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COVID-19

AP Chemistry exam integrity goes into negative territory for 2021

Dec 24, 2020

Let's not bury the lead here. If you thought the AP Chemistry exam in 2020 was a zero integrity farce (spoiler alert, it was), it's going to be...

Error in AP Chemistry ‘Exam’ 2020 confirmed

Jul 20, 2020

A couple of weeks ago I wrote to Jamie Benigna (Director AP Chemistry Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment) to ask about an error that I spotted...

The real lesson for vulnerable teens

May 23, 2020

If you're an impressionable, highly-strung, high achieving 15 to 18 year old, this AP 'exam' season has been stressful. I get it, I really do. I've...

So you’ve taken the AP Chem ‘Exam’ in ’20. What will your score be?

May 14, 2020

Of course, the question above assumes that you managed to upload files today, and/or that your re-take will go smoothly ... but ... ignoring that...

Further reasons to not take the AP chemistry ‘exam’ in 2020 as a HS senior

Apr 18, 2020

If you are a high school senior preparing to take the AP Chemistry 'exam' in 2020, you may want to think again. There are already a whole host of...

My position on the 2020 AP Chem ‘exam’

Apr 6, 2020

A lot has happened since the College Board first announced that the 2020 AP Chemistry ’exam’ would be going ahead in a vastly modified format. At...

LO 7.14 in 2020 AP Chemistry ‘exam’?

Mar 24, 2020

The College Board should have cancelled the AP chemistry exam in 2020. Period. I'm going to write a longer post on that particular subject later,...

COVID-19, AP Chemistry 2020, and the College Board

Mar 20, 2020

At approx. 11.15 AM this morning we got word from the College Board on the plans for the AP Chemistry exam in 2020 in the wake of COVID-19. Firstly...