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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]2014 SAT Scores:

Langley 1830 
McLean 1774 
Oakton 1767 
Woodson 1759 
Madison 1749 
Marshall 1740

2015 US News Ratings/State of Virginia:

Langley #2 
Woodson #3 
McLean #4 
Oakton #6 
Madison#7 
Marshall #15

2015 Washington Post Challenge Index/DC Region

Oakton #8 
McLean #15 
Woodson #20 
Madison #21 
Langley #24 
Marshall #53

2015 Washington Post E&E (College Readiness) Index/DC Region

McLean 78.8% 
Madison 78.2% 
Oakton 72.0% 
Langley 70.1% 
Marshall 67.5% 
Woodson 67.5%

National Merit Semi-Finalists/Class of 2015:

McLean 12 
Langley 10 
Oakton 10 
Woodson 9 
Madison 4 
Marshall 3

GreatSchools Ratings:

Langley 9 
Madison 9 
Marshall 9 
McLean 8 
Oakton 8 
Woodson 8

2015 Virginia Index of Performance Awards:

Langley - Excellence Award 
Madison - Excellence Award 
McLean - Excellence Award 
Oakton - Excellence Award 
Woodson - Excellence Award 
Marshall - No Award

2013-14 Dropout Rates

Madison 0.10% 
Woodson 0.18% 
McLean 0.29% 
Langley 0.30% 
Marshall 1.65%

2014-15 FARMS Rates

Langley 2.10% 
McLean 8.27% 
Madison 9.50% 
Woodson 10.18% 
Oakton 11.87% 
Marshall 20.03%

2013-14 LEP (Limited English Proficiency) Rates

Langley 1.81% 
Woodson 4.15% 
Madison 5.09% 
McLean 5.61% 
Oakton 5.98% 
Marshall 9.65% 
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So Marshall isn't as good as the other schools, it's solid when you adjust for the 20% FARMS rate.[/quote]

Right.  Marshall has a smaller percentage of students in the IB program than the other schools listed have in IB/AP.  That's really all that these rankings focus on.  It doesn't measure the quality of the instruction in the IB/AP classrooms.  So 61% of Marshall students participate in IB (which is an astoundingly high rate by national standards).  About 90% pass an IB exam, and about a third of those receive an IB diploma, which I believe requires a high pass on the full panel of IB exams (although I might be mistaken).  So the question is whether the quality of instruction in the IB program is held down by the fact that 40% of the students don't participate.  Does anyone have any insight on this?[/quote]

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