[Edu-sig] College Board Cuts CS AP

[Vern Ceder]

Actually only the AB CS exam is being cut - it's the more advanced of 
the two, trying to do some things with advanced data structures and 
algorithms. The A version of the CS exam remains and will be 
strengthened, according to the email sent to AP CS teachers.

The problem with the AB exam as I understand it was that it was too much 
for a year of HS in a lot of porograms, but not enough for credit for an 
extra semester of college credit.

Cheers,
Vern

Jonah Bossewitch wrote:
> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/story/2008/04/03/ 
> ST2008040303977.html
> 
> Pretty disheartening considering the declining interest in CS  
> majors.... so much for switching to python on the AP exam. Even java  
> is better than no AP (mostly ;-) )
> 
> /jsb
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