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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why is it easier to enroll  students into IB but not AP courses, especially at underperforming FCPS schools? Is IB program less rigorous or does it come with adjustable rigor to fit the caliber of student cohort? [/quote]

IB classes come in two flavors, one is High Level comparable with AP, the other Standard Level comparable with a regular class, and generally don’t get you any college credit. A weaker student could take an SL class a la carte, but [b]I can’t imagine why that would be beneficial in any way[/b].[/quote]

Because they would learn things they would not learn in any other class, particularly the "vanilla" (non-honors/AP/IB) classes. Good God you are stupid.[/quote]

You really are dumb.

SL are most definitely non college level classes. There’s no reason to take SL classes if the other option is the AP equivalent. If the student can’t handle the AP class, even dual enrollment would be more beneficial than the SL class, because at the end of the day you get some advanced coursework and college credit under your belt.

Just to humor you, let’s say you take SL Math instead of regular Precalculus, how is the SL class better? It’s a confusing hodgepodge of algebra, geometry, precalculus, statistics, and calculus that’s very superficial across all topics and it will cover everything from simple stuff like linear and quadratic equations all the way to derivatives and integrals in the time span of one school year. It’s so shallow that it’s relying heavily on memorization, so it’s going to be disastrous for the kids taking the class. They’d be much better off with the “vanilla” precalculus that at least in the precalculus topics will go much deeper than the SL class. IB curriculum is actually terrible when you look into what’s in the syllabus.
[/quote]some schools weigh IB SL classes out of 4.5, some weight them out of 5.0, so that's a reason to take the SL over regular/honors[/quote]

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