Word: placement
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...YORK CITY, Oct. 27, (Special)--The College Entrance Examination Board approved almost unanimously a national program for advanced placement examinations, at its semi-annual meeting here today...
Operating procedure of the $50,000 a year plan calls for placement tests in 12 fields to be given annually in May. Both the scores and the examinations will be sent by the CEEB to participating colleges...
This fall, advanced placement means that a freshman, who for example might be required to wait until his sophomore year to take English 10, a mandatory course for all English majors, may now take that course in his first year. It also means that science majors who satisfy the elementary requirements in their field can advance into upper level courses to the limit of their qualifications, and with the consent of the department...
...effect, the advanced placement permits a man to move ahead as fast as he can without wasting time in duplicating work done in school...
...fields were covered in the June Advanced Achievement Exams. The average student took tests in two of these fields and this fall a number are being recommended for advancement in as many as three fields. Permission for advance placement were in English Composition (19 students), Mathematics (19), German (12), English Literature (11), Latin (10), Chemistry (6), Physics (5), and Spanish...