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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The kids are taking the AP tests privately, not the classes.  They are studying on their own.

As far as I understand it, the schools are only "approved" to proctor AP exams for classes they offer.  
I was looking into having my kid take AP World History and my kid's DC private does not offer the exam and neither does Jackson Reed (because they don't offer the AP world history class either). 
I would have to contact Walls or Banneker or MCPS.

For what it's worth, we decided against this as I got a review book and the content differences are pretty significant (what my kid has learned vs. what is on the exam).  [/quote]

Curious how there were different? [/quote]

For example, my one kid learned an absolute ton of detail about China but really nothing about the Aztecs/Incas. They both got an incredible understanding of the big principles (things like colonialism, revolution, industrialism, etc etc ) but would 
now have to go back and see (for the first time) a lot of specifics of the history.  It is very clear the teachers are not "teaching to the test" and just getting XYZ facts out about XYX cultures.  They are teaching big concepts.

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Big concepts as in themes, but out of context and out of chrono order: power, injustice, revolutions, uprising, discourse, etc.
For history class? [/quote]

No, not out of order.  But there was a lot going on world-wide at each of those critical moments in history and I have found that my kids' teachers often focused on (went deeper/explored) one culture/country over another vs giving facts/dates/info about every one at the same level.  Does this make sense? [/quote]

As someone who majored in Asian studies and languages, Yes it makes sense.

I get peeved at the lack of big picture. Focusing on one movement in one USA region but neglecting other major things going on like Chicago mafia, plague in CA, foreign policy issues, etc and pretending the only thing in the country happening was XYZ. And how horrible it was that leaderhsioncouslntnhurry about and fix XYZ, when in reality they’re with 15+ XYZ things going on that same decade. [/quote]

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