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Jul 5 9 tweets 3 min read
How the Great Recalibration of AP Exams will save students millions of dollars in college tuition every year. THREAD.
Image This year, about 500,000 more AP exams will earn a 3+ score than before recalibration.

(This estimate is based on a comparison of data from 2021 to 2024 in the 7 AP subjects that have been recalibrated. These 7 subjects alone represent about 2 million AP exams per year.)
Jul 2 16 tweets 4 min read
Why AP Exams are easier than ever before. A thread by our founder @HookedonJohnics Behold the Great Recalibration of AP Exams. In the past few years, the College Board has massively increased the proportion of 4s and 5s on some of its most popular AP Exams. Image
Jul 20, 2023 15 tweets 5 min read
Updates from Trevor Packer’s town hall for AP teachers at the AP Annual Conference in Seattle 🧵#AP_Conf #APAC2023 1. Topic 1: Incorporating Projects into AP Exam Scores. The idea is to add “a performance task in lieu of an end-of-course FRQ or two to complement the end of course exam.” Image
Jan 22, 2023 12 tweets 4 min read
A lot of people are talking about Florida’s recent rejection of AP African American Studies. Here’s an inside look at the draft syllabus. THREAD 🧵 First, let’s start with words that do not appear in this draft syllabus: “critical race theory” (CRT), “whiteness,” “white fragility,” “The 1619 Project,” etc.
Aug 18, 2021 17 tweets 11 min read
1: What is the future of the AP program? Live updates about #APExams from @AP_Trevor at the grande finale of #Mosaic2021 / THREAD 2: The #Mosaic2021 conference has been a summer-long project of free professional development hosted by a team of #APLang and #APLit teachers from around the country, including @susangbarber, @BrandonAbdon, and many others!
Aug 16, 2021 6 tweets 2 min read
1. One of the first and most important steps on the path to #collegeadmission is making a good list of colleges you’re going to apply to. Here’s how.
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marcolearning.com/what-is-a-stra… 2. Your college list has got to be well-balanced, well-fitting, and strategic. Get the balance right by applying to a variety of schools with different acceptance rates and academic averages.
Jul 19, 2021 20 tweets 7 min read
1: New data from @CollegeBoard indicates a significant decline in the total number of #APExams administered in 2021. Will the pandemic kill off the AP program? A thread by our founder @HookedonJohnics. 2: Standardized tests and state assessments are not only being canceled, they are being CANCELED. Are these tests engines of inequity? What purpose do they really serve? Wouldn’t we better off without any standardized tests at all?
Apr 28, 2021 20 tweets 5 min read
Are the 2021 #APExams equitable and fair? Here’s what thousands of AP teachers and students say. /THREAD
finance.yahoo.com/news/poll-show… 1. In order to provide AP students as many options as possible in 2021, @CollegeBoard devised a complex system for this year’s AP Exams. For the essential details: marcolearning.com/what-we-know-a…