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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Someone posted this on another thread about AP precalc: https://saratogafalcon.org/content/precalculus-honors-classes-should-not-transform-curriculum-to-conform-to-ap-precalculus/

It’s not MCPS, but it makes some important points about the potential lack of rigor in the AP course compared with the base honors course. The AP course is intended to expand access to AP math for those who otherwise would not get there. I’m not sure why anyone whose child did honors algebra 2 successfully would take it. The MCPS honors class should be more rigorous. [/quote]
DP School without Walls had a similar article in March: https://www.swwrookery.com/post/new-ap-precalculus-course-makes-no-sense-teachers-and-professors-say

"Walls will not be implementing the class in the near future, according to Assistant Principal ... both [teachers] thought the added pressure of another AP course might be harmful for students. “Our kids are already really overloaded with AP stuff, I don’t know that another AP is going to add a lot of benefit in light of the amount of stress I think it would cause,” ...a professor of mathematics at George Washington University, said “although some universities offer it, precalculus is high-school-level material, not university-level material, and so offering AP credit for it makes no sense.” ... the chair of the GW mathematics department, agreed, saying the university would not offer credit for a subject that “is not university-level material.” "[/quote]

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