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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here - I realize that IB is not usually in 9th and 10th grade. I am concerned that "honors English" is a joke, and would like to get my child into a more challenging English curriculum in 9th and 10th grade. Not sure what my options are really. [/quote]

Does your school offer AP Seminar?  This is being set up to be the 10th grade AP English class.  The course content/theme is designed by individual teachers, but involves research, presentations, etc.

Students are assessed with two through-course performance tasks and one end-of-course exam. All three assessments are summative and will be used to calculate a final AP score (using the 1–5 scale) for AP Seminar.
§ Team Project and Presentation — 20%
§ Individual Research-Based Essay and Presentation — 35% 
§ End-of-Course Exam (2 Hours) — 45%

This is part of the AP Capstone, which was introduced to answer IB.  [/quote]

I've taught AP English Lang/Lit and AP English Lit (both "old" and "new" curricula) as well as IB.  The "new" AP curricula/rubrics are fluffy, and the curriculum add-ons, such as Seminar and Research, are a watered-down disaster.  AP Classroom is a disaster (no, College Board, AP Classroom doesn't even compare to the IB's ManageBac).  College Board is clearly struggling to throw together  something that will prevent them from becoming obsolete as the IB becomes more prevelent, but this isn't good.  I strongly feel CB should have doubled down on maintaining the rigor of their traditional "old curriculum"/program, which would have gained traction as people eventually realize the weaknesses of the IB's MYP, but no.[/quote]

I teach AP Lang and have taught AP Seminar.  I agree that CB has watered down both requirements and exams, but I disagree that AP Seminar is weak.  I designed my class around a controversial decade in American history and we did all kinds of rigorous work in both English and history, resulting in an old school 20 page research paper, etc. 
AP Classroom is irrelevant to my kids because I don’t use it.

I have other objections to IB, though.  [/quote]

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