![]() ![]() The scope of the course was just too broad, the board says.Įight in 10 AP World History teachers reported it was impossible to teach the entire course in a year, College Board spokeswoman Jaslee Carayol said.įor instance, on last year’s exam, she told CNN, 70% of students didn’t get a single point on one of the essay questions. The change would take effect in the 2019-2020 school year. Last month, the board announced it would cut thousands of years from the material and would start the test at the year 1450. The AP World History test, as it exists, covers a wide gamut of time periods – from the hunter-gatherers in the Paleolithic era to 20th century political and social change. The College Board is an American nonprofit that administers AP tests in various subjects that high school students across the country take to get a leg up on college credit. “Students – and really, people – need to see the bigger picture and the long history of the past.” “Even if they push back the gate a bit, we won’t be satisfied,” said Merry Wiesner-Hanks, who leads the World History Association and formerly developed the course and the test. ![]() It just doesn’t know how early.Īnd until the board decides in mid-July, teachers are unlikely to be satisfied. Now, the College Board – the company that owns the AP program – is offering a compromise: it’s going to figure out a way to start “several centuries” earlier than 1450. That’s a battle that’s brewed for a month between the two sides. If you ask the teachers, they say such a move leaves out key events from the past, such as the massive Mongol Empire and the Middle Ages, and presents a very Eurocentric view of the world. So why not cut thousands of years from the AP World History test – and start at the year 1450 instead? There’s just too much history to cover and not enough time. If you ask the company that runs the Advanced Placement tests, it’ll say it was trying to do world history teachers a favor. ![]()
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