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10 months ago@dpnash@c.im @pluralistic@mamot.fr Wow, this is … something. I took the AP English course and exam a bit longer ago. The class never covered the exam at all, just American literature and “how” to write. No practice exams, no rubrics. Same for AP History, which focused on European history. I did well on both exams, mostly because of the “how” to write part.
@dpnash@c.im @pluralistic@mamot.fr I feel pretty lucky. Both AP classes, not regularly offered, were “rewards” for really good teachers who were given wide latitude to teach what they wanted to teach. I’m realizing now that it was a reward for me, too!
We have a teenager in high school currently. It is completely “teach to State/AP/whatever test”, only proving Corey’s points. And the high-stakes testing consumes at least a week of each semester.