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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So, can't we be happy for a school that doubled its' pass rate from one year to the next?

Yay!  A DCPS school's test scores improve markedly.

Positive thing, no?[/quote]

Uh...half of the school can't even get a 3 on a [i]single[/i] AP test.[/quote]

They did better than all but four other high schools in DCPS.  Banneker's pass rate was 57%.  McArthur's pass rate was 45%.  They are very much in the mix.   Let's see how last year's kids did, but the growth trajectory is a good thing.[/quote]

I’ll throw in DCI pass rates is high 60% think it was 66 or 68% and the school does not self select at all unlike McKinley or Banneker.
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Clarification because DCI is IB and not AP.  68% of kids got college credit with their IB exam scores.  Not sure if that is equivalent to an AP score of 3 and up or 4 and up.[/quote]

It varies by subject and by college.

I am all in favor of seeing students do well. But comparing one school to another is never quite apples to apples. Some are AP, some are IB, some are both. Every school offers a different mix of AP or IB courses. Some schools gatekeep AP or IB courses, others don’t. Some schools require everyone to take certain AP courses, others don't. Ranking by exact percentage is rarely going to make sense. [/quote]

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