Policy

Additional Information

The components of this policy are parallel to other processes associated with the awarding of credit for prior learning that have been established as within the purview of the University Curriculum Committee. The policy furthers the goal of UW-Madison supporting timely progress to degree and keeping costs down by ensuring a mechanism for the academic community to assign credit equivalencies for third-party exams and make sure that students have an opportunity to be appropriately awarded credit for prior learning.

Data, Academic Planning and Institutional Research (DAPIR) has done numerous analyses of student progress and success in courses based on preparation in Advanced Placement (AP) and other third-party exams. These analyses consistently and repeatedly show that students who earn credit based on scores on AP exams do as well and often better than their peers in the next sequential course. All existing evidence confirms that the AP test score course equivalencies are helping students advance in their programs and make progress to degree.