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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The 2021-22 AP/IB performance numbers are in the OSSE school report cards for the individual schools. [url]https://osse.dc.gov/dcschoolreportcard[/url]. They include charters. And they’re broken down by race. The schools with a 90% pass rate or better for white students are Basis, Walls, DCI, Banneker, and Latin. [/quote]

Not sure where you are getting that.

If you look at white students, Basis is at 94%, Walls 93%; Latin and DCI are just below 90%; and Banneker has too few white students to provide a percentage.

Plus, just looking at white students is misleading given how diverse the above schools are.[/quote]

When I follow the link, I get a white AP/IB [i]performance[/i] number at Banneker and DCI of &gt;=90%. There are too few students to report an AP/IB [i]participation[/i] rate at Banneker. At DCI the [i]participation[/i] rate is reported as 89.47%. Are you sure you’re looking at the right number? (The performance number at Latin is technically just under 90% but it’s over 89.5 so I rounded up.)

And I agree, it’s not like only white students matter. But OSSE doesn’t give us data based on parents’ education or middle school, two factors beyond the control of any high school that are strongly associated with AP/IB performance. Since the white population of DC is not very socioeconomically diverse, it’s a decent proxy for students from college-educated homes who attended decent middle schools.[/quote]

It should not matter what the education level or SES of the families are.  You are taking a test based on the content and curriculum of a course being taught.

If the course is rigorous and covers all the relevant material then the kids should at least score a 3 minimum which is not hard to do.  But 4 and 5 is what your standards should be.

I took a number of AP courses, did not study for any of the exams and easily got 3 no problem, some 4’s.  Just walked in and took the test.[/quote]

No offense but why should I set standards for my kids based on your personal, subjective experience with AP tests back in some random high school somewhere?[/quote]

Set whatever standard you want.  You want lower standards feel free.  But you won’t be getting any college credits with a 3.  Their standard to mastering the course and getting credit has always been a 4 or 5.

3 is mediocre and if that is the standard you want to set, go for it.  
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Huh?[/quote]

NP but I think PP is saying a 3 doesn’t really mean much.  And they’re right.  It doesn’t get college credit, doesn’t indicate mastery of content, etc.[/quote]

I give that post a 1.[/quote]

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