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FCPS had 237 National Merit Semifinalists this school year. 163 go to TJ, which has AP and more advanced courses, and no IB. Of the remaining 74, 68 attend AP schools and only six go to IB schools, even though one-third of the high schools in the county excluding TJ are IB.

The record of IB schools in FCPS is underwhelming at best. The six high schools in FCPS with the highest SATs are all AP. Of the seven with the lowest scores, five are IB. FCPS tried to replace AP with IB at Woodson, and the parents forced them to restore AP.  And, there has never been a plan to redistrict students from an AP school to an IB school that was not met with protests.

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Successful students =/= NMSF[/quote]

AP schools in FCPS = more NMSF, higher SATs, higher graduation rates, higher college readiness metrics, more science competition winners, more net pupil placements, etc. [/quote]

more NMSF = where more students take PSATs; do you have data indicating the mean PSAT scores for all students taking 9 or more AP courses as compared to the mean PSAT scores for IB Diploma candidates?

higher SATs -> correlated with higher SES; do you have the data comparing SAT scores of all students taking 9 or more AP courses as compared to the SAT scores for IB Diploma candidates, holding SES as a constant?

higher graduation rates -- see "higher SATs" instance above

higher college readiness metrics -> correlated with higher SES; do you have the data comparing college readiness metrics of all students taking 9 or more AP courses as compared to the college readiness metrics for IB Diploma candidates, holding SES as a constant?

more science competition winners =/= successful students; students can be successful in music, the arts, writing, history, etc. -- it is NOT all about science (or STEM)

more net pupil placements -- what type of "pupil placements"? Are you referring to pupil placements for academy courses, world languages, etc.? If so, then this is also correlated with SES, as transportation is not provided for pupil placed students, and therefore higher SES families are more likely to seek pupil placements. Do you have do you have the data comparing pupil placement numbers, by type, of all students taking 9 or more AP courses as compared to the pupil placement numbers, by type, for IB Diploma candidates, holding SES as a constant?[/quote]

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