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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm not a YuYing parent. Even so, I wasn't too impressed that only 15 DCI seniors (!) earned IB Diploma last year. I also wasn't wowed by how their average points pass total rate was in the 20s (ask admins).

When parents complain that too many DCI students can barely speak target languages they've studied since they were little kids, they're not crazy, they're stating a fact.

The low IBD pass rate and poor speaking skills are linked. This is a curriculum developed in Europe and Canada, where immersion is mostly taken more seriously than in this city.

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8:45 here. I agree with both of these points. They're not popular in DC, but it's not crazy to expect higher standards from these programs. There are clearly very smart kids from all over the city that don't appear on paper to be challenged to perform to the best of their abilities. Getting an IB Diploma is great, but barely passing with the minimum score that is significantly below the average for the IB program is not wonderful. And achieving intermediate language skills after a decade of study in an immersion program is also not particularly noteworthy. I wish DC parents would demand better, but the win-lose nature of the lottery makes it very hard to look critically at your own school and be able to meaningfully lobby for change. That's DC for you, for better or worse.[/quote]

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