IB_Lowers_scores Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > If you look at fcps site, most IB schools perform > poorly when it comes to SAT as compared to AP. > Maybe IB standards are lower... All the top rated > schools are AP schools. Why dont they just dump IB > and provide AP to all schools. That would level > the playing field. If that is true, then
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WestfieldDad Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > My problem is that the County has said they can't > coexist at default schools. Despite what you have read here, perhaps that may be changing. We can hope and I think it is parents like you who will make it so.
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Dear Westfield Dad, I hope you will at least give South Lakes a good look. You might change your mind. Just think of the great debates you will have with the parents! You have had much practice here.
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There is no longer a writing SAT2. It is part of the SAT1 now. Neen wrote: In FACT, our FCPS students who attend AP schools, and take the most AP courses, SEEM to write better, and think better than any IB graduate (emphasis added). Are these real facts or your facts? Please provide data to back up the statement of fact.
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Does anyone here think that TJ kids are typical? I'd bet their parents would take issue with that.
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Forum Reader Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Hey, SLV, can we agree to this? If you have a > fact, cite your source. Otherwise label thoughts > as opinions, suggestions, ideas, whatever? Of course I agree, but if you quote IBO data that is eight years old, please indicate if that is the case so that we know it may not be current. :)
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WestfieldDad Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Verity - It's my understanding that anyone can > take an AP test. There's no requirement that the > test takers must have taken the AP course. So, IB > kids could have taken those AP tests. > Well, I did not personally call each and every school, and will leave that to more wonkish types here if they
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Forum Reader: Haven't we already gone over this and didn't I correct the record earlier today and then post the file that I intended to reference? Please try to show some grace. There is no need to beat a dead horse. Play with semantics all you like, but I don't think you would like it if someone accused you of misstating. mis·state /mɪsˈsteɪt/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronun
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Forum Reader, give it a rest. You are creating distractions of your own because you left out a significant part of the sequence (posted for your edification below) in which you quoted from the IBO the following statement: > The IBO does not permit students to take an IBO > test without completing the related IBO course. Were you not impugning (i.e., casting doubt upon) the informatio
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Thank you Floris. I have always tried to correct any data given that was later questioned, as I did today, and have no reason to be ashamed of anything I have said. I would wager that an overwhelming majority of posts here are based on perception, even those backed up with data. For every piece of data presented, there will be another one to refute it. Such is life. In the long run, how much
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Neen Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > SLVerity Wrote: > > What does your little chart prove? That more > students at South Lakes enrolled in an AP class at > some other school than did students at Marshall, > Lee, and Mount VErnon? So what? > Again, the file was for Forum Reader, not you.
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Neen, why are two people not allowed to have differing opinions? Does everyone have to agree with you? Is there anything you don't know? Also, why are you stepping in a discussion that I am having with Forum Reader? It is not your business. But you do have that Gladys Cravitz personality, don't you? You have made many incorrect assertions on this site, and you have been called out on them.
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IO told you that you have a biased opinion. Don't be so defensive.
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Neen, despite your very biased opinion, until very recently, Madison was not touted as a 'coveted' location. I think you are engaging in some rewrites of history. Perceptions change all the time - we don't live in a static area and most people's view aren't static either.
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Forum Reader Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- I bring up Marshall again because last night > SLVerity posted, "Dear FR, ... Fact: South Lakes > is the only IB school in Fairfax that does not > offer any AP classes. Check for yourself. ..." > > So I did check for myself and found SLV was again > in error, that half, four of eight, FCPS IB high >
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Forum Reader, A lot of people on this thread, including one of your strongest advocates, do not consider Marshall to be a successful school. Go back and read for yourself. How do they judge success?: By its relative size to surrounding schools.
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Thomas More Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > truthbetold Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Marshall, . . . They really love the IB > program. > > Sorry to burst your bubble but I have three > nephews at Marshall and most parents at Marshall > that I talk to spontaneously volunteer that they >
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Forum Reader Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > It would be rude of me to say your so-called fact > was a lie, so I will simply call it a > misstatement. > > Back to the point of the discussion: Marshall is > considerably smaller than South Lakes, offers no > AP courses, and still attracts quite a few > students who pupil place from Langle
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Forum Reader Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > So a quick online fact check indicates that last > year four of eight IB high schools offered no IB > courses, none of them offered any AP science, and > only super-sized Robinson offered Calculus, and > not BC Calculus. Why are you looking at last year? We are talking about the here and now.
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FME Mom: I support targeting at-risk students with intense measures designed to bring up their achievement, and those will not be needed with all students. I went to an elementary school where students were separated by ability. I think there were 3 or 4 levels. It had advantages and disadvantages. Biggest disadvantage: I'm not sure if enough was expected from the lowest performers and the
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Forum Reader : I don't have to research Stuart, but Bruce Butler has, and has also met with numerous educators from Richmond and other successful school districts. He is implementing exactly the types of things that they recommended. Additionally, he is working very closely with new leadership at Hughes to reach at-risk children sooner and begin implementing success measures at an earlier age.
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Gee, why didn't I see that? What's the point? It makes no sense to bring the lowest achievers among us to a minimum standard. Let's just practice that ol' soft bigotry of no expectations and say what the hey. Cancel the Boundary Study while we're at it. I am so relieved to be done with this!!!!
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Dear FR, Did you not read my post just prior where I asked you to accept that we just agree to disagree? Fact: South Lakes is the only IB school in Fairfax that does not offer any AP classes. Check for yourself. Parents would certainly like the school to offer more of those. It is not up to me to select course offerings for the school, but rather up to current and future students and their fa
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Forum Reader, numerous citations have been posted here that substantiate the theory that lower income students do better in schools where they comprise a smaller portion of the total population - go back and read some of Clarifier's posts. Additionally, those schools are less likely to lose those middle class families that are the lynch-pin of any good school. It's a win-win for everyone. Ta
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WestfieldDad Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Entirely possible that that's correct in their > cases. On the other hand, my kid has thrived at > Westfield and actually happens to like the fact > that Westfield is huge. Likes it that it's so big > that, even if there are cliques, he's not even > aware of them. I am sure that your child and man
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My educator friends in Richmond have explained some of the reasons for differences in success. Schools in Richmond are very different from those in Fairfax. While the Richmond school district is almost entirely comprised of African American children from poor to lower middle class families, low-achieving students in Fairfax are educated with students from many different financial circumstances
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abc Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Has anyone considered that the overwhelmingly > large size of Westfield may have negatively > impacted recent graduates who now live in infamy? > > ...... > Cheap shot....shame on you.... I was not taking a cheap shot. I was referring to numerous articles that indicated the alienation of the people involved.
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Floris Parent Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I am curious where the, teachers, materials etc > will be coming from, and how it will be paid for, > to accommodate all of the additional students at > SL. In addition, there will be the added expense > of running all of the buses to all of the existing > schools for the next 3 years. I thought I rea
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I find it funny that some posters who use every opportunity to denigrate the so-called 'liberal' education establishment, nevertheless pull out US DOE studies when it suits their purposes. So are we now to agree that the US DOE is doing a fine job leading educational efforts in this country? And if we are, then a quick reading of the very same studies indicates that all schools should be reduced
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Some recent posters are making the assumption that all kids are South Lakes are disadvantaged. It is simply not the case. The redistricting will also help middle class kids at South Lakes receive programs and classes equal to their peers at surrounding schools. That will make it more likely that their families will also stay in the school and in that in turn will help the disadvantaged kids. R
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