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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]That's an ignorant statement.  IB is a complete curriculum as compared to AP which is a collection of classes and exams.  In addition to the Extended Essay, students are required to have 150 hours of CAS activities (creativity, activity and service) which generally force a student to perform in at least one area that they might not if left to their own preferences.  There is also the Theory of Knowledge course (TOK) and a requirement for 5 yrs of language.  IB courses are writing intensive.  You note that the exams are significantly more intensive (two (SL) or three (HL) papers plus the internal assessment (externally moderated).  IB exams and essays are graded externally and the comparative group is the approximately 145,000 students worldwide who take the exams annually.  These grades are forced to an approximately normal distribution (see pg 8 of the document referenced below).

See this document for the IB Statistical Survey from last spring  www.ibo.org/contentassets/.../dp-statistical-bulletin-may-2016-en.pdf

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Your cut-and-paste illustrates that the IBO has a marketing apparatus just as diligent as the College Board.

Personally, I'm most swayed in favor of AP by the fact that the top schools in FCPS are all AP and there is no demand from parents at those schools to convert to IB, as well as by the comparatively low number of National Merit Semifinalists in FCPS who attend the eight IB schools.  It's little surprise that more FCPS students attending UVA and W&M are graduates of the AP schools.[/quote]

There is a circularity to this argument that renders it pretty meaningless. The reason those schools are lower performing is because they have lower average SES. The reason they have fewer NM scholars is because they have lower average SES; PSAT scores are highly correlated with family income. The reason FFX put IB there is because they are lower performing.

If you think more FCPS students attending UVA and W&M are from AP schools is because those schools have AP instead of IB, I have a bridge to sell you.[/quote]

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