Anonymous
Post 05/15/2024 14:12     Subject: Re:AP Tests this week, how are we feeling?
I thought the AP CS exam is 3 hours? Why would Wootton have it at 12 which leads to post dismassal?
Anonymous
Post 05/15/2024 14:11     Subject: AP Tests this week, how are we feeling?
I'm back, after asking about French the other day. My kid thought it went pretty well after all -- ironically, there was a section from 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea in the reading comprehension, which happens to be one of their all-time favorite books. I hope that's a good sign!
Anonymous
Post 05/15/2024 13:58     Subject: AP Tests this week, how are we feeling?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:My kid is stressed about the AP Physics 1 exam that is coming up on Friday


My kid has already decided not to take this exam next year! AP Bio tomorrow is already causing enough stress, and DC likes Bio (only taking Physics at all because a college DC is considering applying to ED strongly encourages it).


Same. My DS is a humanities kid and won't need the AP Physics exam for where he's applying at all.
Anonymous
Post 05/15/2024 12:22     Subject: AP Tests this week, how are we feeling?
Anonymous wrote:My kid is stressed about the AP Physics 1 exam that is coming up on Friday


My kid has already decided not to take this exam next year! AP Bio tomorrow is already causing enough stress, and DC likes Bio (only taking Physics at all because a college DC is considering applying to ED strongly encourages it).
Anonymous
Post 05/15/2024 11:40     Subject: AP Tests this week, how are we feeling?
Anonymous wrote:My kid is stressed about the AP Physics 1 exam that is coming up on Friday


It's a tough AP, well done to him for getting this far.
Anonymous
Post 05/15/2024 11:11     Subject: Re:AP Tests this week, how are we feeling?
Goodluck to him.. My DS will take AP Physics I next year. He will be a sophmore.
Anonymous
Post 05/15/2024 11:06     Subject: AP Tests this week, how are we feeling?
My kid is stressed about the AP Physics 1 exam that is coming up on Friday
Anonymous
Post 05/15/2024 10:59     Subject: AP Tests this week, how are we feeling?
Anonymous wrote:Was the selfie one of the paper or digital Lang test? I wonder if they are different.


no clue.
Anonymous
Post 05/15/2024 10:39     Subject: AP Tests this week, how are we feeling?
Was the selfie one of the paper or digital Lang test? I wonder if they are different.
Anonymous
Post 05/15/2024 10:30     Subject: AP Tests this week, how are we feeling?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:AP Lang anyone?
My kid said the essays were about selfies (1) and historic buildings (2). They also said the multiple choice section was pretty straight forward.
I suspect different regions had different essay topics. We're in CA.


DCPS kid had the selfie essay (not sure about the historic building one). DC thought it was an odd choice.


PP you're responding to. I also thought it was odd.
Anonymous
Post 05/15/2024 10:23     Subject: AP Tests this week, how are we feeling?
Anonymous wrote:AP Lang anyone?
My kid said the essays were about selfies (1) and historic buildings (2). They also said the multiple choice section was pretty straight forward.
I suspect different regions had different essay topics. We're in CA.


DCPS kid had the selfie essay (not sure about the historic building one). DC thought it was an odd choice.
Anonymous
Post 05/15/2024 10:19     Subject: AP Tests this week, how are we feeling?
AP Lang anyone?
My kid said the essays were about selfies (1) and historic buildings (2). They also said the multiple choice section was pretty straight forward.
I suspect different regions had different essay topics. We're in CA.
Anonymous
Post 05/14/2024 22:28     Subject: Re:AP Tests this week, how are we feeling?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Pre-calc reported as easy.


+1
I posted upthread about regretting signing up. Kid said exam was very easy.

AP Precalc was designed for kids taking precalc as seniors who may never take another math course. The test is designed accordingly.
Perhaps that is what you think or what the money grabbers at college board were thinking, but our school took away pre Calc Trig HN last year after everyone had already picked courses. This forced many sophomores and juniors into AP Pre Calc( our school then went a split it into AP Pre Calc 1 and AP PreCalc 2- with 4 additional topics nothing noting this on transcript though just the “choice” to take APCalc BC next year). AP pre Calc was the only choice in the track to show more rigor or you could take DE online. And it’s been really difficult, at our HS, at least. My kid said the AP exam was easy though. They are expecting their final to be very difficult.
Anonymous
Post 05/14/2024 21:01     Subject: AP Tests this week, how are we feeling?
This article explains some of the thinking behind AP Precalc's creation.
https://www.edweek.org/teaching-learning/a-new-ap-precalculus-course-aims-to-diversify-the-math-pipeline/2022/05
Anonymous
Post 05/14/2024 20:55     Subject: AP Tests this week, how are we feeling?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Most kids in AP Pre-Calc at our school are juniors. It replaced the intensified/honors version of the class. They will go in to take AP Calc senior year.

Schools in this area have placed calculus-bound kids into AP Precalc. But the course was not designed for them. When launching the course, the College Board said they designed it for kids who would take precalc as a senior which is why the course was not focused on just preparing students for calculus. The CB said they expected most students taking the course would fit the above profile and urged districts to not exclude non-honors students from AP Precalculus. It has never been clear why DMV districts disregarded that advice and put honors students into AP Precalc but not non-honors students.


I don’t live in DMV and mostly juniors at our school will take it. After Alg 2, but before Calc AB.

Sounds like the College Board did not properly plan it.


It was a good plan as conceived. Students taking Algebra 1 in 8th grade or earlier have a chance to earn AP calculus credits in high school. But for students who take Algebra 1 in 9th grade, they only get to precalc by senior year (absent summer courses/doubling up) and do not have a chance to earn AP math credits. Therefore, AP Precalc was conceived as a way of giving 9th grade Algebra 1 students a chance to earn AP math credits too.

However, despite its conception, some districts have placed honors students into AP Precalc and not non-honors students as had been intended. Why? Hard to know. There is a popular movement now to discourage students from pursuing the calculus pathway in lieu of statistics/data literacy. AP Precalc would make the calculus pathway more attractive so perhaps non-honors students were excluded from AP Precalc to make it less likely they take the calculus pathway. Or, districts may be in an arms race with each other and want to give honors students as many AP credits as possible. Hard to know what the reason was. Maybe a combination of both.

The net result is a sub-optimal outcome where calculus-bound students are being directed into AP Precalc even though they don't need AP Precalc credits, while non-honors students are not being placed into AP Precalc even though they would benefit from AP Precalc credits.


My DC’s private has 2 AP PreCalc classes. One is for seniors maxing out at Precalculus and one is for students that are headed to AP AB Calculus the following year. The one for non-seniors has additional units so the students are ready for AB Calculus. It is basically the old honors precalculus class. They can only take BC after they take AB.

That system could work. AP Precalc has three units that are covered on the exam and an optional fourth unit. The exam content is roughly 2/3 Algebra 2. Potentially, the class for seniors might just cover the three units tested on the AP Precalc exam. The class for students heading to Calc AB would likely cover exam content plus the optional unit, which together would cover the content of a standard precalc course. The group that potentially suffers with AP Precalc are students heading to BC; traditionally, for them, part of precalc is spent on introductory calculus so BC is less rushed. That is difficult to fit into AP Precalc if students are being prepared for the AP Precalc exam. BC students would be better off with the prior honors precalc course.