Gaston Caperton
Gaston Caperton
William Gaston Caperton IIIwas the 31st Governor of the U.S. state of West Virginia from 1989–97. He was president of the College Board, which administers the nationally recognized SAT and AP tests, from 1999–2012. He is a member of the Democratic Party...
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Our capacity to compete in a knowledge-based economy is going to depend on our ability to offer the opportunity of college success to every student who's willing to work to achieve it.
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That's the value of a college education, ... I don't know anywhere in the world where you can make an investment and make that kind of return.
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World language courses are developing students in a capacity in European and Asian languages and this gives them a deeper understanding of not only language, but culture. It brings prosperity and peace to this world.
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Fortunately, the scoring problem seems to have not had any major effect on students.
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We have deserving students who are kept out of college or have difficulty completing their degrees because of a lack of money. With increased competition abroad, this is exactly what we can't afford to have happening in this country.
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Although there are more students from low-income families with college aspirations and more first-generation college students, we need to do a better job of seeing these students through to graduation.
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I personally have learned a great deal during this period. Often, pain accompanies learning so I cannot say I have enjoyed this experience, and neither has anyone else at the College Board.
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That's the value of a college education... I don't know anywhere in the world where you can make an investment and make that kind of return.
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Gov. Jeb Bush and the Florida Legislature's strong commitment to increase access to Advanced Placement courses continues to pay off.
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It is our hope that the AP program can serve as an anchor for increasing rigor in our schools. Rigor can be maintained while increasing student participation.
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The number of students participating in A.P. has more than doubled in 10 years, and today almost 15,000 U.S. schools offer A.P. courses.
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The gap in education in this country, the unfairness of the schools, is one of the great unfairness in this society.
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It's unfair to those kids who don't get to take those good courses and don't get the chance to go to college,
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It is our hope the AP can serve as an anchor for increased rigor in our schools and reducing the achievement gap.