Be Prepared for the AP Calculus Exam

Reviewers

Ray Cannon, Baylor University, served as Chief Reader for AP Calculus from 1992 to 1995, Chief Reader Designate in 1991, Exam Leader from 1988 to 1990, and Table Leader from 1982 to 1987.  An AP Exam Reader since 1978, he has also served on the AP Calculus Test Development Committee and as a consultant for AP conferences.

Barbara A. Currier, Chairman of the Department of Mathematics at Greenhill School, Addison, Texas, has served as AP Calculus Exam Table Leader since 2001, AP Exam Reader since 1995, and a College Board Consultant in AP Calculus for the Southwestern Region.  An AP Calculus teacher since 1980, she has presented at many conferences and summer institutes and is a recipient of the College Board’s AP Special Recognition Award for the Southwestern Region.

Maria Litvin, Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts, is the author of Be Prepared for the AP Computer Science Exam in Java.  An AP Calculus and Computer Science teacher since 1988, she has served as AP Exam Question Leader and College Board consultant in AP Computer Science and is a recipient of the Siemens Award for Advanced Placement and RadioShack National Teacher Award.

Bernard L. Madison, University of Arkansas, served as a Reader, Table Leader, Exam Leader, and Chief Reader for AP Calculus for a total of 18 years.  He was Chief Reader from 1996 to 1999 and served on the AP Calculus Test Development Committee from 1989 to 1995.  From 1998 to 2001 he was a member of the Commission on the Future of AP and has served as a member of the College Board’s Mathematical Sciences Academic Advisory Committee.

Steven Olson (1944-2014) taught AP Calculus at Hingham High School for many years, as well as at Northeastern University and other colleges.&nbps; He served on the AP Calculus Test Development Committee from 1993 to 1996, and at AP Exam Readings in many capacities, from a Reader, to Assistant to the Chief Reader.

Nancy W. Stephenson, William P. Clements High School, Sugar Land, Texas, served on the AP Calculus Test Development Committee from 1999 to 2003.  An AP Exam reader and College Board Consultant in AP Calculus since 1996, she has taught numerous workshops and AP summer institutes.

JT Sutcliffe, who holds the Founders Master Teaching Chair at St. Mark’s School of Texas in Dallas, served as AP Calculus Exam Leader from 1989 to 1992, AP Calculus Reader and Table Leader from 1977 to 1988, and on the AP Calculus Test Development Committee from 1979 to 1982.  A recipient of the Presidential Award for Mathematics Teaching and Siemens and Tandy Technology Scholars awards, she has served as a College Board consultant and led many AP institutes since 1980.