How many standardized tests do kids need to take these days? Beyond SAT and ACT, if every junior and senior level class has an AP exam, we are easily talking 12 AP exams, where scores are expected. It becomes a bit much. |
The whole goal is to go to college, right? At most colleges, most kids have 4-6 exams per semester. So I’m not sure why it would be unreasonable to take 3-5 AP exams the spring of junior year. (Senior year AP exams come after admissions is done; they only count for credit, or if you’re applying to certain international schools.) |
This. |
I mean have you seen the course content of AP classes lately? It’s definitely super-left leaning across all disciplines. And since the test is standardized, teaching a course that adheres to the approved content is non-negotiable. Private high schools whose values do not align with this prescribed ideaology have a greater purpose that they need to consider. |
I agree that it’s about schools not wanting to have to maximize AP scores. Back in the day a B was good enough, and so was a 4, but now elite colleges expect an A and a 5. |
I wonder how different APs are from A-levels in the UK. Same standardization, but they certainly don’t draw comments like this. |
It’s not unreasonable, which is why most kids do it. |
Please explain how an AP Calculus test or AP Physics test can be left-leaning. |
In a workers’ cooperative-owned warehouse, a group of unionized workers use a pulley system to lift crates of food being distributed as part of a mutual aid effort in a low-income neighborhood disproportionately impacted by climate change and food deserts. Each crate has a mass of 25 kg and is lifted vertically at a constant speed by a system powered by a manually cranked generator operated in shifts by volunteers. The pulley system has an efficiency of 75% due to friction in the gears and ropes. (a) How much work must be done by the volunteers to raise one crate to a height of 5 meters? (b) What is the minimum mechanical energy input (from the volunteers) required per crate, accounting for the pulley efficiency? (c) If each volunteer can sustain a mechanical power output of 150 watts for short periods, how long does it take one volunteer to lift a crate? |
OK? How does that impact learning AP Calc or Phys? The students are already smart enough (more than you apparently!) to focus on the key details to answer the question. |
It’s not CAN it be. It’s IS it. PP needs to show that it actually is. Go ahead, PP. Show us. |
I wonder how the big UK schools require APs if APs are so worthless. |
The UK hasn’t mattered for a very long time. |
You really are out of it, aren’t you? Don’t you want to know what’s actually happening? |
Wooshhhh…. 🤣 |