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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There just isn't a lot of accountability on the part of leaders of any of the 3 DC public schools IBD programs.

Last fall, I went to open houses for 4 area IBD programs, Richard Montgomery, Washington-Liberty, DCI and Banneker.

I learned the least about Diploma results at the DCI open house. Admins were really fudging the success of the program.

No data on exam results was provided at the DCI open house, not for IBD exams, or AP exams ("our students usually don't take them because they don't need to") or SATs either.  Those in attendance were told exam results info was "internal and confidential."  [/quote]

Very interesting.  That tells parents with high-achieving kids everything they need to know.

Nothing prevents DCI from publicizing their exam results.  [b]The fact that DCI is telling prospective students that IB, AP, and SAT scores are "internal and confidential" means that they are embarrassed by them.  We can only assume that the results are consistent with DCI's PARCC scores, which[i] are[/i] public. [/b] Those show that most 9th graders at DCI are below grade level in math and English. This is after they have been at DCI for a few years, so you can't blame the feeders.

Compare WIS, which puts exam results on their website.  For example, last year WIS had an average IB score of 35, with 18.75% achieving 40 or above.  Their numbers were well above global averages.[/quote]

As a DCI parent who's looking for a way out for high school for a high achiever entering 8th grade, I can't argue with this analysis.

Don't believe the hype about DCI, OP. It seems fair to compare DCI's weak middle school PARCC scores to better scores at Hardy, Deal, Latin 1 and BASIS, whose demographics aren't all that different.

As for IB scores, who knows. We're all in the dark and I'm sick of it. I'd love to know how many DCI students had an average OK score of 40+ this year. I'm guessing 1-2%. Fast forward 5 years, I'd wager 3-5%. Did I mentioned that I missed the parent presentation with the IB scores slide that everybody talks about?  [/quote]

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