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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Am I reading this properly? Are these numbers the percentage of kids at a HS that took at least 1 AP or IB class? If that is, the numbers are deceiving for a variety of reasons.

Most kids at an IB school will not take an IB class until they are juniors, the exception to that rule will be kids who accelerated in math and had A1H in 6th or 7th grade. That means that the base number of kids even eligible to take an IB class should be 50%. Is that 30% all kids at the HS or 30% of the eligible kids at the HS? If it is 30% out of the entire high school it is an unfair measure since only 50% were even eligible to take an IB class.

Second, are those IB classes SL or HL classes? HL classes are sort of the equivalent to AP classes. I would guess that most of those IB classes were SL classes and not HL classes, meaning they are closer to Honors classes then AP classes.

Finally, the point of IB is not to take individual classes but to earn the diploma. IB is not meant to be a pick and choose your own adventure, like AP. The goal of IB is supposed to be earning the IB diploma. So the number of students taking an IB class is less important then the number of students that complete the diploma. And that number is far lower then the percentage of kids taking at least one IB class.

But it says something when the best IB programs don't even wouldn't make the top 1/3 of schools offering AP classes.

Make IB go away. 
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I broke out AP and IB separately because it’s not an apples-to-apples comparison.  But this is the data reported to the VDOE. [/quote]

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