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Do you have kids at both schools?  Because the AP math scores at Walls are good.  I just am not sure how you are making the delineation that kids in those classes aren’t prepared.[/quote]

Just for some context, last year was the first year DCI offered AP precalc and they had a 98% pass rate. This is the first year with AP Calc AB so they don’t have any data. Still very impressive for 10th grade math as an advanced track but they do need to screen kids better. Some are properly advanced and others just have parents that bully their way into the track. [/quote]

How can you see AP math scores at Walls only? I can only find DCPS wide scores.[/quote]

I don’t know and would be interested to see but it’s a well known fact that Walls is not STEM oriented and weak in STEM.

They don’t even offer the full AP selection of STEM courses every year. [/quote]

The have strong teachers in science and a cohort of very STEM-oriented students.  That's good enough for my strong STEM kid.

I think the "well known fact" that PP speaks of is not very factual.[/quote]

Just because there is a small cohort of STEM kids does not mean it is a school strong in STEM.  Yes, Walls is known as a more humanities school and not STEM.

It is a well known fact that the school does not even offer a full load of AP STEM courses every year.  [/quote]

But how can anyone claim to know the AP math and science scores at Walls? DCPS does not release that data.  So unless you are a math or science teacher at Walls or a Walls administrator, you can’t see AP scores in those specific disciplines.

Also Walls doesn’t offer all science APs every year but they do have lots of advanced math electives.[/quote]

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