Dec 17, 2019, 4:59 PM
(from the Washington Post) Starting next spring, the rubric for grading AP tests will move from a nine-point holistic rubric to a new six-point analytic rubric that functions as a checklist. Course bulletins no longer warn teachers against teaching to the tests, and the new rubrics will encourage and reward simplistic, formulaic thinking, argues teacher Annie Abrams. "This change is just the latest sign that the program has dramatically departed from its roots over the past decade," she wrote.
Many top private schools — the places that initially gave the AP program academic clout — and wealthier public schools are dropping AP because of its rigidity. Aime argues that the College Board’s economic power to set academic standards challenges and even undermines academic authority, endangering the social relationships at the heart of education.
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