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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Let's wait for more info, which will likely come during curriculum night this week.  Hold your fire...[/quote]

OK.  The info provided at curriculum night was limited.  Basically, the math chair/teachers said that the AP Precalc class is going to cover the same material as Trig/Precalc HNs, and it will prepare a student for AB or BC.  No further explanation was offered to the question about why the better math students are being directed to AP Precalc when College Board said that it was created to pull in the less-math-friendly kids into the calculus track.

It is what it is.  And at Madison, it is AP Precalc for the honors math kids.

I can't think of a reason why my kid would take the AP exam, though.  There is no chance of college credit.  It uses up one of the pre-paid AP exams.  Seems like his grade in the class would tell colleges how capable he is, as much or more than the AP exam score b/c the class grade will apply to more content than the exam score (i.e. the AP exam only covers 3 units, while the class grade will cover 4 AP units +).  Am I missing something?

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Agreed, the exam seems pointless for calculus-bound kids.

Good that you asked them why they were putting honors PreCalc Trig kids into AP Precalculus. It's unsurprising they had no response; it's an illogical move even if they have jerry-rigged a way to hold these kids harmless from the change. If FCPS is going to make a major switch in math courses and implement it in a way that goes against the course creators' intentions, they need to provide the rationale for why they're doing this. Hopefully if FCPS keeps getting asked, they'll finally have to answer.[/quote]

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