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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Last year my kid studied and got a 2. I think that had something to do with the truncated online school year... And also with their lack of interest in the subject, but from their perspective, they worked hard and didn't do we.

So this year I am hands off. I'm not even sure they're going to take the tests. Im more concerned that they learn something in the classes than pick the right circles...

The IB tests next year, however, they're another story. [/quote]

Weird my kids were in online school too but managed to get a 5 so that excuse seems a bit thin.[/quote]

NP - I have taught AP courses for 12 years.  2020 was an unusual year.  In one of my classes, APUSH, the kids were only allowed to do one essay question to count for their entire score.  Some of my best students did not do as well as they would have on the entire exam and some kids who were mediocre, but verbose writers and knew less history did well.  It was luck of the draw on the ONE topic that they were asked to write about.  I'm sure there was a lot of this on the 2020 exams.  Other school districts did not have school everyday last year (2021 exams), and so kids did not get all of the material.  Your post is a bit unseemly.  Take the 5 and be proud, but don't lord it over others.[/quote]

Parent here and same experience.  Kid got a 5 in an AP test she had no right to a 5 in-- she didn't know the subject well but lucked out that they chose her best area for the scaled down test.  Got a 3 on a test for which she thought she could get a 5 or at least a 4.  That year, in particular, was just a crap shoot.[/quote]

That's what we're hearing from teachers too. [/quote]

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