International Program Catches On in U.S. Schools

Tamar Lewin:

The alphabet soup of college admissions is getting more complicated as the International Baccalaureate, or I.B., grows in popularity as an alternative to the better-known Advanced Placement program.
The College Board’s A.P. program, which offers a long menu of single-subject courses, is still by far the most common option for giving students a head start on college work, and a potential edge in admissions.
The lesser-known I.B., a two-year curriculum developed in the 1960s at an international school in Switzerland, first took hold in the United States in private schools. But it is now offered in more than 700 American high schools — more than 90 percent of them public schools — and almost 200 more have begun the long certification process.

The Madison Country Day School has been recently accredited as an IB World School.
Rick Kiley emailed this link: The Truth about IB

One thought on “International Program Catches On in U.S. Schools”

  1. Unfortunately, the whole school must revolve around the IB program (a requirement of IB). It affected the entire school schedule, and they ended up combining AP and IB classes to make IB work. So it ended up that neither were working well. Thankfully, due to the high cost and the realization that combining the classes was not right, IB was eliminated. Don’t think anyone really missed it, as it was down to only a few who were going for the diploma.
    It essentially is a lot of hype for a lot of money. Not worth it.

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