Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Re: disabling Word features

David, I hear you--and I don't totally disagree. But remember that
independent schools are probably in a better position to provide a
computer on a one-on-one basis to each student in a standardized testing
situation than most schools in this country. But I have to tell you that
even at my school, where we have been known to have 110 kids take the AP
English Literature exam, it would not be a trivial matter to pull this
off. I don't feel comfortable defending the College Board, but I
understand the principle of wanting every kid to take the test under
essentially the same conditions.

Ross Lenet
AP Coordinator
Sidwell Friends School


> And the answer is .... all students today should be using word processing. This is the
> College Board living a hundred years behind the times. Not only does the College Board
> have no real relevance to success, it fails to work within the 21st Century. Until it can
> demonstrate real skills and real relevance - reject it. Shame on us and shame on them.
>
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