AP classes, grades, exam scores --fcps

[Anonymous]

If you take an ap class in fcps, does the fact that you pass or not pass the ap exam have any effect on your grade for the class?

Are you expected to send the exam score to the colleges you are applying to (or have applied to)?

Is there a standard curriculum that the ap teachers are using? (i.e. does ap provide a sequence and curriculum that the teachers are supposed to cover)?

I ask b/c our HS's ap pass rates aren't that great -- especially at the 4 or 5 level. (better at the 3 level). Just wondering what the impact of this is -- are kids not being taught all that they need to get 4's or 5's? Are kids not understanding what they need to do to 4 or 5? Or maybe they aren't trying to get 4 or 5 b/c they don't care whether they get the college credit (I know 3s generally don't count for college credits -- or only for electives).

Just trying to sort out the value of the ap pass rates and what that means for grades or just for the education of my kids.

[Anonymous]

The value is in taking challenging courses and getting scores that potentially may receive college credit.

After freshman DC came home from college this week, he received an email from school informing him that based on AP credits and first semester grades he is now a sophomore. But whether he can graduate in three years will still depend on whether he can get the courses he wants for a dual major.

If your school has lower AP scores it means the kids in the class are less proficient and/or the teachers don't teach the material. At our school students do well on most subject area but there is one class where kids do poorly on the AP exam. The class is considered an easy A or B, but the teacher doesn't cover the material that will be on the exam. It's up to the students to figure that out entirely on their own and, since most of them are taking 2-4 other AP classes, that tends not to happen.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you take an ap class in fcps, does the fact that you pass or not pass the ap exam have any effect on your grade for the class?
No the AP results do not come until summer, so they have no be irking on the grade. With both my children, I have noticed that -for them- an A in the class translated to a 5 on the test and a B translated to a 4 on the test
Are you expected to send the exam score to the colleges you are applying to (or have applied to)?Sending the scores is voluntary, but if they see you took an AP class and did not send in the score, they will make an assumption.

Is there a standard curriculum that the ap teachers are using? (i.e. does ap provide a sequence and curriculum that the teachers are supposed to cover)?
There is standard curriculum but I don't think the College Baord provides the sequencing or class prep.
I ask b/c our HS's ap pass rates aren't that great -- especially at the 4 or 5 level. (better at the 3 level). Just wondering what the impact of this is -- are kids not being taught all that they need to get 4's or 5's? Are kids not understanding what they need to do to 4 or 5? Or maybe they aren't trying to get 4 or 5 b/c they don't care whether they get the college credit (I know 3s generally don't count for college credits -- or only for electives).

Just trying to sort out the value of the ap pass rates and what that means for grades or just for the education of my kids.