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Anonymous wrote:IB vs AP is like metric vs English
AP is easier and has no diploma track. College credit is the same for either one.

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.

So, I feel we should gerrymander districts to move more minority and FARMS kids into the the Madison, Langley, McLean, etc. pyramids. They should have their fair share of "poors."

So you want poor students to have to travel further to their school just so it will make Marshall look better in comparison to the other schools? You do know some of their parents have limited transportation options, right?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:IB vs AP is like metric vs English
AP is easier and has no diploma track. College credit is the same for either one.

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.

How come it has the the highest sol scores

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.

I thought HS students take SOL?

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

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

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 high school, 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.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:IB vs AP is like metric vs English
AP is easier and has no diploma track. College credit is the same for either one.

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.

How come it has the the highest sol scores

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.

I thought HS students take SOL?

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

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

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:IB vs AP is like metric vs English
AP is easier and has no diploma track. College credit is the same for either one.

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.

How come it has the the highest sol scores

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.

I thought HS students take SOL?

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

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:IB vs AP is like metric vs English
AP is easier and has no diploma track. College credit is the same for either one.

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.

How come it has the the highest sol scores

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.

I thought HS students take SOL?

Some students take the Algebra and Geometry SOL in HS others take it in MS. It counts when you take it.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:IB vs AP is like metric vs English
AP is easier and has no diploma track. College credit is the same for either one.

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.

How come it has the the highest sol scores

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.

I thought HS students take SOL?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:IB vs AP is like metric vs English
AP is easier and has no diploma track. College credit is the same for either one.

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.

How come it has the the highest sol scores

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.

Anonymous wrote:Hello pp! You must be one of the obnoxious posters on the other thread intent on tearing down any positive sign about other schools. As we house hunt in VA, I wish I knew if this type of snotty mentality was the norm at any of the more highly touted schools mentioned by OP. That is certainly not something I would want my kids picking up.

If you're househunting in Fairfax or Arlington counties, it is. Big time.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:IB vs AP is like metric vs English
AP is easier and has no diploma track. College credit is the same for either one.

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.

How come it has the the highest sol scores

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:IB vs AP is like metric vs English
AP is easier and has no diploma track. College credit is the same for either one.

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.

So, I feel we should gerrymander districts to move more minority and FARMS kids into the the Madison, Langley, McLean, etc. pyramids. They should have their fair share of "poors."

Anonymous wrote:IB vs AP is like metric vs English
AP is easier and has no diploma track. College credit is the same for either one.

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.

Anonymous wrote:Anyone know how the AP Capstone course pilot went at Oakton HS?

It will be introduced this school year.

Anyone know how the AP Capstone course pilot went at Oakton HS?

IB vs AP is like metric vs English
AP is easier and has no diploma track. College credit is the same for either one.

I might be wrong, but I'm highly skeptical that there is much difference between IB and AP. My sense is that the quality of the teachers is what matters. Interested in different viewpoints, though.