[Edu-sig] College Board Cuts CS AP

[Charles Cossé]

Doh!  Sorry :-)

On Sat, Apr 5, 2008 at 8:04 PM, Vern Ceder <vceder at canterburyschool.org>
wrote:

> The link as it came through on the list was broken - you need to add the
> second line to finish it...
>
>
> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/story/2008/04/03/ST2008040303977.html
>
> (Let's see if this one makes it through in one piece - if not reassemble
> manually. )
>
> Vern
>
> Charles Cossé wrote:
>
>  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<mailto:
> > 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 <mailto: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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