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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My DD with LD got two 2s and was very sad, as she though she did pretty well. She got As in both classes, though (Lang and World). It’ll be obvious when she doesn’t submit the grades, but oh well. Onward and upward.[/quote]

Sorry your DD is disappointed about the 2s. The AP exams present the questions in a way that I personally think is difficult for kids with certain LDs to master. My DD has dyslexia and was getting Bs and Cs on practice tests on material that, if you asked her about it verbally, she knew inside and out.

I asked her teacher if I could see DD’s answers to one of her practice tests. She had very high scores on the essays but suboptimal scores on the multiple choice. Turns out the phrasing of the questions is challenging for someone with dyslexia. If you were to ask her to name key crops in the colonies she’s have no problem, or to select some from a list. But if the question is phrased as what crop was not a key crop in the colonies she might miss the “not.” And forget about those questions with answers like “I, III and V;” “II, III and IV;” “I, III and IV; or “I, III and V.” Even with time and a half that’s tricky for her to untangle, so she was just guessing. She worked on some strategies for anticipating and addressing these types of questions and her score did end up improving.

She’s done very well in college particularly since her major is heavy on research papers. [/quote]

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