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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'd be ok if they had webcame and audio recording but if they haven't mentioned that yet, then it's not happening.

[b]One of dd's teachers said that they plan to send the AP teacher a copy of the test to see if they can spot red flag.  [/b]Don't know how many teachers would do this but it wouldn't be systematic-- what do they do if a kid slacked off all year but studied the month before and did better than expected?

It would work, though, if they actually had the camera/audio going... each teacher could do the proctoring for their own students...[/quote]

I'm an AP teacher and this is true.  I can absolutely recognize the writing style of each student, so I will know if someone else has written the essay.

That being said, the new "exam" is absurd, and it makes a mockery of the course.  For my class, the "exam" only assesses a small fraction of the material one is supposed to learn for this course.

What should College Board do, you say?  There is no good solution here, but harvesting money from parents in exchange for taking these "exams" is not the best of the bad choices.  The IBO has cancelled all IB exams and is asking teachers to establish grades based on work students have already submitted.  While not ideal, this is much fairer than what College Board is doing.

I doubt college admissions counsellors will take the new "exam" results very seriously.  I am guessing that colleges will still give credit for the new "exam" results, but nobody who is actually involved will feel good about it.  [/quote]

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