Growth of IB Program in Upper St. Clair

Let’s understand the impact of this “cost reduction” of eliminating the IB program in Upper St. Clair on USC residents’ taxes.

EDITOR'S NOTE: Willy Scherf  is president and CEO of Bayer Corporate and Business Services LLC. He was born in Bergisch Gladbach, Germany.

End of program a loss for community

A comparison of AP courses and IB Diploma and Certificate programs in Upper St. Clair High School. 

While AP classes have been available at USCHS for many years, USC students wrote the first IB Diploma/Certificate exams in 2001/2002.

The number of IB candidates has been growing steadily every year since the program's inception. This year (2005-2006) 161 seniors and juniors are taking IB courses, some of which are two year classes.

Here are links to various reports that compare College Board's Advanced Placement and IBO's International Baccalaureate Diploma curriculum for Mathematics & Science subjects.