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Attack on AP Curriculum by DC-Area Schools

July 18, 2018

Every year we designate one editorial on college admissions to be the best piece of the year. That distinction this year is an easy one and it belongs to Jay Mathews of “The Washington Post” for his recent piece entitled “Attack on AP by 8 D.C.-area private schools flunks the …

Categories: College Admissions

Tags: AP Attack Flunks Smell Test, AP Coursework, AP Curriculum, AP Testing, Attack on AP Curriculum by DC-Area Schools

A Salute to a Teacher Challenging College Board

July 3, 2018

For the last 16 years, the College Board’s AP World History curriculum has covered over 10,000 years of our shared human history. Bur recently, the College Board announced that much of this human history would no longer be part of the curriculum, that the curriculum would be changed to begin …

Categories: Standardized Testing

Tags: A Salute to a Teacher Challenging College Board, AP Curriculum, College Board AP Curriculum, David Packer, Shame on College Board

An Overview of AP Exams

September 8, 2017

Has the Advanced Placement curriculum historically favored the affluent? Yes. The AP curriculum consists of a total of 39 courses, although high schools tend to offer only some of these courses. For many years, the AP curriculum was the curriculum of choice at high schools in predominantly affluent neighborhoods. But, …

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Tags: An Overview of AP Exams, AP Curriculum, AP Examinations, AP Exams, AP Tests

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Attack on AP Curriculum by DC-Area Schools

A Salute to a Teacher Challenging College Board

An Overview of AP Exams