Changes in AP Test Scoring

[Mwfan1921]

@fretfulmother

I was in a session where they presented data on how mixing up levels in a class will raise the bottom kids’ expected scores on average, but lowers the top kids’ expected scores.

Interesting. I’ve never heard that! Is that study/data publicly available?

@fretfulmother

The reason for the former, i.e. having top kids teach bottom kids, is uncomfortable to me because it is not really a fair expectation but also with classes of 25+ I don’t know how you avoid it.)

I also wouldn’t support having top kids teach bottom kids (aside from what might happen organically.) Could having a TA in the class be an answer? I’ve never been a teacher, so not sure if in a given AP class of over 25 students that teachers feel they can’t effectively teach all?

@fretfulmother

Also, I think it’s pretty much a myth at this point that AP is “college level”.

I am not sure this is the case. Many admissions people see AP rigor > DE rigor when taken at a CC. That’s a generality of course because admissions people also know when a HS really isn’t implementing the AP curriculum and teaching it at the level it’s ‘meant’ to be. I put ‘meant’ in quotes to accommodate some of the issues that have been brought up in this thread.