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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm highly disappointed in Wilson's AP passing rate. I'm curios why DCPS didn't break down the pass rates by FARMS, Race, ESOL, and other demographics. [/quote]

Supposedly the honors-for-all at Wilson will magically turn those 1s and 2s into 4s and 5s. Just as I'm sure they are all "passing" 9th grade honors English and biology.

My mother taught AP English (elsewhere) for 20+ years and was a reader for those tests every June in Austin. Other teachers at her school (also my alma mater) served as readers as well in other subjects. They got great experience in seeing how other students approached the exam and learning fellow AP English teachers each year during that period. Do any DCPS teachers serve as readers? Selection back then had been based on the teacher's own student performance. The biology and chemistry teachers at my school had a decades-long streak of never having had a student score below a 4.

And for public school kids (or any student) getting a 4 or 5 can save tuition dollars. Some universities give a full year of college credit (6 credits) for a 5, or a semester credit for a 4. At Georgetown, I didn't earn credit, but I was able to place out of required 100-level courses and take much more interesting upper-level electives instead.

DC is doing a disservice by failing to prepare students properly for these exams. [/quote]

[b]If there is pressure to have everyone at a comprehensive high school pass, what will happen is that fewer students will be allowed to take APs.[/b]

However, IMO the magnet schools should be held to a higher standard.

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What's wrong with that?!  If the class is not geared towards the exam, then it shouldn't be called an AP class.  Make it an "intensive" class or whatever.  Not everyone should be in AP classes.[/quote]

Nor should everyone be in honors classes but that doesn't stop DCPS.  [/quote]

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