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Developed by leading experts, AMSCO coursebooks meet the challenge of AP courses by offering the right level of subject depth, instruction, and practice. Each coursebook is designed to prepare students for AP success with the rigor of a college-level course.
The streamlined content allows teachers to focus on what really matters—ensuring students learn to think critically, evaluate sources, and develop coherent arguments.
Perfection Learning/AMSCO has partnered with Rice University, publisher of OpenStax textbooks, to provide the most in-depth resources and support for your classroom instruction and course audit approval.
Each College Board-approved OpenStax text has been aligned with an AP social studies coursebook from Perfection Learning/AMSCO. All paired OpenStax texts are:
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100% aligned to College Board CEDs.
AMSCO coursebooks are used in over 1/3 of all U.S. high schools offering AP courses.
Developed with leading experts.
Students gain the critical “thinking” and “doing” skills required in rigorous college courses through extended practice in:
Chapter & Unit AP Test Practice
All of the items in chapter and unit tests have been meticulously constructed to model the format and quality of those on the exam. Each question is tied to a specific learning objective, and teachers have access to scoring rubrics and model answers.
Summative Assessment
Each text also includes a complete practice exam mirroring the directions, timing, question formats, and content scope of the actual AP exam. Each test item is correlated to a specific learning objective from the exam framework, allowing teachers to quickly diagnose individual and class performance.
Assessment—Interactive Editions
Auto scoring, auto grading, rubrics. All of the interactive editions include hundreds of practice test items from topic, chapter, unit, and summative assessments. Document-Based Questions, long essay, and short-answer questions include rubrics at point of use for easy grading.
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