College Board

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• SOURCE: Wall Street Journal
  4/26/2023
  

  WSJ Editorial Board: Private Emails Show College Board's Intellectual Dishonesty

  While the College Board acknowleged a "breakdown" of the process by which edits were to be vetted by the scholars developing the curriculum, but denied being in conversation with Florida officials about the edits. 

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• SOURCE: The Guardian
  3/8/2023
  

  Scholars and Activists Join Open Letter Condemning Political Intrusions on Scholarship and Teaching

  An open letter by Black Studies scholars and activists asks why a right-wing political faction has been empowered to hijack the curriculum in Florida and at the College Board, concluding that, far from being "drained of meaning," purged concepts are threatening to entrenched power. 

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• SOURCE: Chronicle of Higher Education
  2/24/2023
  

  The Bankrupt Vision of the College Board

  by Annie Abrams

  "We have endowed the College Board with the power to shape millions of minds with its profitable exams. In turn, it holds students hostage for college tuition, stifles teachers, and destroys space for debating difficult topics."

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• SOURCE: Popular Information
  2/16/2023
  

  College Board Has Scrubbed Website of Previous Statements of Independence from Florida Officials

  by Judd Legum

  After its communications with Florida officials in 2022 were revealed, the College Board removed statements from its website that claimed the company did not have such communication before making changes to the curriculum of its African American studies course. 

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• SOURCE: Miami Herald
  2/13/2023
  

  Latest from Florida: DeSantis Suggests State Can "Do Without" College Board

  Such a move would have serious consequences for the College Board's revenue, but also potentially hurt Florida high school students by depriving them of rigorous courses. Florida currently pays students' AP testing fees and has the fifth highest per capita rate of students taking AP tests.

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• SOURCE: Inside Higher Ed
  2/13/2023
  

  College Board Defends AP Course Decisions

  The Board stated that it regretted failing to make its disagreements with Florida's assessment of the course as lacking in educational value, and that it had betrayed the trust of scholars who had worked with it to develop the course. 

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• SOURCE: Kappan
  2/4/2023
  

  Did DeSantis Claim More Credit than he Deserves for the College Board's Retreat?

  by Adam Laats

  The College Board faced immense public criticism for its revised standards for the AP US History exam in 2014, and caved to the demands of conservative Southerners. If Florida's governor deserves credit (or blame) it's for predicting they'd cave again. 

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  2/9/2023
  

  Documents Show Extensive Contact Between Florida Officials and College Board over Past Year

  The revelation, first made by the right-wing Daily Caller but confirmed by the Florida Department of Education, calls into question the College Board's claims that it was not influenced by pressure from Florida officials. Scholars question the College Board's commitment to academic integrity.