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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think it’s great the DC privates are dropping APs, stress/anxiety and pressure to have perfect grades and perfect test scores has been taking a toll for years on students. Some colleges are becoming test optional, I think this a much needed reset...Let’s remember that the College Board, US News and World Reports, etc. are businesses concerned about profits.

“A spokesman for the College Board provided this statement on the schools' decision: “Over the past decade, the students at just these D.C.-area independent schools have earned more than 39,000 credit hours at the colleges to which they sent their AP scores. That equates to nearly $59 million in tuition savings at highly selective colleges, not to mention the head start these students received in their majors -- particularly in STEM disciplines. At a time when the placement, credit and admission benefits of AP have never been greater, it’s surprising that these schools would choose to deny their students these advantages.”

https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2018/06/19/eight-private-high-schools-washington-area-are-dropping-out-ap-program

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I think you need to re-read all the statements above - kids at these top privates who don't take AP classes still take the AP exam and will continue to do so.  Their regular classes are rigorous enough, with just a little extra memorization, to prepare them for the AP exam.  That is why they are dropping the courses.  They are unnecessary and a waste of time when the students could be taking courses with much deeper curriculum.[/quote]

That's right.  Students at the elite privates have and will continue to take the AP exams, just not the classes. [/quote]

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