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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Many area private schools are actually known for grade deflation and have moved away from AP exams because they test the superficial in any given subject.[/quote]

Don’t agree that AP exams test the superficial, but as a Big 3 parent,  my guess is that privates want to distinguish their product and that one of the draws for teachers in private schools is that they have creative freedom to develop their classes.  My DC took several AP classes and the school almost tried not to prepare them (covering the whole historical period, etc.). It is better to eliminate the AP label so there is no false advertising.[/quote]

You do have creative freedom to develop AP classes, you just have to do the work to submit it for approval. For example, the Abbey has 16 different versions of AP Literature and Composition, courses ranging from African American Literature, to Magical Realism, to Shakespeare, Logic and Morality in Literature, and Representations of Women in Literature. All approved for AP credit. Some also complain that their experience of AP classes is the it is too broad and not deep. However, in a tiny school with really bright kids, there is more time to cover the AP and then some. [/quote]

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