The College Board opted to only include topics and skills most AP teachers and students would've covered by early March. And because students can't be supervised, the College Board also made all exams open book and open note.
GREEN BAY, Wis. – Over the 14 years Adam Wiskerchen has taught Advanced Placement psychology, he's become something of an expert in predicting the concepts and skills that students may see on theThe Preble High School social studies teacher has conducted an audit of a decade's worth of exams, analyzing which terms most often appear in the multiple-choice and free-response essay questions on the test.
The payoff comes each spring, when students gather in a large space – typically a gymnasium or cafeteria or library – for pencil-and-paper exams. They are given several hours to complete the exams, which are usually composed of a combination of multiple-choice and essay questions. Rather than hours, students will have 40-50 minutes total to answer one or two free-response essay questions, depending on the course.
Germantown High School senior Anika Pawlak said she was"really, really excited" at first when she heard about the changes because she usually does better on the free-response aspect of the tests. "We've had the same test format for the last two or three years," she said."It's hard to change it so fast."
"Some kids barely have access to internet, some are sharing a computer among siblings and can barely make it on a Google Hangout session to study," Wiskerchen said."It's not a normal year. I hope they're more lenient with grading, because the kids are all in such different places."
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