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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The article the the Post quoted an admissions officer at Davidson College saying it definitely won’t count against these kids that they don’t take A.P. classes. And yet it sure as hell would count against my public school kid if he didn’t take A.P. classes. Why shouldn’t it bother me that parents are paying tuition in order to ensure a smoother path in what is supposed to be a fair process?

As private schools, they are not obligated to follow any particular curriculum or grading scheme, and we know that the parents want the kids to get perfect grades and get into great colleges, so what is stopping these schools from calling every class Incredibly Advanced History and giving everyone A’s? They used to have to demonstrate this knowledge on AP exams. Now they won’t. [/quote]

If these kids started showing up at elite colleges unable to do the work, then it would hurt the private schools.  But these schools have an excellent track record of producing well-qualified students, so that’s unlikely to happen.  It wasn’t AP tests keeping them in line or ranking their students for the colleges.  AP scores have never been required for admission.

FWIW, I agree with you that our educational system perpetuates inequality and that it’s not fair, especially to kids whose parents are poor and/or who haven’t themselves been well-educated.  And this problem has been getting worse rather than better in recent years.  But College Board is a symptom rather than a cure and the federal government’s involvement in education since NCLB has been counterproductive.  So I don’t have an easy answer asto what it would take to reverse this trajectory. [/quote]

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