr. Sauers erved on the Advanced Placement Composition Committee for five years.