College Board: Standards-Driven High School Science Courses

From the 1999-2000 to the 2009-2010 academic years, tuition and fees at public four-year colleges increased at an average annual rate of 4.9 percent beyond the general inflation rate, according to the College Board's “Trends in College
The College Board's Advanced Placement Program offers students the opportunity to take challenging college-level courses while still in high school, and to receive college credit, advanced placement, or both for successful performance