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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Look at the schools in FCPS with the highest math SAT scores and National Merit semifinalists - all AP schools.[/quote]

This is all about how FCPS chose to implement IB-- by putting it in the lowest performing, lowest SES schools, and not about the merits or difficulty of IB vs AP math.  AP math doesn't lead to high math SAT/NMSF.  High SES schools would do better on these measures whether they were AP or IB.  Besides, neither SAT nor PSAT math scores are based on AP or IB level math. It's not like there is Calculus or even pre- Calc on the SAT, FFS. I don't have a strong AP vs IB preference, but come on. [/quote]

How does Marshall HS factor in against this?  It appears to be one of the few IB High schools that goes against the grain of being high SES or low performing.[/quote]

Marshall was another school in the bottom half of FCPS when it got IB in 1997. At the time its SAT scores were on par with Lee and Hayfield.

The main thing that has changed since then is the construction of a lot of expensive SFH in the Marshall district near Tysons/Dunn Loring.  Also, if you're going to have IB in FCPS, it's best when you have an IB school like Marshall surrounded by AP schools.  That way, even if most people prefer AP, the IB school comes out OK or ahead in terms of net pupil placements.[/quote]

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