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Awesome! Sincerely - awesome! |
Well, in some ways his 3 on the AP lang is good, then -- he doesn't test out of college ENG requirement and will have more opportunity to get better (and hopefully better like) reading and writing! But I hear ya. I have two. One is a reader and writer, the other works harder avoiding it than he would if he just did the reading and writing. |
yes |
PP didn’t identify the school and you are bashing it Basis? What is wrong with you? Doesn’t seem like Basis is “hurting kids”: https://enrollbasis.com/2024-us-news-rankings/ And each of these schools is non-profit, LOL. |
They came back and confirmed it was Basis. Hit dog will holler, as they say. |
Clearly a parent with direct access to their kid's college board account. I waited a year to find out how one of mine did on their freshman AP World exam because she wouldn't look to find out. |
Likely an IB school. I think our district requires AP World before starting the IB program. Maybe it's AP Gov, but I thought it was World (which makes more sense to me, given the "I" in "IB") |
Probably told her kid their scores before they had a chance to check for themselves. |
Why do folks keep perpetuating this nonsense. Many Many schools give credit for 3,4,or 5. And its impossible for most parents or schools to know if they are paying for a passing exam since most registration is done in the fall for a Spring exam. |
Well, someone has to pay for each failed exam. One could argue that a school should have better uses for the thousands spent on failed AP exams, especially when the teacher is pretty sure that the kid will fail. I'm sure there is a lesson to be learned if a kid takes a hard exam and does poorly, but I'm not sure that the lesson is worth $140+. If I had to pay for my kids' exams, I wouldn't pay for any that I thought my kid might fail. But you do you. As far as Basis goes, it's really only the 9th and 10th graders who are "discouraged" from taking exams that they're likely to fail. All of the kids are required to take an AP in each core subject to graduate. If they haven't done so prior to 11th grade, they'll be required to take them at that point. I'm not sure what the point is of your anecdote. Your kid didn't do a practice test, didn't have any way to gauge her performance, but got 5s. That just means your kid has anxiety, second guesses herself a lot, or didn't know what the exams or grading looked like. If a kid is taking practice tests using prior tests or is using the materials provided by college board, they should have a pretty good idea of the general range of their score. Maybe a kid is on the margins and gets a low 4 rather than a high 3. For the STEM exams, you either know how to do the calculus/physics/chemistry, or you don't. There aren't really any surprises. |
Fellow BASIS parents, don’t take the bait. Not sure why it’s so divisive given the landscape of educational choices in the city. If it works
for your kid(s) the outcomes can be pretty great. The college destinations of this year’s class of 46 stand up to most schools in the area, especially when considering it is a lottery not application school, and controlling for overall SES. If not you can vote with your feet. That’s all it need be. keep it moving. |
My kid is at Basis. I paid for the AP tests. There isn't any pre-tests discouraging kids from taking the AP tests. All these Basis bashing is just ridiculous!! |
Your kid is not at BASIS DC then. My kid took 6 APs and I paid $0. Kids that teachers recommend have taken and done well on their mock APs and should get a 3 or higher. Other kids can pay and take the test. However if they don’t get a 3 or higher their final class grade will suffer (or improve if they do get that 3 or higher). |
My kid is at Basis McLean, and I paid for all his AP tests. No pre-tests. No discouraging kids from taking AP tests. |