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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote][quote][quote][quote]Not only that, but have you look at the IB pass rate for these schools (vs South Lakes and Marshall). These schools only have only a small handful of kids who can pass an IB class. The other 750 kids in each class are screwed. [/quote]

Great point!

IB pass rates (4 or better on IB exam) in school year 2014-14:
Annandale: 81.0
Edison: 80.8
Lee: 94.9
Marshall: 85.1
Mount Vernon: 75.3
Robinson: 82.2
South Lakes: 86.0
Stuart: 64.4
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should say school year 2013-2014[/quote]

But less than 5% of the students at Mount Vernon, Lee or Annandale get an IB diploma, while almost 25% of the Marshall kids do. [/quote]

That may be, but the original statement, which was proven to be wrong, was about IB pass rate.[/quote]

I meant the % of kids who passed an IB test. And it's incredibly low at these 3 schools. I could have done a better job with the phrasing, but here's the point: I support IB. I have a rising 8th grader who is looking at PP into IB, with my strong encouragement. But, I would not send DC to Lee, Annandale or Mount Vernon where he would be on of 8-15 kids serious about the program.   IB isn't working in a school where less than a dozen kids (out of 700) go full diploma, because there is not a strong cohort of candidates.  The program has been in schools like Lee, Mt. Vernon and Annandale for a while, and it has not improved these schools. And most kids there (in some cases 97.5%) aren't taking advantage of it. It would be better to have fewer IB programs, and make it a really strong, desireable magnet program.  Oh-- and 24.5% of Marshall kids got the full IB diploma last year. That's "almost 25%"-- and a strong cohort. [/quote]

Source?  Marshall has a history of getting academic facts wrong.  They currently state on their web page that "the GCM IB program generates more IB diploma graduates than other FCPS IB programs at schools with twice (or more) as many students," which is clearly wrong or at least misleading, since there is no school in FCPS that has more than twice as many (high school) students as GCM.  [/quote]

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