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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Jay Matthews and others would tell you that students, particularly those typically considered disadvantaged, benefit from challenging themselves and taking AP classes regardless of the outcome on the AP exam.  So, the Challenge Index is a valid measure of how well schools are doing at encouraging less advantaged students to step up to, hopefully, a college track.  For those very same reasons, overall AP pass rates will be lower at those schools than the FCPS schools were the percentages are lower.[/quote]

The Challenge Index rankings are measuring the average number of AP classes taken by graduates, and the percentage of graduates passing at least one AP exam, but not the percentage of graduates taking at least one AP class.

When you drill down, it's hard to think of any area where an APS high school looks great compared to Langley or McLean, and that won't change until APS convinces Asians that their kids will have access to opportunities comparable to AAP in FCPS.

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