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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]sorry to be dense but can someone remind me why they decided to do this in the first place?  Wasn't it somewhat controversial?  [/quote]

The claims were : students may pass up other courses to get the college credits from AP courses, and that moving away from the courses would allow them to offer a wider variety of courses that were equally rigorous and enriching.

However, I’ve yet to hear what rigorous courses are replacing the APs at all these schools.  More I suspect that said course will offer depth in a teachers personal area of curiosity and expertise and less the students interest.  Especially when you consider these are small schools so it’s not like the teachers are about to create a huge variety of new classes from scratch and then be the only ones that can teach them every year.[/quote]

A class doesn't need to follow the strict AP to be as rigorous (or more) than an AP course. Our child got 5's on AP Lit and APUSH from their Big 3 regular 11th grade English and US History courses...and our school has NO differentiated levels for those courses (there's no honors, etc. - everyone takes the same class). There was no tutor involved and not a lot of extra work. Teachers gave a small amount of feedback in the Spring on what the exam will look like and whether there was anything the teacher hadn't covered yet. It was not a heavy lift for our student - they had been taught at the high level AP required but with a curriculum and depth the teacher/school chose for the course.  There are so many skeptics on the decreasing quality.  The Blair Magnet science courses aren't all labeled AP - and those kids also get 5's on the AP subject exams. In both cases, these are smart kids with great teachers....there's no need to follow the rote AP formula. They get a better course AND get the "5" test score.[/quote]

Wishful thinking.  Some random course that reflects the teacher’s interest and the school’s priorities isn’t going to translate into a 5 on an AP test for most kids.[/quote]

Not wishful thinking, it's facts. My child is not an outlier at this school....the kids do very very well on APs without an AP label on the course.[/quote]

Oh yeah?  It’s “facts” that every kid gets a 5 on every AP?  And how do you know that?  Do you work for the College Board?[/quote]

i don't but it sure seems you do. i haven't seen someone blindly defend something like you defend the AP curriculum since Rudy Giuliani.[/quote]

Wow, not the pp just an observer, but you certainly showed your true colors immediately attacking the pp by turning this into an ugly political battle. I would certainly not trust anything you say now. Get a grip please.[/quote]

I’m not sure how I will ever recover from your rejection.  [/quote]

Sorry you feel rejected. Your word, not mine.[/quote]

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