high school programming & python
Robert Kern
kernr at mail.ncifcrf.gov
Sat Sep 11 01:46:42 EDT 1999
On Fri, 10 Sep 1999 19:36:05 GMT, Les Schaffer <godzilla at netmeg.net>
wrote:
[snip]
>2.) the AP tests which kids take, according to her, require for
>advnace placement in a comp sci class that they know the basics of C++
>up through objects. the question then is whether something like
>learning/using python would enable a student still to place in the AP
>tests if they desired.
The AP CS curriculum is designed around a subset of C++.
http://www.collegeboard.com/ap/computer-science/html/cpp001.html
It would be really cool if someone told ETS to take a serious look at
Guido's proposal.
<a href="mailto:apexams at ets.org">hint, hint</a>
:-)
>i dont know whether these really are issues nationwide, but its what i
>ran into in one school nearby.
>
>what are other peoeple's experience in this domain?
"What's Python?"
>les
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