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Re: College Board eliminates computer science AP test
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Sat, 5 Apr 2008 12:57:41 -0700
________________________________________ From: Tim Finin [finin () cs umbc edu] Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2008 11:24 AM To: Peter Wayner Cc: David Farber Subject: Re: [IP] College Board eliminates computer science AP test Peter Wayner wrote:
Just a note: a quick scan of the AP site shows that there are two CS courses with levels A and AB. The AB program being cut is the more rigorous pushing more of the math and more of the data structures. http://www.collegeboard.com/student/testing/ap/sub_compscia.html?compscia vs http://www.collegeboard.com/student/testing/ap/sub_compsciab.html?comsciab While I can't be certain, my reading of the article suggests that they're not eliminating all AP CS courses, just the AB track. Does anyone know for certain?
About five minutes after sendinf the message to Dave and blogging about it, I found this post from yesterday afternoon on the ACM blog, that conforms that only the CS AB test is being eliminated -- the CS A test will continue. Still, I think it is not a good sign. I think most people would consider offering AP courses in computer science to be in a different category than Latin Literature, one of the other AP tests eliminated. Of course, I might be biased... http://usacm.acm.org/usacm/weblog/index.php?p=593 "Today’s Washington Post has an article stating that the College Board, (the body that administers Advanced Placement courses) is doing away with several AP courses – including one computer science course. Reading the article, you’d likely reach the conclusion, as attested by e-mails I’ve seen this morning, that all AP computer science courses are being eliminated. This is not the case. There are two AP computer science courses – AP Computer Science A, and AP Computer Science AB. The college board is eliminating the less popular AB course, not the A course. ... " ------------------------------------------- Archives: http://www.listbox.com/member/archive/247/=now RSS Feed: http://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/247/ Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
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