advanced placement This paper introduces a new column, Advanced Placement Advanced placement chemChemistry, in THIS JOURNAL. istry has grown steadily since its conception a little over 25 years ago. Even though there may he 15,000to 20,000 students takine"~~ some kind of advanced nlacement chemistrv course in the secondary schools, few papers on AP have appeared in THIS JOURNAL. With this feature, we hope to meet the needs of the teachers of this group of students while instituting a meaningful dialogue between the colleges and the secondary schools concerning advanced placement chemistry. This column will appear about three times a year. We issue an open invitation to AP teachers and college teachers who are acquainted with the AP program and who are recipients of AP students to contribute to this column. The advanced olacement oroeram is a coooerative educationill endeavor oi'the Colleie n')ard. It invoi& the joint efforts of colleees and secondarv schools. The main ourpose of the programis to provide the opportunity for highlimo;ivated and able students to vursue frrshman-level chemistry while in secondary school: The College Board appoints fivemember develo~mentcommittee' which is made UD of secondary and coll&e teachers who serve overlapping &s. This committee vrovides a course description which is reviewed and published biennially. An examinition based on this course description is written by the development committee. The committee is assisted in this task hy the Educational Testing Service consultants2and the chief reader.3 a college professor, whose responsibility is to direct the reading of
