Math Placement Letters APS
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Anonymous
75 percent of kids scored below 466. Wow. That surprises me. |
Anonymous
Yes. At W-L it was about half the BC class. But at WL, there is IB Calculus too, so an additional option. |
Anonymous
Why hasn't every middle school sent this out? Sheesh. Thanks for posting! |
Anonymous
This is rare in my experience with 2 kids who’ve gone through the pathway. There is a lot of overlap. Perhaps if you don’t want to take stats as a senior and did AB? My kids did this prior to AP Precalc and at the time if you didn’t precalc intensified (which was the highest offered) you would be prepared for BC next. I’m not sure how that shakes out now, if there is a required AP score on precalc that determines if you can do BC vs AB. My oldest did AB as a senior so there wasn’t really a worry about the next HS class. My next one did BC as a junior and did well, they studied for the AP test a lot in order to get to multi. The BC AP test gives you 2 scores: 1 for AB and 1 for BC. So you could potentially get credits for both classes in college just taking BC. However some districts require you to do AB then BC. But not APS. |
Anonymous
| Correction above- if you DID take precalc intensified, you were prepared for BC. Sorry about that! |
Anonymous
This year was a new set of math standards on the SOL. As a 5th grade teacher I was surprised by more of my students scores (lower than expected) than usual. I still had the expected students passing overall though. Especially compared to their MAP percentiles. I feel like they will grow next year as a result of having more years of instruction using the new standards. |
Anonymous
Your info is also out of date. PreCalc Intensified was replaced a few years ago by AP Pre-Calc. The students who take AP Pre-Calc should be prepared to move directly into Calc BC. After Calc BC, you can take Multivariable if you get a qualifying score on the AP exam - I believe 4 or higher qualifies. |
Anonymous
No, the PP is right if their kids are at W-L. There is no AP Pre-Calc there. The IB Pre-Calc is intensified. So my DD took IB Pre-Calc and AP Calculus BC. |
Anonymous
Yes— that is totally a thing. As is taking algebra ii, then intensified precalc, then ap calc sb, ap calc bc. You have to skip precalc in order to take the ib math track if you’re in algebra as an eighth grader. |
Anonymous
Maybe just a thing at WL/IB? This is not what students I know have done. You typically take AB or BC— not both. |
Anonymous
My post above clarifies that my kids took precalc intensified since AP pre-calc is fairly new (it’s been offered for 2 years) and so I am not sure if there is a determinant score required to do BC vs AB after, like there is when going from BC to multivariable. My kid just graduated in 2025 and he took precalc intensified in 10th which was the last year it was offered before becoming AP. I specify that in my post so not necessary for you to reiterate that it’s different now. I stated that. Regardless, it is definitely not the norm at YHS or HB (the 2 schools I’ve had students at) to do AB and then BC. BC covers all that’s in AB and then more. Can you take both? Sure. But it would be redundant since BC gives you an AB score on the AP test and a BC overall score. It is not the norm recommendation in APS, but it is an option. |