CTTC
January 22, 2016, 5:18pm
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TheGFG:
I do think that academic programs that are national in scope should be standardized. For example, AP classes. I wrote in another thread that our AP sciences meet 7.5 hours per week, yet at other schools an AP class with the exact same title and which is supposed to cover the same curriculum might meet anywhere from 3.75 hours per week up to 8 hours per week. Obviously, the 8 hour per week course can perform more labs than the course that meets half the number of hours, can cover more material in greater depth, and will likely require more lab reports and other work. Do college admissions officers differentiate? I doubt it.
And then there is the issue of school calendars. The schools that start in early August have many more weeks of class before the AP exam than the schools that start after Labor Day.