Reminder #3: Let’s remember that AP scores are only one indicator of student learning. AP scores’ only valid use is for placing a student out of a corresponding college course. AP scores are not designed for evaluating academic potential, growth, or teacher quality.

Reminder: #3a: Accordingly, while we celebrate students who earn scores that qualify them for college credit, we must be clear that AP scores are never a referendum on a student’s academic potential, let alone what matters much: curiosity and motivation to keep learning.

Reminder #3b: Let’s also keep in mind that the worst outcome of a low AP score is really not bad at all: the student simply retakes the class in college – which some would prefer to do anyway.

Here’s the nationwide college-credit authorizing org: “It strains credulity to believe that our reviewers would certify for college credit a psychology course that didn’t include gender identity,” Ted Mitchell, president of American Council on Education.