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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Wow.  I’m getting ahead of myself reading this thread as my kids are a bit younger, but I can’t imagine taking APUSH in 9th grade.  (And this is coming from someone who went on to do a PhD in history.)  That’s not an easy exam and I don’t think many ninth graders are ready, but what do I know.  I’m surprised to see APs are a thing in 9th grade at all, but government is certainly easier than US History.[/quote]

PP--You are absolutely correct.  It's not that they can't study and pass the exam.  It's that they aren't mature enough and ready enough to really think deeply about the concepts.  My dd went through this, got an A all four quarters and a 4 on the exam.  But you should have heard her naivete when discussing history.  And at a lot of universities, a 4 or 5 on the AP exam will get you out of any more history.  Forever.  It's a real disservice to the kids (and the country).[/quote]

I also have a PhD in history, and the thing I noticed about the modern AP exams is that they involve much less memorization of names and dates than when I took them in the early 90s. I got a 4 on APUSH back then, but my kids both got 5s without lots of cramming. [/quote]

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