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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DP.  The question that the MCPS IB information doesn't provide is a comparison, not of IBDP to no-program or unspecified-program education, but of IBDP to the likely course of education for those who might consider IBDP.

That population tends to self-select from among high performers/the highly able.  The comparison should be versus the other programs/courses of study that are avaiable, including magnets and high proportions of honors/AP/college-level coursework.  And not just at the local school or regional IB, where those options might be limited, but from the most rigorous available in the county, as that is the implied alternative to which MCPS is suggesting IB to students with that profile.

[b]IB [i]can[/i] be great.  It [i]can[/i] provide a reasonable alternative when robustly implemented with fidelity, well coordinated [i]with[/i] fullsome AP options and presented as a [i]choice[/i] among other rigorous pathways made highly available.[/b]

The question is whether MCPS can or will provide the school support necessary to make the regional IBs live up to that (if they aren't already doing so -- from this discussion, it seems the jury is still out on that).

Further, if they can't or won't, will they acknowledge that and look to provide equitable alternatives, whether by increasing magnet seats for programs that do live up to the standard or by fulfilling that via local programming, to serve all students with such achievement/ability, regardless of pyramid.[/quote]

The bold is spot on. The program can work, especially when combined with the AP and post AP options, implementation matters. You really need to evaluate the results critically. What students is it trying to serve and how does it do that job? Does the diploma matter? What is the value to the student? What are its shortcomings?

Unfortunately the problem is that the district mindset is “we did IB therefore it’s rigorous.”[/quote]

You seem to be very familiar with the regional IB. I am assuming as the parent of a current student? Would you be able / willing to discuss where they and their classmates have been accepted to college? [/quote]

One of the things I’m certain of is that the admission rate of IB grads to UC Berkeley is definitely not 58%.

I know you’ll come back with an inane retort like “how do we know that” because that’s all the “analysis” you’re capable of doing.

If you look at the entire thread, your contribution is completely vacuous and consists only of silly challenges along the lines of “who said that”, plus generic statements like “it doesn’t show what you claim it shows”.  
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