July 27, 2003
Hello AP/IB Boosters!
Newsletter
Contents
Quotes of Mike Riley: Superintendent of Bellevue School
District
Dr. Mike Riley, Bellevue School District
Superintendent.
"AP As the "Common Curriculum." I believe all but a
very few students are right for AP because I believe all students deserve a
college preparatory curriculum. The exceptions to the rule are those with
serious disabilities, a group equivalent to roughly two percent of the K-12
population in my district, Bellevue School District in Washington State. We
haven't yet achieved this goal in our school district, but we are getting close.
In the class of 2002, 70 percent of our students completed one or more AP
classes, and the class of 2003 will best this record. In one of our high
schools, 80 percent of the current seniors will complete at least one AP class,
and over 20 percent will have completed four or more."
Source. 2002
A
Partial "Thread" on a National AP Electronic Discussion Group
"I
think this is awful. Do we really want all of the 16 and 17 year olds on
the college campuses and more importantly, do the colleges really want and have
room for them? There are some kids of course who are socially ready to go
on, but not very many. Isn't this why AP was invented about 50 years
go? To give high achieving students a reason to stick around in high
school when they really weren't socially/emotionally ready for
college?"
I agree with the author. And I think the AP website
agrees with us, too: "Since its inception in 1955, the Program has provided
motivated high school students with the opportunity to take college-level
courses in a high school setting." I see this as the greatness of
AP, the opportunity for students to experience and succeed at college academics,
but within the social and emotional support systems of high
school.
AP Chemistry at JHS for the
2003/2004 School Year
Mr. Fortmann is taking on the teaching duties
of the rigorous AP Chemistry course. He will be using an excellent textbook:
“Chemistry – The Central Science” 9th edition, Brown, LeMay, Bursten, Prentice
Hall 2003. It comes with a CD and there is a companion web site
at:
http://wps.prenhall.com/esm_brown_chemistry_9/0,4647,169060-,00.html
AP/IB Credit at Yale
Freshmen who have
already completed advanced work are encouraged to pursue higher-level courses.
Students' scores on Advanced Placement or International Baccalaureate
examinations or on appropriate SAT II Subject Tests determine their eligibility
to enroll in intermediate or advanced courses their first year. Yale's objective
is to encourage students to take courses that will challenge them at the
appropriate level from the very beginning.
Criteria for awarding
credit for Advanced Placement Tests (Class of 2006)
Chemistry 1
credit for 5 on AP Chemistry test.
Computer Science 1 credit for 4 or 5
on AP Comp Sci AB test. No credit given for AP Comp SCI A test.
English 2
credits for 5 on either AP English Lang and Comp or AP English Comp and Lit
tests. No credit for International English Language (APIEL).
French 2
credits for 4 or 5 on either AP French test (Lang or Lit).
German 2
credits for 4 or 5 on AP German Lang test.
History 1 credit for 4 or 5 on
AP test in either American or European History; 2 credits for 4 or 5 on both
tests.
History of Art 2 credits for 4 or 5 on AP test in Art
History.
Latin (Classical Langs and Lits) 2 credits for 4 or 5 on two AP
Latin tests. 1 credit for 4 or 5 on one AP Latin test.
Math 2 credits for
4 or 5 on either AB or BC Mathematics AP test.
Music 1 credit for 4 or 5
on AP Music Theory test.
Physics 2 credits for 4 or 5 on both parts of AP
Physics C test plus 4 or 5 on AP Math BC Test or 5 on Math AB test. 1 credit for
4 or 5 on only one part of AP Physics C test with requisite score on Math AB or
BC tests. No credit given for AP Physics B test.
Political Science 2
credits for 4 or 5 on both AP tests in U.S. Government and Politics and
Comparative Government and Politics. 1 credit for 4 or 5 on either
test.
Spanish 2 credits for 4 or 5 on either AP Spanish test (Lang or
Lit).
Links to Yale and other national colleges’ AP Credit information
can be found at
Link to AP/IB Boosters Scholarly Events
listing
http://www.apibboosters.org/events/Events.html