Litvin wrote:
What might this new exam be like? CS with no programming and no math? We'll see. My guess is, if it eventually comes about, it will be a no-specific-programming-language exam, which will simply replace the current AP CS exam in Java. I believe two AP CS exams will be untenable.
I can't imagine teaching or testing CS without an actual language. A much better alternative would be to have the same test in multiple languages (perhaps with a "handicap" factor for the students choosing Python, so they don't have an embarrassing advantage :>). If you find a problem that is not easily translated to another language, that is a clue that the problem is about cruft, not fundamentals. I would volunteer to do the Java to Python translations.
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