The AP Program offers 34 courses in a wide variety of subject areas. It is estimated that more than 2.2 million exceptional students from around the globe will take approximately 3.9 million AP Examinations this May.
Almost 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.
This June, Mrs. Drinkwalter will join college faculty and other AP teachers in Kansas City to read and score free-response answers to the AP Calculus Exam.
Participants in the AP Reading:
- 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
- have the opportunity to earn Continuing Education Units.
Linda Drinkwalter has taught a variety of math courses in Chadron High School including Algebra I, Algebra II, Pre-Calculus, and AP Calculus since 1994. She participated in test writing for the State Math Test in 2009 and was first certified by the Advanced Placement Institute for Calculus in 2001.
