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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kids got 1s and 2s on their AP exams, despite getting A's and B's in the class. Like you, I think it also proves they're probably not college ready, which I kind of already knew and have warned them about. I think freshman year for one of my kids is going to be brutal. But again, I knew that because he struggled massively with the SAT.

A portion of this discrepancy I lay at the kids' feet because I think these kids never learned how to study due to COVID and relaxed expectations. To do well on these tests, you have to be motivated, disciplined and willing to put in the time and the effort. I bought my kids the AP Princeton AP study guides, and I can tell you they barely touched them. I fought with them about whether they were prepared for the tests and they insisted they were. Now that the exam scores have come out, all they can do is shrug.

But I also have to question MCPS, because how are kids getting A's and B's in your AP classes but 1-3 on the AP tests? That suggest grade inflation and lowered rigor, which shows up when the kids have to take a national test that doesn't match the difficulty level of what they were doing in the classroom.

MCPS is not setting up our kids for success and they need to be holding themselves accountable to not just kids taking the AP classes, but how many are doing well on the exams. Because it's clear that it's very easy to give kids A's and B's in the class and still have them tank the exams.[/quote]

Agree with this! Soooo much grade inflation. EVERYONE thinks they’re smart and studied hard when they are — for THIS area— only slightly above average. [/quote]

I don't think it's that hard to get As or Bs over the course of a long school year. May or may not be grade inflation, but students need to be disciplined to review all of the material covered in the month leading up to the exam, and that's quite a lot. I suspect that's where the ball is primarily being dropped. DC worked very hard to review and take practice tests before each AP exam, and earned 5s on all of them so far. In her case, there is a correlation between course grades and test results but that extra step is very much needed.[/quote]

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