June 1, 2007

An 'Arms Race' Over AP Tests

To the Editor:

How refreshing it is to read David W. Oxtoby's "The Rush to Take More AP Courses Hurts Students, High Schools, and Colleges" (Admissions & Student Aid, April 27). I am comforted to see yet another courageous college president attempt to curtail the standardized-testing arms race.

By eschewing Advanced Placement courses, some independent schools are also attempting to de-escalate that race. Mr. Oxtoby's suggestion that independent schools are "relying on their

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