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| Title | Editorial: Increase Access to Latin Rather than Cutting AP Tests |
| Body | From http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2008/11/05/11pearcy.h28.html?tmp=200069290 Advanced Placement for Whom? By Lee T. Pearcy November 3, 2008 In April, the College Board decided to eliminate the Latin literature AP exam, along with exams in French literature, Italian, and advanced computer science. Trevor Packer, the College Board’s vice president in charge of the Advanced Placement program, told this publication in April that demographics, not budget, were behind the decision. The board has made a laudable effort recently to bring underrepresented groups, and especially African-American and Hispanic young people, into its Advanced Placement program. Only a very few of these students, Packer explained, take the four AP subjects that were eliminated. Not just low numbers alone, then, but the combination of low numbers and negligible minority participation guided the College Board’s decision. The solution is to attract African-American and Hispanic students not just to the Advanced Placement program, but also to subjects in which they historically have been underrepresented. Those subjects need Hispanic and African-American intelligence, energy, and diverse points of view as much as these students need French or Italian or Latin or computer science. Read the entire article at http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2008/11/05/11pearcy.h28.html?tmp=200069290 . |
| Source | Education Week |
| Inputdate | 2008-11-09 02:34:09 |
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