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[quote=Anonymous][quote]That's an ambitious agenda. If you look at the information for the Fairfax schools with the top IB programs - Marshall and Robinson - you won't find many kids also taking AP exams as well as IB exams. Maybe yours can pull it off; most parents and students make a choice.

The IB program has its strengths, but (1) kids absolutely cram for both IB and AP tests and (2) good AP teachers do far more than simply prepare their students for end-of-year tests. [/quote]

One moment.  Not terribly ambitious for well prepared kids.  There are many kids (middle and high school) who take AP exams without even taking AP courses.  This well known practise around the country is called "self-study".   The PP is correct about scoring well on some of these AP tests as a cram jam.  Many homeschoolers self-study for a bushel of these AP exams sans a formal AP course with outstanding results.

The strategy of doing the IB program for the depth and breadth and supplementing with strategic AP exams is one I had not even considered.  Bright IB students would have no difficulty doing this.  Afterall,  history is history and physics is physics regardless of the petty labeling (e.g., honors, AP, IB).
 
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