Comments on: Reactions to the Advanced Placement / AP Audit and How Teachers Fail http://www.matthewktabor.com/2007/04/09/reactions-to-the-advanced-placement-ap-audit/ In Education for the Aughts, Matthew K. Tabor discusses issues in K-12 and higher education. He examines: college, law school & medical school admissions; NCLB & testing; teaching; teacher certification; parent & community relations; school law; school boards; & national education trends. Matthew is an admissions consultant and private educator. He writes out of Cooperstown, New York. Thu, 04 Mar 2010 03:38:14 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Matthew http://www.matthewktabor.com/2007/04/09/reactions-to-the-advanced-placement-ap-audit/comment-page-1/#comment-54 Matthew Mon, 16 Apr 2007 04:04:54 +0000 http://matthewktabor.com/2007/04/09/reactions-to-the-advanced-placement-ap-audit/#comment-54 What does a student aide do? I have a hard time seeing how a student could jump into another AP class (or why the teacher lets them) after missing so much time. I have an even harder time understanding why a school wouldn't have appropriate schedules for the students at the end of the prior year - how do they justify this system as being academically fit? How do the teachers, as a whole, feel about this? What does a student aide do? I have a hard time seeing how a student could jump into another AP class (or why the teacher lets them) after missing so much time. I have an even harder time understanding why a school wouldn’t have appropriate schedules for the students at the end of the prior year – how do they justify this system as being academically fit?

How do the teachers, as a whole, feel about this?

]]> By: Miller Smith http://www.matthewktabor.com/2007/04/09/reactions-to-the-advanced-placement-ap-audit/comment-page-1/#comment-53 Miller Smith Mon, 16 Apr 2007 01:47:00 +0000 http://matthewktabor.com/2007/04/09/reactions-to-the-advanced-placement-ap-audit/#comment-53 The overwhelming number become student aids. Seniors get their schedule totally chaged for release time. Some whine their way into AP Psychology. These students never needed my AP class to graduate. They merely wanted an AP course or two on their transcripts without any real risk of a bad grade. The overwhelming number become student aids. Seniors get their schedule totally chaged for release time. Some whine their way into AP Psychology. These students never needed my AP class to graduate. They merely wanted an AP course or two on their transcripts without any real risk of a bad grade.

]]> By: Matthew http://www.matthewktabor.com/2007/04/09/reactions-to-the-advanced-placement-ap-audit/comment-page-1/#comment-49 Matthew Sun, 15 Apr 2007 01:59:18 +0000 http://matthewktabor.com/2007/04/09/reactions-to-the-advanced-placement-ap-audit/#comment-49 I wish all teachers approached an AP class that way - and I imagine the College Board does, too. When the students leave the class after the first quarter, where can they go? What class do they move into? This is an interesting point - I'd like to know more. I wish all teachers approached an AP class that way – and I imagine the College Board does, too.

When the students leave the class after the first quarter, where can they go? What class do they move into? This is an interesting point – I’d like to know more.

]]> By: Miller Smith http://www.matthewktabor.com/2007/04/09/reactions-to-the-advanced-placement-ap-audit/comment-page-1/#comment-48 Miller Smith Sun, 15 Apr 2007 01:53:46 +0000 http://matthewktabor.com/2007/04/09/reactions-to-the-advanced-placement-ap-audit/#comment-48 Students who proclaim that they are not taking the test in AP Biology start failing my class on the first day. I run them off. All tests and exams are at the AP exam level. If a student does not take this seriously, they end up with a very crappy 1st Quarter progress report grade (4 to 5 weeks into the beginning of the year) and they JUMP out of the class very quickly. They are no fools. They don't want a bad grade on their transcript. This is how my county deals with making sure the students who take the test do so for their own good. What you could call "buy in." Students who proclaim that they are not taking the test in AP Biology start failing my class on the first day. I run them off. All tests and exams are at the AP exam level. If a student does not take this seriously, they end up with a very crappy 1st Quarter progress report grade (4 to 5 weeks into the beginning of the year) and they JUMP out of the class very quickly. They are no fools. They don’t want a bad grade on their transcript.

This is how my county deals with making sure the students who take the test do so for their own good. What you could call “buy in.”

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