Do AP Courses have to do anything to be called AP?

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<p>Do AP courses, offered in any high school, have to do anything in order to be called AP courses? For instance, are schools required to administer a certain number of tests or essays or do they have to cover specific material? Thanks.</p>

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<p>In order for a course to be an AP course, which stands for Advanced Placement, you must take the AP Exam offered by collegeboard in Mayh</p>

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<p>The teachers must successfully complete a course audit. </p>

<p>That means stuff like having a detailed syllabus that explains everything to students. The syllabus is graded by the CollegeBoard, believe it or not, and if it fails the teacher has to revise it ;).</p>

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<p>^Huh, really that’s what they have to do? However, some do that and act like they’re going to teach and then never do…that’s my sophomore year AP Gov teacher who never did anything in class!</p>

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<p>Blabbermouth - sorry, I should have been more specific. I knew about the AP exam part, I just wondered if there was anything else.
IceQube - thanks, I didn’t know that - my assumption was the same as iluvpiano’s; several friends have been in ‘AP courses’ where the teacher taught practically nothing.</p>

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<p>Yep, same case here. I had an AP teacher that didn’t teach us squat. All she did was fail us on essays and unit tests. </p>

<p>That scared me into studying though when the AP rolled around. </p>

<p>I studied like there was no tomorrow and I somehow got a 5 on the AP. She got paid $50 for me passing alone. In my district, teachers get paid $50 bucks for each kid they pass. </p>

<p>So she didn’t do anything and got $50 bucks just 'cause I worked my ass off and studied the week before! What the heck?! </p>

<p>Actually, she got a lot more than just $50, because I know a lot of people that crammed like me and somehow passed. Lucky _ _ _ _ _ … probably raked in like $1000-1200 … for not doing crap all year :(! Jesus … </p>

<p>Yeah, some AP teachers just don’t give a crap. </p>

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<p>wow…that’s awful.</p>

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<p>AP Course Ledger - courses that have been audited and officially sanctioned as AP courses by the College Board.</p>

<p><a href=“https://apcourseaudit.epiconline.org/ledger/[/url]”>https://apcourseaudit.epiconline.org/ledger/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Courses not on this list should not use the designation “AP” although they could still provide suitable preparation for the AP exams in May, especially if supplemented with additional study.</p>