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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Test scores at most IB schools remain lower because they're located in lower-income areas with more apartment complexes and poorer housing stock.  The installation of AP or IB in the HS is never going to substantially change that issue.  People who want out of a given pyramid badly enough will still find a way to transfer (foreign language, for instance).  Sure there are some who actually prefer a certain program, but it's crazy to assume transfers from schools like Annandale to Woodson are all about the desire for AP.
 
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This is essentially an argument against the decision to put IB in eight schools and a concession that it hasn't met its original goals.  That being the case, there is certainly no reason to pay more for a program that has not delivered, at schools where student achievement, objectively measured, remains below the achievement levels at AP schools and where the number of pupil placements per school for AP is almost twice as high as the number of pupil placements per school for IB.

And, of course, there is nothing unique about IB that helps students acquire the "Portrait of a Graduate" skills, as underscored by the fact the related FCPS web page features Kilmer MS, which fortunately has not been saddled with the IB MYP, which the parents of the 15-20% of Kilmer students heading to Madison likely would not tolerate.[/quote]

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