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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So maybe just maybe the GDS kids were not doing consistently well enough on the AP exams to justify the school seeming to say you will be prepared for AP exams via our rigorous non-AP courses?[/quote]

False. CC office published last year that a very high percent of GDS test taker scored 4+ in 2022. In fact the fact that they published this year after they said they were dropping AP courses and just keeping testing pissed off many parents. So inconsistent. They would downplay in October whether kids should even sign up and which kids should sign up for tests.

So instead of keeping testing and improving communication to parents but dropping advertising of the test results in their college profile, they dropped testing outright. So now the 10-15 Kids a year who apply to UK schools are scrambling

I know one parent who has called 18 schools in DMV and none will take outside kids for testing [/quote]

And why would they? They paid the fees to have the courses and to be able to proctor the test. That cost was passed on to their students. Now GDS, a very expensive school, wants to get out of paying the fees, but still have their kids get the advantage of taking the test off the backs of people who paid for it at other schools? [/quote]

I don't think you understand how the testing works.  This is not IB.  High schools don't pay the CB to offer AP classes (they do pay to offer Pre-AP because there is no financial benefit to the CB), and instead they receive a portion of each student's registration fee to pay for the administrative burden.  Bringing in an outside student, if they have room, does not cost the school financially, as they will receive the same payment from that student.[/quote]

The fees to offer the courses. https://apcentral.collegeboard.org/about-ap/start-expand-ap-program/start/consider-costs[/quote]

The link describes the cost of starting an AP course, like teacher training and textbooks. Nothing to do with the marginal cost of allowing an outside student to sit the exam. [/quote]

You are missing the point. Why would another school that has put in the up front costs to have an AP program support a school that hasn't done so by letting their students come on campus to take the test? Enroll at that school and pay their tuition if you want to take AP tests there. You want to have your cake and eat it to and then also go eat someone else's cake.[/quote]

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