Sunday, August 24, 2014

Upcoming Webinar: AP History Standards Written by The College Board Delivering FACTS That David Coleman Won’t Divulge. | Missouri Education Watchdog

Upcoming Webinar: AP History Standards Written by The College Board Delivering FACTS That David Coleman Won’t Divulge. | Missouri Education Watchdog:



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Upcoming Webinar: AP History Standards Written by The College Board Delivering FACTS That David Coleman Won’t Divulge.

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From the video: Without state push-back, this new APUSH Curriculum Framework will go into effect this fall (2014). Without state push-back, APUSH teachers may have to ignore their own state’s U.S. History standards if they hope to prepare their students for success on the new APUSH exam – which will NOT cover material outside the new Framework. (MEW note: This mom, who receives no special interest money to advocate for this new test, made a side by side comparison of previous tests and the current David Coleman inspired test)
The Advanced Placement United States History Course (APUSH) has come under intense scrutiny on the changes for 2015.  The College Board (headed by David Coleman, chief architect of the Common Core State Standards) has redesigned the test to reflect its alignment to the CCSS:

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Who is opposing this shift?  Those on the left may believe the opposition is summed up only from the right as it complains about the discrepancy between state mandated curriculum vs the AP curriculum taught:


An analysis of 600 released APUSH multiple-choice questions reveals that they cluster around such important and universally taught topics as judicial review, the Monroe Upcoming Webinar: AP History Standards Written by The College Board Delivering FACTS That David Coleman Won’t Divulge. | Missouri Education Watchdog: