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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]09:52 again. My son is a rising senior, and with hindsight, I can see that the grade in the class only reflects the potential AP score IF the teacher is an experienced and intelligent teacher. There are two components to an AP class: teaching the material, and preparing students for the test. If you do the former but not the latter, given that a lot of the AP tests required responses written in a specific way, the student will not do well on the test.

After that difficult first pandemic year, my son had a mix of excellent teachers, and 2 duds, who did not prepare him adequately. But with experience, he could tell that he was not being prepared, and we hired tutors to bolster those two classes. That's because my son is a perfectionist, and he hates not having a top score. Otherwise obviously I'd have saved my money![/quote]

I have a kid who just graduated and a rising junior, and I agree with you about prepping for the test itself. My kids are in private and pre and post covid there was a lot of time spent on prepping for the actual AP test. The only AP my kid who just graduated did not get a 4 or 5 on was during Covid, and it was very hard to get through all the material that year, let alone prep for the test.

Other parents, if you are paying for your kids to take the test--and your kids teacher doesn't seem to focus on how to take the exam itself--it is worth it to have your kids do some prep for the exam (you can find free prep materials online). [/quote]

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