Adrienne's comments

Hello,

Attached are three articles I thought were interesting, all from the College Board web site.

One of them outlines a study on the effects of various configurations of block scheduling on AP exam success. These are some issues we should consider---if we do move to a variety of block, it appears from this and other articles I've read that somehow either spreading the course over the year (ideally, first and third quarters in the Elk Grove model we looked at this week) or providing a study session of some sort prior to the exam (if students completed the course in December) is essential. Also, I'm very intrigued by the idea in one of the articles about pairing AP US History and AP English Language, and offering a year-long double block course with alternating days, and would love to discuss that further with you, Katie and Kurt.

I am only sending this to dept chairs and AP teachers who were at our meeting--sorry if I left anyone out; forward as you wish.

Someone suggested setting up some kind of blog or message board where we can continue to add information we run across. Is there an interest out there in that? How do we go about setting it up?

Adrienne


[Note from David: I haven't figured out yet how to attach the PDF files. When I figure that out, I'll post instructions. If any of you figure it out before then, go ahead and post and let me know how]