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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In Bethesda schools in particular you'll find that parents and top students actually have found a way around being "dragged down". They take multiple AP classes early, they take more than one "difficult" language to AP, or CC classes outside of school and really over-do the SSL hours in obsessive ways. All to stand out when it comes to college applications.[/quote]

SSL hours are easy to get depending on the school.  The difference is those kids have the access to ap classes unlike kids at other schools.  [/quote]

What high schools don't offer AP classes? All of them claim to.[/quote]

They all offer AP classes. The eight IB schools tend to have fewer APs because they also have IBs.[/quote]

So was the pp complaining about the IB program?[/quote]

There is one PP, who wanted her kid to go to Wheaton, but he didn't get in and is now at Einstein, and she writes about the "inequity" of being provided IB instead of AP on every thread.[/quote]

IB is not equal to AP.  The lack of AP offerings at Einstein is terrible.[/quote]

Einstein offers 19 AP courses in addition to the 38 IB courses.[/quote]

Can every kid get a textbook in those classes? Are some kids forced into those classes? Are the teachers actually preparing students for these tests? Does the school AP/IB pathway align with developmentally appropriate skills or other grade level curriculum?

Einstein is a hot mess in this area. [b]Less than 10% of kids getting the IB diploma.[/b] Why not offer AP where kids can get college credit for a one year course versus needing the HL Ib courses? Not everyone is trying to go to UMD![/quote]

People keep spouting these figures, but I've never seen anything published about schools' IB diploma rates.
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It’s published on office of accountability website, every year. The calculation is total # of students get IB diploma divided by total # of senior students, so RM diploma rate appears low. I’m not familiar with Einstein. If IB is provided to everyone in Einstein, the diploma rate is a good measure.[/quote]

I've seen it published somewhere but I cannot remember where but it was very low for graduation of an IB diploma.  They should survey families on what they want - IB, AP or both.[/quote]

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