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<p>While I think the rationale was not dumb, the outcome was never in doubt. Thus it was a dumb waste or resources and a stupid study where only academics (and government types) will find the ‘aha moment’. The rest of us could have told them the outcome before wasting their time. (Hint: before adding graduation requirements to a district with a 50% dropout rate, perhaps they should focus their time on getting kids to stay in school first.)</p>
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<p>with all due respect, I haven’t the faintest idea what your “first” body paragraph suggests. The second (too many kids/wrong kids in AP Bio) is not a “state” issue but a local issue. Does the state require AP Bio? (I thought not.) Is it the state’s fault that most kids are there, bcos they are “afraid” to be elsewhere? (No again?)</p>
<p>fwiw: California, the “state” does not have too many mandated requirements. The rush to AP is ALL local, at the local school board level. (Our HS limits AP Bio to upper classmen only.)</p>