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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Eastern high school suffers from all the same problems as all the non selective DCPS schools.  If you send a kid there they will be in classes that are often half full for no reason, kids on devices all day barely engaging academically, leaving school early, smoking weed on campus, etc.  There are good students and staff there but the experience of those who care is ruined by out of control students that DCPS refuses to address in any meaningful way.  If your kid works really hard they will be bored because teachers spend half the time trying to catch up all the kids who were late/absent and dealing with behavior. [/quote]

But the IB cohort is a good way of solving that problem, no? Kids are selecting into it. They want to be there. It may not solve the academic preparation problem, but I don't think these are kids with behavior issues. [/quote]

Nobody is willing to clearly explain if the IB program actually is effectively an honors program/school within school. [/quote]

I have heard from someone who is a long term sub there that it is basically two different schools that are pretty separated. Honors/IB and gen ed.[/quote]

They are also in their 2nd year of an honors program for 9th & 10th. 
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How is it honors if their math CAPE scores are so low?[/quote]

Kids don't take math cape every year. It's possible that the kids taking it at Eastern are the ones who are bad at math and those who are good at math finished taking math capes in middle school..

It's also possible that nearly everyone in the school is below grade level at math and the honors classes are just the kids who are a little less below and a little better behaved. I don't know which applies to Eastern.[/quote]

"It's possible that the kids taking it at Eastern are the ones who are bad at math and those who are good at math finished taking math capes in middle school.."

I don't like the way this is phrased, but this is what I came on here to write. There are tracks for kids to take algebra and geometry in middle school, and while I don't obviously have the data in front of me, it may be safe to assume that the kids applying to the honors EPIC track are the kids who took the advanced math classes in middle school so they would be removed from the high school data set.

The parents we know with kids in the EPIC program have been impressed, and I have attended open houses and it seems like there are good opportunities. As a parent of a middle schooler, it will be on our list when it is time to apply for high schools. 
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Well, no. Right idea but the data doesn't bear it out. The CAPE tests Algebra I, Geometry, and Algebra II. The feeder middles offer Algebra I and Geometry, so the top kids would come in to Algebra II in 9th grade. And if they're really so bright, they should be able to score a 4. There's also the cohort of kids who took Algebra I in 8th grade (so they're doing well) and should be able to provide Eastern with grade-level or better scores on Geometry and Algebra II CAPE tests in 9th and 10th grade. That's not what's happening in the data though.[/quote]

Above is the right analysis when you look at it critically and break things down.
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