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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]IB vs AP is like metric vs English  
AP is easier and has no diploma track. College credit is the same for either one.[/quote]

The better education parents in FCPS reside in AP school districts.  FCPS stuck IB in poorer performing districts and they are still the low performers.

Marshall sits in a good location but has lower SAT scores, lower graduation rates, lower U.S. News and Washington Post ratings, and higher FARMS percentages than the top AP schools.[/quote]

How come it has the the highest sol scores[/quote]

Because,  the math scores that benefit Marshall are taken when most of the population is in MS at the other HS and therefore  are not part of SOL data in those HS. [/quote]

I thought HS students take SOL?[/quote]

Students in MS also take HS-level SOLs (for Algebra 1, Geometry, etc.)[/quote]

Correct but students in HS take the SOLs. How do you think TJ gets those top scores?[/quote]

Math SOL ends at Algebra II. 
Kids at TJ do not take Algebra I or Geometry SOLs in HS.  They take them before they get to HS. Some do not take any math SOLs as they have finished with the math SOLs before they get there.   But there are no other students, so their math scores are still high.

At the other schools (NOT TJ), the students that take the most math SOLs, i[i] high school[/i],  are the ones who are okay to not very good in math.  The good to fabulous math students take only one or two as they are beyond the SOL math courses faster.  As a result, it lowers the average SOLs for math at those schools.  [/quote]

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