Gregor Kiczales is pretty well known in the SW development world.

for the statistically obsessed California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress http://www.cde.ca.gov/nr/ne/yr15/yr15rel69.asp#tab1 Did CA home-schoolers take this?

Maybe look for an actual college "Computer Science I" MOOC.

free: http://www.ck12.org/book/Engineering%253A-An-Introduction-for-High-School/ certainly not that hands on

I have not used either What year is the student? Future STEM major? Self-study? slammed in Amazon review: https://www.mheonline.com/esamplers/preengineering/ this looks like Middle school level: http://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Technology-Student-McGraw-Hill-Education/dp/0078797853

Better start an after-school program for Physics soon! Check the pinned post

don't give it out - protect his personal info as much as possible - think how easy it is to hack their system! on computer forms - I just use all 9s

thanks - best place is on College Board

https://csprinciples.cs.washington.edu/ I tend to disagree that it is "It's more of an introduction to computers course". Maybe you meant "introduction to computing". An "introduction to computers course" is Word, Powerpoint, multimedia, keyboarding, etc in Middle School. Most highly competitive and competitive STEM colleges do NOT use a Java Programming course as CS 101. Computer Languages come and go. I thought that was where this new course should have headed. This very well may be an academically weak course in the long run. Time will tell. Only when colleges actually map it for course credit will it have any validity. update: this makes it look less academic: http://sepnyc.org/apcs/ http://www.gavirtuallearning.org/Resources/CTAEResources/CTAEShared/SharedComputerSciencePrinciples.aspx

For Math and Science do they publish the name of the text book being used? This would be the deal breaker for many parents. The prices are somewhat reasonable for a complete self-study parent directed program.

one consistent policy would be nice for all testing

https://apstudent.collegeboard.org/apcourse/ap-computer-science-principles get your syllabus started :closedeyes:

This is scary.

When one can not really lead an organization, they tend to become too data driven and not quality driven. My son's charter school is heading in this same direction (downward) because of weak leadership.

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The College Board should really provide open "test centers" in affiliation with perhaps local community colleges (which have these facilities already) for AP, SAT subject matter tests in medium to large cities. They would charge a sitting fee to pay for the proctor and room. High schools with small AP programs could opt to use these test centers as well.

https://apstudent.collegeboard.org/takingtheexam/ap-calendar they mention Homeschoolers

G'Day Math is a quite interesting approach to certain Math topics: http://gdaymath.com/ Math nerds will like this.

Foerster Algebra 1 is more rigorous than Saxon Algebra 1 see the pinned Math thread for some details

love this - just say NO

I am only an after-school not a home-schooler but in this particular case it sounds so stupid look at the darn AP tests and compare to other applicants - the college acceptance people involved should actually use their brains!!

Since your student will be in sports that should create a close-knit group of similar students. ============================================== FYI - close is a relative term Here in the West typically 8-10 hours drive seems reasonably "close". I am from back-east where 6 or less hours drive may be considered the same. If there isn't a relatively cheap non-stop/1-stop flight available for "further" away schools then you have to start thinking about that cost component.

salient quotes from text and comments: Because a majority of selective schools have adopted these sophisticated tools for shaping enrollment, there is more competition to attract the students who are most... Typically, fierce market competition leads to lower prices, but among elite schools, the opposite occurs, paradoxically. They often find that raising prices enables them to offer greater benefits to the most coveted potential students. (It also allows them to take part in the amenities race: nicer dorms, better food, a climbing wall: things that are regarded as essential to attracting those coveted students.) ======================================== The midtier public schools face a different set of challenges. Their tuition increases are being driven largely by state governments’ unwillingness or inability to raise per-student financing. Sandy Baum, a senior fellow at the Urban Institute, says that in the 2001-2002 school year, public schools received from 44 percent to 62 percent of their funding from state governments. Only a decade later, those levels had decreased to 27 percent to 51 percent. On average, states have lowered their per-student funding by 25 percent over the last 15 years. Some — Louisiana, Wisconsin, Kansas and Arizona — have cut their support sharply in the past few years. The money allocated for public education is a tempting target for governors facing shortfalls. Education is one of the largest items in a state budget, and educators don’t have the same lobbying power as more concentrated business groups. Republican governors with national political aspirations have found that ‘‘taking on’’ public education can enhance their popularity among primary voters. ======================================== One cause for the cost explosion is that the universities examine each other's pricing and conclude, if our peers charge more, we shall also be able to charge more. Two years ago, the University of Virginia commissioned an assessment from an outside consultancy for roughly half a million dollars to help with the development of its new strategic plan. One conclusion was that there was still 'depth' in the market, allowing the university to raise tuition, which they promptly did. The other astounding conclusion was that the university had lost the race for federal government research dollars against its peers and might forego investment on this avenue. The labs are emptying http://apps.washingtonpost.com/g/page/local/university-of-virginia-assessment-report/302/

examples http://www.algebrawithinreach.com/ia6e/content/instructional-videos/ http://www.algebrawithinreach.com/ea6e/content/instructional-videos/chapter-1-2/

What text book edition (year and ISBN) does this program use?