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<font face="Lucida Grande">Yes, for sure, we should sign. Their
focus on the timeline as the primary concern is excellent and
they've stated the case really well.<br>
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Marie<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 4/3/18 7:49 PM, Dianne
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<div>This is from GT, the Code.org lead on curriculum for CSP. </div>
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<div>The key request to make of the College Board from the CSP
providers as a whole is to push the timeline back a year to
give providers time to adapt our curriculum, change our PD,
and find ways to support our existing (often new to CS)
teachers to prepare for changes to the CSP course and exam.</div>
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<div>I'd like to add our names to the letter in support. There's
a link to a rough draft of the letter below that outlines the
key concerns, so if anyone has feedback or feels averse to
adding our names to the letter, please let me know!</div>
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<div>I'm reaching out because coming out of the meeting in
GA last week a number of providers are considering a
joint letter to the CB and I wanted to give your team a
chance to join us. </div>
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<div><span style="font-size:12.8px">There were a number of
topics discussed last week but the one which we sensed
most teams were aligned on was the infeasability of
the timeline of the proposed changes. We're planning
to send a joint letter about this concern to the
College Board (and by extension, the development
committee) formalizing that feedback. Note our team
has separate concerns about the content of the changes
that we plan to share, but in the short term we wanted
to address our concerns about the timeline.</span><br>
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team has<span> </span><a
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we hope your team will review, comment on, and
eventually sign.</div>
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me know if this sounds good to you.<span> </span><b>We'd
like to have all comments by EOD Thursday</b><span> </span>though
earlier is of course appreciated. Afterwards we plan
to consolidate and share final drafts for approval. I
know we are moving quickly so in the meantime don't
hesitate to reach out to me with questions or
thoughts.</div>
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