23 official AP courses (audited by AP)
It is interesting that "audit" is a word which can mean many things to many people, depending upon one's background and experiences.
In the case of AP courses, "audit" essentially means pre-approval based upon an institution's course syllabus.
http://www.collegeboard.com/html/apcourseaudit/I was trying to differentiate between what Dude referenced - high schools having lots of courses called AP, and specific AP-approved classes for which there is a test. In my kids' HS, a student is expected to take an AP test for any course which is called an AP course. A student can take additional AP tests (say my kid learns Latin or Japanese at home), but if my son takes ten AP classes, he is expected to take ten AP tests.
Just curious - how many of your kids' school districts pay for AP tests? I hadn't even realized it was an option in some schools, but when my dds went to college, a number of their friends had taken AP tests paid by the district.
Also, is it a big deal in your district for students to NOT take the test after taking the class? My older dd, who had anxiety, didn't take any AP tests (although she took the classes) and our school gave us a very hard time. Other schools, though, seem fine with kids taking them or not taking them.
