Is a 5 on the AP test = A?

marite
Mon, 19 Feb 2007 23:41:13 +0000

idad:

What this excerpt suggests is that Berkeley believes in the AP scores, not the grades received in AP classes. This is not surprising given that there is no way to evaluate the rigor of so-called AP classes if students do not take the test. Anyone can slap an AP-designation on a class.

I’d be very surprised if Stanford accorded AP classes the same weight as College prep classes. There are districts and schools that have classes that are not designated AP but are as rigorous as AP classes (if not more so). These are classes that do not conform to the usual AP curriculum (say, a whole class on Shakespeare instead of English language). Usually, however, the students in such classes do take the AP exams anyway.