January
2013
Dear
Administrator:
On
behalf of the College Board's Advanced Placement Program®
(AP®) and Educational Testing Service, I am delighted to offer
an invitation to Mimi Corcoran to
serve as an AP Reader at this year's annual AP Reading.
I
anticipate that in May 2010 more than 1.5 million exceptional students
from around the globe will take approximately 2.9 million AP
Examinations in 22 subject areas.
Except
for the Studio Art examination — which consists of a
portfolio assessment — all exams contain multiple-choice and
free-response questions (either essay or problem-solving) that provide
students with the opportunity to demonstrate their mastery of rigorous,
college-level coursework.
In
June 2010, nearly 11,000 college faculty and AP teachers from around
the world will gather in Louisville, Kentucky; Kansas City, Missouri;
Cincinnati, Ohio; Colorado State University - Fort Collins, Colorado;
and the Ocean Center in Daytona Beach, Florida, to evaluate and score
about 11 million free-response answers.
Participants
in the AP Reading will:
- Receive
training in consistent application of the scoring standards, and use
those standards to score student responses;
- Interact
with members of the AP Development Committee responsible for revising
the AP Course Description and developing the exam, giving and receiving
information about the current state of teaching and learning in the
discipline;
- Discuss
achievement, assessment and teaching strategies with college faculty
and AP teachers;
- Develop
a network of professionals in their discipline that will last a
lifetime; and
- Earn
5.2 Continuing Education Units (CEUs).
The
careful evaluation of students' work is one of the most important
aspects of the AP Program. The AP Program's acknowledged success is due
to an evaluation and scoring process that reflects the high standards
of faculty members who, by virtue of their experience and expertise,
have appropriate student performance expectations within their
respective disciplines.
The
AP Program sincerely hopes that you will encourage your faculty to
participate in this year's AP Reading in every possible way. AP Readers
testify that participation in the annual Reading offers a rare and
enriching professional development experience and the opportunity to
develop teaching approaches and ideas through close interactions with a
diverse group of professional colleagues.
Many
thanks in advance for your support of the academic experience of
students worldwide.
Sincerely,
Trevor
Packer
Vice President
Advanced Placement Program
