The College Board is redesigning A.P. Next month, reports the New York Times, the nonprofit ?will release a wholesale revamping of A.P. biology as well as United States history? that will not only reduce the vast amount of information on which pupils can be tested but also supply a ?curriculum framework? so teachers can more efficiently structure their classes. The changes will take effect in the 2012-13 school year. The response has been positive, according to the Times. William Wood is a biology professor at the University of Colorado, Boulder, and ?a key member of the National Research Council panel that criticized A.P. science. He says now: ?I like the way they've tried to make it clear what the boundaries are, what they want students to actually remember and what can be left out.' He says he's ?pretty impressed' with what he's seen so far.?
?Liam Julian, Bernard Lee Schwartz Policy Fellow