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Re:Students are failing AP tests because the College Board c... by thomasfedb on Thursday May 21, 2020 @08:54PM (#23267565)
I'm unsure that any of these students wanted to take their AP exams on their phone or computer. That this is a new problem suggests that this is something they've been newly forced to deal with.

It's certainly not a well engineered user experience. Passing a physics test should require physics knowledge, not knowledge of image formats. I think understanding of image formats is actually fairly obscure outside of technical circles.

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Re:Students are failing AP tests because the College Board c... by jessaustin on Thursday May 21, 2020 @11:05PM (#23268306)
No one rational feels sorry for universities.
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Re:Students are failing AP tests because the College Board c... by consonaut on Thursday May 21, 2020 @11:20PM (#23268370)
No one rational makes absolute comments on the internet.

Maybe university IT departments are staffed by people. Maybe even at the college board it's just some IT guys trying to keep a shitty platform working. Maybe they did the best they could working within their constraints and they expected the same from students who have a vested interest in getting their results submitted. Maybe this is just much ado about nothing.

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Re:Students are failing AP tests because the College Board c... by thomasfedb on Friday May 22, 2020 @09:19AM (#23271700)
I don't see why you'd assume that the students did anything less than their best.
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