[Edu-sig] College Board Cuts CS AP

[kirby urner]

What I've heard is in Oregon the state schools don't honor or accept any
AP CS deal.  It's an opt out scheme after all.  However, nearby Utah does
accept it, so you have a lot of wannabes avidly learning Java to get ahead
in the Utah scene somehow.  Interesting ecology.

Kirby


On Sat, Apr 5, 2008 at 5:18 PM, Vern Ceder <vceder at canterburyschool.org> wrote:
> 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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