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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There have been years where some of the top AP schools like Langley, McLean, and Oakton each had as many National Merit Semifinalists as all eight of the IB schools in the county combined. [/quote]

AP has more offerings/is better known for science classes and math classes.  So it's more likely to capture the typical high stats, advanced in math kids.  The effect isn't created after going through the curriculum, it's a result of what type of kid chooses what curriculum for high school.

IB is much more liberal-artsy.[/quote]

If students are assigned randomly at AP and IB schools and AP kids outperform IB ones, then you can conclude it’s the curriculum that’s causing the lower performance.[/quote]
Yikes please tell me you aren’t a researcher.  Firstly, these kids aren’t randomly assigned to AP vs IB—-it’s based on address.  And second, in order conclude anything—you need to control for other variables.  Like SES, parents’ education level, English proficiency, MS coursework, etc.  My guess is the aforementioned variables are more likely to impact a kid’s academic trajectory vs whether said kid takes IB vs AP. [/quote]

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