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[quote=Anonymous]I am the devil's advocate.  I am in Fairfax and would love to see our high schools stay high in rankings.  However, the Jay Matthews challenge index has had the negative impact of encouraging schools to have students take AP tests just for the sake of taking them.  As I understand it, one of the factors Matthews uses in formulating his rankings is the number of students that take AP tests (total AP tests taken).  To me, that is just silly.  AP tests should be taken by students who have take AP courses and who have a chance of achieving a score that might get then college. What is the point of having students take the test to get a 1 or 2.  I know people whose children took 3 and 4 AP exams after doing OK in the classes but not great and basically there was no downside to taking the test.  Kids didn't score high but parents hadn't paid for the test so they didn't really care.  The school paid and got to check that box for Matthews formula.  Tail wagging the dog if I have ever heard it!  So, if Fairfax has to be the first to get realistic about this, that is fine.  I would prefer that the county cut stupid stuff like that rather than cutting actual programs.[/quote]

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