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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The primary issue of the recent posts is the communication from the school to students/parents regarding the exams.  But our school is horrible at communication for everything and treats parents as overbearing...so not sure this is can be chalked up to an AP-specific or college counseling centered issue.  Part of me wants to believe they think they are taking stress off kids (as they assume parents are piling on the stress) but they really are not communicating the full range of information about what taking the AP exams can mean.  It is definitely true that taking the APs from these non-AP classes is NOT a heavy lift to get a 5 for students at our school.[/quote]

I think we must have kids at different schools or else we have different perspectives.  It is true I had no communication with anyone about AP tests bc my son’s teachers communicated with him on the tests - both for AP classes and non- AP classes where he took the exam (and he took care of all the registering etc). I have no idea how helpful scoring well on these tests will be - don’t think I will ever know.  But it does demonstrate mastery of the material, particularly in a situation where he didn’t get an A in the class, IMO.  Since grades seem to be deflated, I would think high test scores of any sort would be a plus.  [/quote]

We could still be at the same school - I could see some teachers communicating better than others on this, and certainly if a student asks about it.  My kids have never shared much about what the teachers say (and they do well, so no biggie). I only know the US admin and college counseling messaging to parents - and that is very squishy on taking AP exams.  [/quote]

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