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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This says it all! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

One AP government teacher, Michael Grill of Wakefield High School in Arlington, Va., said, “When administrators can trade on the cachet of their school’s reputation to help get their students into college, it’s really not that bold nor courageous to abandon a metric that can contribute to leveling the playing field.”

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Well yes. Because the schools have a reputation for challenging coursework and accomplished students, they don't need someone else's stamp to say they have challenging coursework and accomplished students. If the schools fail to produce accomplished students, by means of challenging coursework, they will no longer be able to trade on their reputation.

This isn't just true for private schools. I don't think anyone would argue that TJ, for example, doesn't also have the ability to trade on their schools reputation, outside of any external authority branding their students as accomplished and their coursework as challenging.

Michael Grill gets an A+ for stating the obvious. If you consistently produce an excellent product, you will have a reputation for consistently producing an excellent product.[/quote]

APs are also the opposite of an equalizer. If a kid at a rich suburban public school with abundant resources and excellent teachers like Wakefield gets a 5 on an exam, while an equally bright and driven inner-city kid without those resources gets a 2, it looks like the wealthy kid is a superior student. Colleges won't know the variables that went into those scores, and will use the scores to compare the students.

It should not be the job of schools to implement a system they feel is wrong for their students in order to make comparing students easier for college admissions officers. It should be the job of colleges to know each school/school system.

If schools like Sidwell, Cathedrals, and Potomac think that they can provide a more enriching academic experience without APs, than they should go for it. Not everything is about college. [/quote]

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