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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DP. Phasing them out would seem to be the logical extension of a march toward equity and a reduced emphasis on tests. [/quote] Why wouldn’t the solution be to get more kids to the AP level? [/quote] Because the designation is a farce. It's one thing to recognize that, for any number of reasons, some students struggle academically; it's another to inflate the achievements and credentials of students who, for any number of reasons, struggle less and perform as their parents and teachers expect them to. Calling a course advanced does not mean that the students are actually advanced. Moreover, many AP students falsely and unwittingly begin to believe that they are academically advanced when they are in fact academically average. In practice, this often means that white students and parents develop an artificial sense of superiority. [/quote]
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