Depends on whether the school system is held accountable for their grading practices. A "3" on the AP Test equates to a college "C". Some school systems don't want to be called out on grade inflation and therefore would rather not require the AP Exam.

Btw, "to save money" is a ridiculous reason. It's a drop in the bucket compared to what you will be paying - for college.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It was done for equity reasons, and it makes sense. It won't be cut from the budget.

It was unnecessary, though, as fee waivers were always available for low income students.

As someone already noted it was a Blueprint requirement.

Are PG and Frederick doing this as well since it's a Blueprint requirement?

Anonymous wrote:Just curious. Thinking about saving money.
If the test doesn't actually count for anything is it worth it?
I noticed AP Language & Comp doesn't have an equivalent course at UMD. Therefore, they will give you credit for a good score, but it won't actually count for a particular course?[mastodon]

Even though a school might not take the credits for a particular AP exam, you should take the exam, especially when MCPS is paying for them this year. If you end up transferring, maybe the school you transfer to will take the course for credit. 3 hours to take a test to potentially save thousands of dollars is worth it.

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Anonymous wrote:Are you sure AP lang doesn’t count at UMD for English? I thought it counted for my daughter who is a senior there.

It counts as "credit" but it doesn't have a corresponding English class at the school.

Here is the UMD AP Credit chart https://registrar.umd.edu/sites/default/files/2023-06/ap-gen-ed-may-2023.pdf

The chart indicates it does count for English 101 credit if you get a 4 or 5. They list the course as Academic Writing but in Testudo (course catalog) you can see that is ENG 101.

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Anonymous wrote:Are you sure AP lang doesn’t count at UMD for English? I thought it counted for my daughter who is a senior there.

It counts as "credit" but it doesn't have a corresponding English class at the school.

Here is the UMD AP Credit chart https://registrar.umd.edu/sites/default/files/2023-06/ap-gen-ed-may-2023.pdf

Anonymous wrote:Are you sure AP lang doesn’t count at UMD for English? I thought it counted for my daughter who is a senior there.

It counts as "credit" but it doesn't have a corresponding English class at the school.

Anonymous wrote:Starting this year, since its paid for by the county, MCPS pushes every kid who takes an AP class to take the AP exam. No idea what happens if your kid resists or declines.

One of my daughter’s teachers told her that she has to pay for the test if she DOESN’T take it. I told her to ignore that since it has to be BS.

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Anonymous wrote:It was done for equity reasons, and it makes sense. It won't be cut from the budget.

It was unnecessary, though, as fee waivers were always available for low income students.

As someone already noted it was a Blueprint requirement.

Are you sure AP lang doesn’t count at UMD for English? I thought it counted for my daughter who is a senior there.

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Anonymous wrote:Beginning this year, MCPS is paying the AP exam fees for students in the corresponding AP courses.

wow. where does that money come from? what happens if they get a bad score?

You don't report the bad score. But at least your kid got better content by taking an AP level.

And overpaid Central office gets to have a new stat (that means nothing) - but sounds like it has substence.

I'm glad IB tests are also included.

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Anonymous wrote:It was done for equity reasons, and it makes sense. It won't be cut from the budget.

It was unnecessary, though, as fee waivers were always available for low income students.

Feel free to lobby for higher income tax or property tax.

low-income students

The testing person at our school said it was an administrative hassle and in practice many lost-income students did not sign up. Since the default is now to be signed up and have it for free many more students have this opportunity.

Anonymous wrote:It was done for equity reasons, and it makes sense. It won't be cut from the budget.

It was unnecessary, though, as fee waivers were always available for low income students.