I thought the AP tests were very good. I took 13 of them. The tests themselves were just good tests of knowledge and skills so teaching to the test meant teachi

I thought the AP tests were very good. I took 13 of them. The tests themselves were just good tests of knowledge and skills so teaching to the test meant teaching relevant content. Standardized _aptitude_ tests were always bad because they’re supposed to test basic skills but do so with lots of curveball tricks or specific formats... so teachers taught the specifics of the test