The Advanced Placement Program is a cooperative educational enterprise between secondary schools and colleges and universities. Since its commencement in 1955, the Program has provided motivated high school students with the chance to take college-level courses in high school scenery. Students who participate in the Program not only gain college-level skills, but in many cases also earn college credit while they are still in high school. AP courses are taught by committed and passionate high school teachers who follow course guidelines developed and published by the College Board.

The Program's success is ingrained in the mutual efforts of motivated students, dedicated teachers, and committed schools. By participating in the Program, secondary schools make the obligation to classify and sustain at least one class that is equivalent to a first-year college course.

There are at this time more than 110,000 teachers leading AP courses in high schools internationally. The Program is strengthened by their contribution in qualified development workshops and Summer Institutes and in the annual AP Reading where thousands of AP teachers and college faculty gather at college sites across the United States to score the AP Exams using thorough guidelines.