The College Board announced new revisions to the Advanced Placement U.S. history curriculum Thursday that it says will present a "clearer and more balanced approach to the teaching of American history."
The revisions come after a year of intensive public comment, including from teachers who said the detailed framework released in August 2014 forced them to race through topics and didn't give them the space or freedom to address key people, events or documents.
The College Board also had faced extensive criticism from conservatives who described the 2014 framework as liberally biased and anti-American.
The revisions consolidate learning objectives -- 19 are listed this year, down from 50 last year -- and, according to the College Board, seek to make sure "statements are clearer and more historically precise, and less open to misinterpretation or perceptions of imbalance.