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Dear AP Economics Teacher:

We want to thank you again for all that you do to help your students be successful. AP students owe much to the expertise and commitment you bring to your classroom every day. As you prepare your students for this last half of the year and for the AP Exam in May, we wish you all the best, and hope you find the information in this newsletter helpful.

Online Event
Presented by: Clark Ross; Davidson College
January 27, 2008
6:30–8:30 p.m. (Eastern Time)

During this interactive session, Dr. Ross will define economic growth and discuss the derivation of the long run and short run aggregate supply curves. Clark will contrast economic growth with an increase in "Real" Gross Domestic Product and will discuss ways to promote economic growth.

AP Annual Conference 2009
Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center and Grand Hyatt, San Antonio, TX
July 15–19, 2009

Register Now for the 2009 AP Annual Conference and take advantage of the Early Bird Savings.

This conference is the centerpiece of the AP Program's professional development efforts. The AP Annual Conference is our annual opportunity to come together from across the world to share our experiences. Each year, more than 3,000 AP professionals attend, taking advantage of relevant and engaging sessions for teachers of all AP courses, including AP Economics. The conference also offers sessions in Pre-AP^® strategies.

Administrators at your school are responsible for renewing any courses that were authorized last year through the AP Course Audit process and are being offered again this year. If your course was authorized in 2007–08, and you are teaching the course in 2008–09 but it has yet to be renewed, alert your school administrators immediately. If you are new to teaching the AP course at your school, and haven't yet submitted your course audit materials, you must do so no later than January 31, 2009. The AP Course Ledger now includes courses authorized for the 2008–09 academic year.

Visit the AP Macroeconomics and AP Microeconomics course home pages for a variety of free resources related to teaching these courses, including:

	Practice exams, first released in spring 2008, are available to authorized AP teachers through their AP Course Audit accounts.
	AP Microeconomics Curriculum Module (.pdf/525KB)
	The 2009, 2010 AP Economics Course Description (.pdf/2MB)
	The 2007 AP Economics Teacher's Guide (.pdf/912KB)
	Special Focus: Mastering Economic Thinking Skills (.pdf/857KB)
	Visit the AP Macroeconomics and Microeconomics exam questions pages on AP Central for the 2008 multiple-choice and free-response questions, scoring guidelines, samples of student work with scoring commentary, student performance Q&As, scoring statistics, and grade distributions.

	2005 AP Macroeconomics Released Exam and its corresponding packet of 10 exams
	2005 AP Microeconomics Released Exam and its corresponding packet of 10 exams
	2009, 2010 AP Economics Course Description
	2007 AP Economics Teacher's Guide

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