Discuss “Researchers question college prep tests”
Scoring a five on an AP exam may not be as useful as many high schoolers think.
A recent study conducted by Philip Sadler of Harvard University and Robert Tai of the University of Virginia established an overall trend that good scores on AP exams do not necessarily translate to success in the college courses.
Furthermore, Sadler and Tai believe that students are struggling in these introductory courses because colleges are too lenient in what they will accept for credit.
Eric Grotzinger, the associate dean of the Mellon College of Science, does not believe that Carnegie Mellon falls under this category.
“If anything,” Grotzinger said, “CMU is strict.”
According to an article in The Chronicle of Higher Education, the study involved...
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