Editing Advanced Placement (section)

===Passing scores and university credit===
A 2024 report stated that students who receive scores of 3 and higher are being given college credit at fewer top colleges and universities.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Terr |first=Alex |date=2024-12-10 |title=Diminishing Credit II: How Colleges and Universities Restrict the Use of AP and IB Towards Earning a Degree in Less Than Four Years |url=https://www.progressivepolicy.org/diminishing-credit-ii-how-colleges-and-universities-restrict-the-use-of-ap-and-ib-towards-earning-a-degree-in-less-than-four-years/ |access-date=2025-02-17 |website=Progressive Policy Institute |language=en-US}}</ref> Also in 2024, Hess noted that an increasing proportion of students who take and pass AP courses are not ready for college-level work.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Hess |first=Rick |date=2024-10-31 |title='Academic Rigor Is in Decline.' A College Professor Reflects on AP Scores |url=https://www.edweek.org/teaching-learning/opinion-academic-rigor-is-in-decline-a-college-professor-reflects-on-ap-scores/2024/10 |access-date=2025-02-17 |work=Education Week |language=en |issn=0277-4232}}</ref>