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Re:Students are failing AP tests because the College Board c... by johnmaguire2013 on Thursday May 21, 2020 @07:48PM (#23267026)
But that's not what the test is about. It's not a category on the test.
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Re:Students are failing AP tests because the College Board c... by consonaut on Thursday May 21, 2020 @08:10PM (#23267212)
It's not an explicit category on the test and I never debated that. It might be an implicit requirement though.

Just how when you take your drivers test you should actually be able to operate your vehicle and know the laws around operating a motor vehicle aside from the explicit knowledge required from you in the test. But I understand how this might be a foreign concept for someone from the US.

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Re:Students are failing AP tests because the College Board c... by mmmmmk on Thursday May 21, 2020 @08:38PM (#23267437)
> But I understand how this might be a foreign concept for someone from the US.

What? In the US, knowing how to operate your vehicle and the laws around operating a motor vehicle IS the drivers test.

Your argument is not reasonable. Knowing the nuances of file formats is irrelevant to AP exams in US History, Calculus, Physics, etc. This is a failure of the administrators to make a proper test. The College Board specializes in tests- that's what they do, and they screwed up.

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Re:Students are failing AP tests because the College Board c... by dang on Friday May 22, 2020 @02:13AM (#23269141)
Please don't cross into personal attack, regardless how wrong another commenter is or you feel they are. It just makes the thread even worse.

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