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  We began the changes that are being discussed in September of the 
  previous year, led by the committee that is developing the course. 
  There's a committee of faculty. And those changes were largely complete 
  by December, and we have those time-stamped materials. Far before the 
  governor spoke up, we'd announced that we were going to release the 
  revised framework on the first day of Black History Month, as we did
  
  DeSantis and Trump have been running on this for years and DeSantis in particular ran on it in FL last year.  So saying they started to discuss changing the course as Black studies aka "wokeness" was being attacked is more an admission than a defense.
  The white supremacists like Trump, DeSantis, Haley et al have run against Black studies, specifically "Critical Race Theory" which is just a place holder for study of racism and its effects.   Since few know what "Critical Race Theory" actually is, teaching it in the AP courses would be essential in these times.   The College Board members very specifically do not mention it and only say how wonderful and fascinating their course is without addressing what they must know is the core issue.  Does it teach about Critical Race Theory and the economic effects of US history of slavery and white supremacy?
context: The College Board has been a shit organization for years. This is just another signal that they should lose whatever credibility they still have. >
  
  College Boards is a business and one that has been losing customers over its poor results.  It's been proven several times that it has serious biases.
  Responding, as it appears to be doing, to Trumpism and its white supremacist majority in states like FL and TX fits the pattern of changing academic content no on merits but on sales.
  The second, however, is more fundamental — some education experts say the ACT and SAT are a poor predictor of whether a student will succeed in college.
  "Our research has shown that a student's performance in high school is the most significant predictor of academic success at UNE," Scott Steinberg, who runs the University of New England's admissions office, said in a statement in May when the school announced that it was going test-blind. "Standardized tests provide very little — if any — incremental value beyond the high school record and grade point average." >
  
  I’m no where near being an admissions expert, but I would’ve imagined that SAT/ACT help to differentiate GPAs based on different schools. Some schools have massively inflated grades compared to others