<p>Here is an excellent editorial on this subject:</p>
<p>[College</a> Board critics put motives to the test | IndyStar.com | The Indianapolis Star](<a href=“http://www.indystar.com/article/20100623/OPINION04/6230310/1038/OPINION04/College-Board-critics-put-motives-to-the-test]College”>http://www.indystar.com/article/20100623/OPINION04/6230310/1038/OPINION04/College-Board-critics-put-motives-to-the-test)</p>
<p>Ratings are based solely on the percentage of students who took, not passed, the AP exams! No wonder our high school insisted that everyone who took an AP class take the exams! Quite an expense if you don’t foresee needed that Art History college credit because you are majoring in math or engineering in college. And as my husband always suggests, the more heavily advertised anything is, the more profitable it is.</p>