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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]They're two very different, but equally valuable programs. AP provides a wider variety of alacarte classes, and IB provides a comprehensive and writing-focused program.

Word on the street is that AP students get more college credits, but IB students are more prepared for college level writing.

Either  program can be tailored to be heavy in either English, History, Science, or math.

AP classes are one year long 
Some IB classes are one year and some are two years

IB has a bad rep in fairfax county because it was placed in the lower performing schools, however in most other areas it is a highly desired program.

Definitely don't rely on this board for info. There are several nuts who enjoy bashing each program. Do your own research and draw your own conclusion[/quote]

Eight IB schools in FCPS produced a grand total of 13 NMSF this fall. The 16 AP schools, excluding TJ, had 65. With TJ, which offers AP and higher-level courses, the 17 AP schools had 210 NMSF.  IB over-promises and under-delivers by every metric.  It's no surprise the parents zoned for the wealthiest school districts in FCPS want to keep AP, while IB was foisted on the low-performing schools and hasn't managed to turn them around.[/quote]

1. You say the same thing on every IB thread, and no one even reads it anymore
2. You clearly don't understand the impact of demographics on student performance and test scores [/quote]

Has the poor performance of IB schools been noted before? Sad. Perhaps you don't understand the impact of IB on demographics. The high-achieving Asian families overwhelmingly gravitate to AP schools. [/quote]

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