CB> Where We Stand
CB> By Albert Shanker
CB> AP was started 40 years ago, and it is based on the idea that 
CB> students will
CB> work hard to meet high standards if they are given the right kind of
CB> incentive.  In this case, the incentive is college credit for 
CB> advanced work
CB> taken in high school. 
    
    If "national standards" are needed for HS students, isn't the AP program 
a poor choice?
    Most HS students don't go on to college immediately after HS and others 
never attend a 4-year college, so there's _no_ incentive for them offered by 
AP-derived credit if they study hard enough.  Others attend colleges with 
such lax academic standards that the student would find it easier to loll his 
way through a regular college course in many freshman courses than to pass an 
AP test...so where's the incentive for them?
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