[Edu-sig] College Board Cuts CS AP

[Charles Cossé]

I just tried to read the article and it says "unauthorized" on an otherwise
white page!
-Charles

On Sat, Apr 5, 2008 at 6:31 PM, Vern Ceder <vceder at canterburyschool.org>
wrote:

> Yes, what gets accepted and for what kind of credit is wildly variable
> from school to school...
>
> Even though I've taught it for years, and it's not a *terrible*
> curriculum, I don't care for the AP much - the very fact that you're
> driven by an exam tends to deflect you from covering concepts in real
> depth (and also tends to make you write odd little programs that
> illustrate the test topics instead of larger projects that do
> something). My  administrators would not be happy to hear me say it, but
> I wouldn't mind opting out myself...
>
> Vern
>
> kirby urner wrote:
> > 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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> >>  -----------------------------
> >>  Vern Ceder, Director of Technology
> >>  Canterbury School, 3210 Smith Road, Ft Wayne, IN 46804
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> >>
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