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I hope you didn't hurt your back moving the goal posts or building straw men.  I didn't say that any "horrible outcome" would befall a student at such schools.  In fact, I explicitly said a kid can "get a good education at any MCPS school."

To the extent that you value things other than academics at a school and you believe that certain schools excel in those areas, that's great.  You should go with what you prioritize.  We were, however, discussing the academic component.[/quote]

Please tell me more about student success on the AP Calculus A/B test due to the high level of intellectual discussion in class at Whitman or B-CC.[/quote]

Intellectual discussion is only a piece of it.  A class with stronger students is going to need to take less time going over concepts.  It will be able to cover more material and in greater depth.

Since you cut off the thread, I'll again cite to actual data.  Appendix B shows how students at each HS fair on the AP. https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/sharedaccountability/reports/2019/2018%20AP%20and%20IB%20Course%20Enrollment%20and%20Exam%20Participation%20and%20Performance.pdf

Do you really think that, simply because MCPS has the same curriculum throughout the county, there will be no differences between a class where 35 or 50% score above a 3 on the exam v. a school where 80 or 90% do?

Reasonable people can disagree over how much of a difference it makes and whether there are other advantages to schools where performance is lower.  But to continue to argue that there is no difference doesn't make sense.[/quote]

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