The reason you are hearing different answers is that there are several different versions of this, and not all of them have official names. For example, an AP course is, in fact, a high school course which covers college-level material (supposedly). You take an exam at the end of it, and if you do well on the test, you can waive out of a similar course at some colleges. On the other hand, some schools have arrangements with local community colleges that their students can take certain college courses. My high school did not teach calculus, and we could take calculus at the local community college if we wanted it. We got college credit for the course. That kind of a program doesn’t have an official name. Then there are specific programs at some high schools which allow you to take college classes as electives while you are in high school. Some specific schools have names for these programs, but there isn’t an overall name for it that is used nationally.

For advanced placement at our school we took a course taught by a teacher employed by the school, then had a standardized test given by the AP board at the end. Whether you get the credit depends on whether you get a 4 or 5 on the test.

But we also had dual enrollment or joint enrollment. This is when a college instructor from a local college actually came to our class and taught it an. And whatever grade we go in the class (90-100A, 80-89B, 70-79C, 69-70D, below 60 F) was put onto a college transcript. So we actually got credit hours for college. This was much easier than AP.

There’s hope until graduating students are unable to get a jobs at all. My Dad was taking a programming course where they used punchcards, but near the end of his 2nd last year, technology advanced and made everything he’d learned obsolete. He wouldn’t be able to get a job without re-learning an entirely different subject, and so had to drop out and get a job to pay off his loans.

Dual Enrollment

Concurrent enrollment? You can take college level courses at a university at the same time you take your high school classes.

It was called Advanced Placement in my high school. We took the class at the high school, took an exam at the end, and got college credit if we did well.

You’re probably thinking of Advanced Placement courses.

http://www.princetonreview.com/college/research/articles/prepare/advancedPlacement.asp

College Now.or CLEP is like a test u study and recive college credit if u pass it