User:Aecomey/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
AP Computer Science

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
(Briefly explain why you chose it, why it matters, and what your preliminary impression of it was.)

I chose this article because it covers a specific aspect of secondary education. It matters because the Advanced Placement program defines the curriculum for millions of high school students. AP Computer Science in particular is a cutting edge course meant to prepare high school students for upper-level college courses in computer science. My preliminary impression of the article was that is seemed sparse and general. I wanted more of a sense of the course material and requirements, but instead I received common sense in formation.

Evaluate the article
(Compose a detailed evaluation of the article here, considering each of the key aspects listed above. Consider the guiding questions, and check out the examples of what a useful Wikipedia article evaluation looks like.)

The lead section of the article starts with a strong opening sentence, but lacks a description of the article's main sections. The final sentence of the lead also feels out of place because of its specificity. The content itself is up-to-date because it covers all three versions of AP Computer Science and explains that one has been discontinued. At the same time, the article fails to address the specifics of the curriculum or provide any test score data. The tone remains neutral throughout, although I would've liked to have seen some student and instructor perspectives. The writing itself is concise and clear, but the article lacks any images which contributes to the sense of sparseness. Unfortunately, several of the sources for this article seem unreliable because they're from blogs or the AP website. The talk page for the article reveals that this page is entirely unnecessary because it links to a page for AP Computer Science A which provides a more detailed description of an actual specific AP course. Users do seem to have made some improvements to better organize and categorize the page. Overall, this page seems overly sparse and ultimately unnecessary.