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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It’s AP test week! My sophomore is taking two for the first time. Do most kids study beyond the class work? When are scores released this summer? [/quote]

If they come from a good high school that regulary has 80-90%of the class earning 4s and 5s then no outside study is needed unless one is at the bottom of the class and in 3 territory. One of Ds teachers told her do NOT waste any time studying because she was stressing too much as a 10th grader and there was no way she would get anything other than a 5. AP calc. This school does at least two full practice tests in April for each AP so they are aware where they stand. 
For the public schools that have only 30% get 3 or higher they probably need to study or do the AP classroom method on their own. [/quote]

This might be true for something like math -- you've either learned it or you haven't.  But I think the tests like AP Art History and AP US History require some studying because you need to remember specific names, facts, dates -- you're unlikely to have perfect recall of the ones that were covered in the fall, so you really do need time to review your notes from the stuff that was covered earlier.

The other issue is that most kids might not know if their teacher was really good and covered everything.  I told my kid taking AP Comp Sci Princ that it was worth looking at the online review stuff to make sure his teacher had covered it all -- it's a fairly new teacher and it's not 100% clear he's quite got it all.  But his other AP teacher is experienced and knows the test really well, so I felt confident in whatever prep that teacher was giving the kids.[/quote]

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