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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There have been years where some of the top AP schools like Langley, McLean, and Oakton each had as many National Merit Semifinalists as all eight of the IB schools in the county combined. [/quote]

Selection effect, nitwit. Correlation not causation.[/quote]

If IB were all that, the higher SES communities would by now have demanded it for their schools. They do not want it, whether it’s Langley in FCPS or Whitman in MCPS.  That is far more compelling evidence than the typical, biased pro-IB anecdotes invariably offered on these threads.  [/quote]

Again this is showing selection effect. High SES communities are satisfied with their schools and don’t want to change [i]because[/i] they already have smart, privileged kids who do well not because AP is so great but due to the quality of kids who are already there.

If anything DCUM has a bias against IB because parents in the high SES areas look down on the “inferior” schools that have IB.[/quote]

In fact, when Langley wasn't satisfied with its course offerings, it worked hard to get Chinese at Langley so kids wouldn't have to travel to the Marshall Academy.

No one at LHS apart from the small number of families pupil placing to Marshall and South Lakes wants IB.   STEM courses and Chinese - yes!  TOK - not so much.  [/quote]

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