THROUGH WHAT %
THESE LOOK LIKE. %
>> AT A TIME OF %
CRISIS, TURN TO
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TV ANCHOR IN %
AMERICA. %
>>> NOW SOME
STUDENTS ARE %
WORRIED, THEY %
MIGHT HAVE TO %
TAKE THEIR
ADVANCED %
PLACEMENT TEST %
AGAIN AFTER
HAVING ISSUES %
SUBMITTING THEIR
RESPONSE ON %
LINE.
SAVANNAH, I MAY %
BE A LONG WAY %
OUT OF HIGH %
SCHOOL. %
BUT OH, MY GOSH. %
I CAN’T EVEN
IMAGINE THOSE %
TESTS WERE LIKE, %
OH, THIS IS %
HORRIBLE. %
FOR OUR VIEWERS %
WHO MAYBE TOOK %
THEM OR DON’T %
KNOW WHAT THEY %
ARE. %
CAN YOU LOOK AT
THESE? %
>> ABSOLUTELY. %
I TOTALLY AGREE %
WITH YOU THIS %
WAS A VERY
STRESSFUL MEMORY %
LANE, THAT’S FOR %
SURE. %
THAT STANDS FOR
ADVANCED %
PLACEMENT. %
AND THIS IS A %
PROGRAM PUT ON %
BY THE COLLEGE %
BOARD SO THAT %
HIGH SCHOOL %
STUDENTS CAN
TAKE COLLEGE-%
LEVEL %
CURRICULUM. %
AND THEN THESE %
EXAMS ARE WHAT %
ALL OF THAT %
SEMESTER %
CULMINATES IN, %
DEPENDING ON HOW %
WELL YOU DO ON
THAT EXAM, %
DETERMINES IF
YOU CAN GET %
COLLEGE CREDITS %
EARLY.
SO OF COURSE,
THESE STUDENTS %
ARE SUPER %
WORRIED ABOUT %
THESE SCORES. %
AND THEN BEING %
COUNTED AND ABLE %
TO DO THESE %
EXAMS. %
WHAT’S HAPPENED
FOR SOME %
STUDENTS. %
AND IT JUST A
SMALL MINORITY %
OF THEM. %
BUT FOR SOME
STUDENTS. %
THEY’VE HAD %
ISSUES OF
ACTUALLY %
SUBMITTING THEIR %
ANSWERS. %
THERE WAS NO
PLACE WITHIN %
THESE TESTS TO %
ACTUALLY DO YOUR %
WORK IN THE TEXT %
FIELD THAT WERE %
IN THESE EXAMS %
THAT STUDENTS
ARE DOING %
ONLINE. %
BASICALLY, THEY %
WERE HAVING TO %
WORK IN A
DIFFERENT %
DOCUMENT. %
AND THEN COPY %
AND PASTE OVER. %
OR SAVE THAT %
DOCUMENT AS A %
PDF. %
OR DO THEIR %
WORK, %
HANDWRITTEN. %
TAKE A PICTURE
OF IT. %
THEN UPLOAD THE %
PHOTO. %
THERE WERE THESE
SORT OF HIDDEN %
INSTRUCTIONS %
THAT YOU HAD TO %
GO INTO YOUR
SETTINGS ON YOUR
PHONE. %
CHANGE THE %
SETTINGS ON YOUR %
CAMERA. %
GO INTO FORMAT. %
CHANGE IT TO
MOST COMPATIBLE. %
IT’S JUST NOT
SOMETHING YOU %
WOULD NORMALLY %
KNOW HOW TO DO. %
A LOT OF PEOPLE
HAVE FEATURES %
WITH THE COPY
AND PASTE %
FEATURE.
I’M GOING TO %
HAVE YOU LISTEN %
TO WHAT SOME
STUDENTS SAID %
ABOUT THIS. %
KEEP IN MIND, %
THESE STUDENTS %
WERE WORKING ON
THEIR AP %
CALCULUS EXAM. %
AND THEIR AP
PHYSICAL %
MECHANICS. %
WHATEVER THAT %
MEANS.
AND THEY WERE %
NOT COUNTED. %
TAKE A LISTEN TO %
WHAT THEY HAD TO %
SAY.
>> TO HAVE IT
NOT GO THROUGH. %
AND IT WASN’T MY %
FAULT. %
TO HAVE, YOU %
KNOW, ALL OF %
THAT WORK IS
JUST BASICALLY
WIPED. %
IT’S COMPLETELY %
GONE.
IT’S SO
UPSETTING AND %
AGGRAVATING.
SO FOR ME AS A %
STUDENT. %
I FEEL SO POWER %
LITTLE THAT I %
CAN’T DO %
ANYTHING ABOUT %
IT. %
AND THAT’S ALL
MY WORK IS %
BASICALLY GONE.
KNOWING THAT I %
WOULD HAVE BEEN %
DONE TODAY.
MY GRADES ARE
BASICALLY ALL %
IN. %
AND NOW I HAVE
TO GO POSSIBLY %
ANOTHER MONTH. %
AND I GRADUATE %
IN JUNE.
>> I GUESS I
WOULD SAY SAD.
I WOULD SAY %
AFTER, I WAS
MORE FRUSTRATED %
AND ANGRY. %
>> LIKE I SAID %
BEFORE.
WE HAVE A GYM
DOWNSTARINGS. %
WENT DOWN AND
STARTED PUNCHING %
THIS PUNCHING %
BAG. %
AND I’VE NEVER %
SEEN HIM DO %
THAT.
>> SO ALISON. %
YOU HEAR THERE? %
EVEN HIS DAD %
SAYING HE WENT %
DOWN TO THE
BASEMENT, %
HITTING A
PUNCHING BAG. %
HE’S NEVER SEEN %
HIM DO THAT %
BEFORE. %
HE ALSO TOLD ME, %
HE HEARD A %
COUPLE OF WORDS %
HE NEVER HEARD %
HIS SON SAY %
BEFORE. %
IT WAS JUST SO %
SAD TO HEAR. %
AND CAN YOU
IMAGINE? %
THEY’RE DOING %
THAT WORK BY %
HAND ON CALCULUS
PROBLEMS AND %
NONE OF IT
COUNTS. %
>> SAVANNAH, I
TOOK BOTH OF %
THOSE EXAMS. %
I STILL REMEMBER
THE CALCULUS AND
THE PHYSICS AP %
EXAMS. %
I’M OLD AND I %
DON’T KNOW IF %
THEY CHANGED %
THEM. %
BUT I REMEMBER %
THEY WERE SCORED %
UP TO 5 BACK %
THEN. %
AND I WOULD HAVE %
GOTTEN A ZERO IN %
THAT SITUATION. %
I WOULD HAVE %
BEEN SO STRESSED %
OUT. %
I DON’T KNOW HOW %
THEY DEALT WITH %
IT. %
THE PUNCHING %
BAG, A GREAT %
IDEA.
HAS THE COLLEGE %
BOARD RESPONDED
TO THESE REPORTS %
OR COMMENTS ON %
WHAT WAS GOING %
ON?
>> OKAY. %
FIRST OF ALL, %
WE’RE GOING TO %
TALK ABOUT THE %
FACT THAT YOU %
TOOK BOTH AP
CALCULUS AND %
PHYSICS, HELLO. %
BUT YES, THEY %
HAVE RESPONDED.
FIRST BY NOTING
THAT 1.47 EXAMS %
IN THE LAST %
THREE DAYS HAVE %
BEEN DONE %
ONLINE, WHICH IS %
A PRETTY BIG %
FEAT IF YOU %
THINK ABOUT
THIS. %
ALWAYS %
HISTORICALLY
HAPPENING IN A %
CLASSROOM, WHEN
TEACHERS ARE %
WATCHING. %
BUT THE REST OF %
THEIR STATEMENT %
DID SAY, AFTER
THE FIRST FEW
DAYS OF TESTING,
OUR DATA SHOWS %
THE VAST
MAJORITY OF %
STUDENTS,
SUCCESSFULLY %
COMPLETED THEIR %
EXAMS WITH LESS
THAN 1% UNABLE
TO SUBMIT THEIR %
RESPONSES. %
AGAIN, IT WAS
THAT MINORITY. %
I WILL POINT %
OUT, AS MUCH IS %
TRUE OF THIS
STATEMENT THESE %
DAYS. %
THAT MIERNTSZ %
DID TAKE TO %
TWITTER.
>> SO SAVANNAH, %
WHAT CAN THOSE %
STUDENTS DO? %
I MEAN, THIS IS %
REALLY %
IMPORTANT. %
IT CAN HELP THEM
GET MORE %
ADVANCED %
PLACEMENT IN %
CLASSES AND SKIP %
CLASSES WHEN
THEY GET TO %
COLLEGE. %
WHICH CAN SAVE %
YOU A WHOLE %
BUNCH OF MONEY %
IF YOU DON’T %
HAVE TO TAKE
CERTAIN COURSES. %
WHAT’S THE %
RECOURSE HERE? %
>> ABSOLUTELY. %
SO THE COLLEGE
BOARD DID %
ADDRESS THAT IN %
THEIR STATEMENT. %
SAYING THEY ARE %
WORKING TO %
UNDERSTAND EACH %
STUDENT’S UNIQUE
CIRCUMSTANCES %
THIS ADVANCE OF
THE JUNE MAKEUP %
EXAM.
ANY STUDENT WHO
ENCOUNTERED AN %
ISSUE DURING %
THEIR EXAMS WILL %
BE ABLE TO %
RETEST. %
SO BASICALLY, %
THEY JUST HAVE %
TO TAKE IT %
AGAIN. %
HERE’S THE
CATCH, THOUGH, %
ALISON. %
THEY HAVE TO %
ACTUALLY APPLY
TO RETAKE IT. %
AND THEY’RE NOT %
GOING TO FIND %
OUT FOR A COUPLE %
OF WEEKS IF THEY %
HAVE QUALIFIED
TO RETAKE IT. %
IF THE COLLEGE
BOARD DOES DEEM %
THAT THE %
QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS THEY %
COULD FIT
TOGETHER ENOUGH %
THAT THEY ARE
WORTH GIVING %
ANOTHER EXAM TO. %
AND OF COURSE, %
THEY HAVE TO %
STAY IN THE %
MENTAL GAME %
RIGHT NOW. %
AS A HIGH
SCHOOLER WHO IS %
JUST ABOUT READY %
TO BE DONE WITH %
SCHOOL TO HAVE
TO POTENTIALLY %
TAKE ANOTHER
POTENTIAL CALK %
EXAM A MONT
LATER. %
LEARNING AND %
TESTING AND ALL %
OF THIS IN %
GENERAL FROM % HOME. ,
,%
IT’S LEARNING AND ALL THIS IN %
GENERAL FROM HOME. %
I WAS TALKING WITH STUDENTS %
ABOUT IT, AND THEY WERE %
POINTING OUT IN GENERAL, THE %
ISSUES IN GENERAL, CONNECTION TO WI-FI AND IF A SIBLING GETS
TO WI-FI AND IF A SIBLING GETS
ON A DEVICE WITH WI-FI THIS IS %
ALL DIFFICULT. %
>> I FEEL SO BADLY FOR THEM. %
WE OLDER FOLKS TELL THE YOUNGER
FOLKS THIS IS THE BEST TIME OF %
YOUR LIFE, AND THEY ARE SHAKE %
THEIR HEAD, WHAT ARE THEY
TELLING US? %
MAKE THEY WILL GET A BETTER %