I'm not at AP-affiliated Tipster (but I have a colleague who is) and I don't see much problem with the AP system as far as giving credit for college classes for high scores. Most high school classes will meet five times a week for an academic hour as opposed to college classes that meet three times a week so there is a lot more time available to cover material and do various other activities (even with the usual HS time wasters). The only part of the program I see as a scam has to do with cases where very low percentages of students taking the AP classes at some schools do not pass the test. That pass rate should be publicized to potential students and their parents. We had a high school AP class in our town (not Psychology) where an extremely low percentage of students in the class passed the test and, as far as I know, the same teacher is still teaching it. That is troubling but it really has nothing to do with the college equivalence granted to students who pass the test at a high level.
Rick Dr. Rick Froman, Chair Division of Humanities and Social Sciences Professor of Psychology Box 3519 John Brown University 2000 W. University Siloam Springs, AR 72761 [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> (479) 524-7295 http://bit.ly/DrFroman From: drnanjo [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, October 19, 2012 3:01 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: [tips] AP Classes are a Scam http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2012/10/ap-classes-are-a-scam/263456/ Sharing this because a few of my fellow TIPsters are veteran readers. Wondering what they (and other not AP-affiliated Tipsters) think about this. Happy approximately mid-semester to you and yours... Nancy Melucci Long Beach City College et alia --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13039.37a56d458b5e856d05bcfb3322db5f8a&n=T&l=tips&o=21184 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-21184-13039.37a56d458b5e856d05bcfb3322db5...@fsulist.frostburg.edu<mailto:leave-21184-13039.37a56d458b5e856d05bcfb3322db5...@fsulist.frostburg.edu> --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=21187 or send a blank email to leave-21187-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
