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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's a pretty good summary of the problems actually.  [/quote]

How so?

I understand IB is actually great at tracking. Why doesn’t that work at DCI?

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They don’t do it in middle school (same as Deal) . It will happen in high school for 11th and 12th when students choose HL classes (or not). [/quote]

Much too little too late!

Not clear if DCI will offer HL language classes. They don't have to in order to remain certified as an IBD World School. Neither Banneker nor Eastern does.[/quote]

Frankly I'd be more concerned if they didn't offer HL literature, history, science and math classes. [/quote]

OK, but not sure how much mileage your student gets from years of immersion language studies when SL (Standard Level) IBD is on a par with AP academically, and kids who start learning Spanish in 7th or 8th grade at Deal routinely score 5/5 on AP Spanish at Wilson.[/quote]

AP spanish is a joke.

SL spanish is no joke.

I don’t know about the others, but I knew native speakers who got 6s on SL IB spanish exams.

Can we be done about the HL language classes?  I’m also more concerned about other issues. [/quote]

I took both exams during the same month, a decade ago.

I remember that the level of Spanish knowledge required to score high was similar for both exams, but the emphasis was different. AP emphasized knowledge of Spanish grammar.  SL emphasized speaking and listening. I'm not a native speaker but have a good ear and got the top score on both exams (5/5 and 7/7).  I got those scores although I didn't have a chance to start studying Spanish until I was a teenager. My IBD advisor suggested that I didn't take HL Spanish, although I was in the HL Spanish class, because she thought I'd score too low, maybe a 3 or 4/7, hurting my IBD points total. I went on to graduate from an Ivy as a Latin Am Studies concentrator.

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Well maybe you're a little special.

Let's hear more about the non-language classes or other issues, can we?[/quote]

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