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First of all, I agree with the writer that it’s wrong to show negative events and minimize and ignore the positive achievements. The six scholars, including Dr. Peter Wood, Dr. Ron Radosh, Dr. Stanley Kurtz, Dr. Ralph Ketcham, Dr. Anders Lewis, and Dr. Sandra Stotsky, criticized the new APUSH Framework for presenting a slanted, intellectual dishonest view of American History.
The two writers made a good point when they mentioned that the College Board is trying to find a way around the state standards. The Board came up with an APUSH Framework that doesn’t include a lot of the state standards. For example, Larry Krieger and Jane Robbins say, “A report commissioned by the College Board found that the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) requires 181 elements from the …show more content…
An analysis of the Alabama Standards for U.S. History revealed 134 required elements that are not specifically mentioned in the new APUSH Framework.” This quote explains that when the College Board was writing the Framework, they missed many things that the students will be tested

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