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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I know you said no teacher responses, so you can skip my thoughts, but I wanted to at least let parents know my experience on both sides of this.

First off, it's unfortunate that there are so many responses from teachers with egos fragile enough to be shattered by OP's question. There are still too many teachers who think that their content and methods are the end all be all. Props to OP for being a professional and treating the K-12 experience like the ever-evolving joint venture that it is between educators, students and families.

Pre-COVID, I taught closer to the second scenario that OP describes, where your class grade was usually a reasonable indicator of what you'd expect on the exam. Students rose to the challenge and over the course of four years, 150+ students per year, and I can count on one hand the number of course failures. My AP scores were far above average on every measure.

When we went to online school, Gatehouse took away everything resembling standards (e.g. 50% floors, virtually non-existent deadlines). It completely undermined the system I had in place, and not surprisingly, it turned more into OP's first scenario.

Years later and AP scores are &quot;better,&quot; but by that I mean that we've gotten them back up to average. Although in an active school community, I've yet to receive one complaint from admin or parents, so I do think that there has been a focus shift.

TLDR: These days GPA &gt;&gt; AP scores
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I know I said “no teacher responses, please”. But THANK YOU  for yours![/quote]

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