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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Some of these assessments are pretty harsh, even by DCUM standards. This is only the second class of graduating seniors in the school's history, and many of them didn't start immersion in lower elementary. (Our feeder school, Mundo Verde, hasn't even been around long enough to have graduating 12th graders.)

DCI has taken a lot of kids in 9th grade who are new to language immersion, likely giving these students a better option than their inbound high school.

For those who started immersion early and are very motivated and talented, they can get IB diplomas and have more foreign language skills than they could ever otherwise get without going to a private school. That's not bad.

The school isn't perfect, but it is a great new-ish option for the city and many of its small class of 2021 graduates appear to have great college options.[/quote]

We certainly weren't expecting miracles, but 15 seniors earning the Diploma last year? That's not good.

I earned the Diploma in a public school ranked in the bottom third in my state, with a pass score in the high 30s. We had an IBD pass rate of close to 100% for students on the IB track. I only studied my IBD language, French, for 4 years, coming from a working class family where nobody spoke a foreign language.

Something is broken in the DCI feeders and at DCI.  Not convinced that time will push average pass point totals into the 30s under the circumstances.  Hope I'm wrong. [/quote]

Exactly. The fact that only a third of the kids that tried for the Diploma were able to get it is what is concerning. A school that can meet students where they are and adequately teach the curriculum should not have a pass rate that low. I absolutely hope they can figure it out and become a high quality program, but the skeptic in me thinks they'll fall into the same patterns as the feeders and other DC public programs - watered down standards and a focus on bringing kids up to the middle to the detriment of kids at the top. And I really get it. When your alternative is MacFarland or Brookland Middle, you have a lot of stake in making it work. I truly hope I'm wrong. [/quote]

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