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SheilaT

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3. The good thing about the AP exams

Reply to Algernon Moncrieff (Original post)

Mon Feb 9, 2015, 02:50 AM

Feb 2015

is that they actually are a valid test in the subject matter.

The grade you get in the exam corresponds pretty closely to what you actually learned.

In the rest of the world they have tests like this, ones that show what the kids learn in specific subject areas. Apart from the APs or the SAT subject exams, we don't have those things very much. They really are a good thing.

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What do you think of the College Board? [View all] Algernon Moncrieff Feb 2015 OP

They also run the AP tests. knitter4democracy Feb 2015 #1

I'll say... rainbobryte Feb 2015 #2

The good thing about the AP exams SheilaT Feb 2015 #3

There's another benefit. Lowered costs for the kids who score 4s or 5s. Algernon Moncrieff Feb 2015 #4

Yes. That's a huge benefit. SheilaT Feb 2015 #5