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Brief Bibliography on AP Validity‹ Opinions of writing administrators | AP Cut-offs | Memorandum justifying the raising of a cut-off of 3 to 4 › An extensive, keyworded bibliography can be found on CompPile http://comppile.tamucc.edu/search.php. Type in “advanced placement” (without the quotation marks) into the Search Terms field; this will locate 149 items, as of November, 2005. Camara, Wayne; Neil J. Dorans; Rick Morgan; Carol Myford. “Advanced Placement: Access not exclusion”. Education Policy Analysis Archives 08.40 (2000). http://epaa.asu.edu/epaa/v8n40.html. Response to William Lichten (see below). Hopes to refute his contention that there has been a decline in AP levels of quality. Henderson, Sarah. “Why do I have to be here? The Advanced Placement student in first-year composition: Problems and issues in cogntive development”. Journal of Gifted Education 07.1(1995), 324–332. Describes the resistance of students who have been placed in regular comosition yet went through Advanced Placement programs. Herr, Norman Edward. “Perspectives and policies of undergraduate admissions committees regarding Advanced Placement and honors coursework.” College and University 67.1 (1991), 47–54. Questionnaire survey results of admissions officers and committee chairs on their policies in handling Advanced Placement credit. Hershey, Susanne W. “College admission practices and the Advanced Placement program.” Journal of College Admissions, No. 128 (1990), 8–11. Surveys and tabulates admissions policies in the Northwest USA and Ohio. Lichten, William “Whither Advanced Placement?” Education Policy Analysis Archives 08.29 (June 24, 2000) http://epaa.asu.edu/epaa/v8n29.html. Extremely useful data substantiating the historical shift of colleges and universities toward a higher cut-off for AP advance credit in all content areas. Argues that less than half of colleges and universities allow a score of 3 or lower for credit/exemption/placement, and that the rate is dropping (this is over all subject areas). The piece documents another general trend: the more prestigious the school, the higher the cut-off score. Modu, Christopher C. “The validity of the Advanced Placement English Language and Composition Examination.” College English 43.6 (1981). Based predictive power of the AP exams on course grades. Olson, Gary A.; Elizabeth Metzger; Evelyn Ashton-Jones (Eds.). Advanced Placement English: Theory, politics, and pedagogy. Portsmouth, NH: Boynton/Cook Heinemann (1989). Collection of essays, pro and con. Smith, Paul. Grading the Advanced Placement Examination in English: A Report. Princeton, NJ: College Board Publications (1983). The CEEB’s apologia: see Vopat. Vopat, James B. “Going APE: Reading the Advanced Placement Examination in English composition and literature.” College English 43.3 (1981), 284–292. A caustic description of irregularities in AP rater training and reading practices. For responses to this piece, see College English 44.2 (1982), 195–201. ‹ Opinions of writing administrators | AP Cut-offs | Memorandum justifying the raising of a cut-off of 3 to 4 › |