only 16% pass AP tesrs with a 3??

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<p>The second study is at <a href=“http://professionals.collegeboard.com/profdownload/pdf/08-1574_CollegeOutcomes.pdf[/url]”>http://professionals.collegeboard.com/profdownload/pdf/08-1574_CollegeOutcomes.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>The study does lists problems with the study but those wouldn’t make for good newspaper articles. It also doesn’t provide a breakdown by community college/university. Furthermore, it doesn’t cover students that went to private universities or cover students that took dual enrollment courses at private universities.</p>

<p>One other thing: this was a 2007 article and these were 2007 studies.</p>

<p>Here’s an article about the Harvard/UVA study:</p>

<p>[Harvard</a> Gazette: High school AP courses do not predict college success in science](<a href=“http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2006/02.23/05-ap.html]Harvard”>http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2006/02.23/05-ap.html)</p>

<p>Here’s their funding source:</p>

<p>Sadler and Tai’s four-year study was funded by the National Science Foundation, the National Institutes of Health, and the U.S. Department of Education.</p>