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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]The general progression for students for a long time has been 9th - US History, 10th - NSL Government + state test, 11th - Modern World History.[/b] When schools started offering more AP classes they initially offered APUSH for 9th graders and AP Gov for 10th graders, parallel to the regular pathway. However, over the last 15 years, data showed that students were performing better in AP Gov than APUSH, so schools started switching the sequence. It makes scheduling a little harder because there are more possibilities for the general 9th or 10th grader, and for two years after the school makes the switch there's an imbalance between # of kids in each course.

Sure, some kids are ready for APUSH in 9th as their first AP course, but more kids are ready by 10th, especially after having taken their first AP (Gov) in 9th. If you don't think your kid is ready, I'd advocate for 9th grade AP Gov instead and wait until 10th for APUSH.[/quote]

Maybe where you grew up, but where I'm from (and still in lots of other places) - 9th grade = World History. [/quote]

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