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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I thought the IB coursework/diploma made the school much more challenging for advanced students. isn't IB a set curriculum?[/quote]

I earned the Diploma and taught at an IB Diploma international school for a few years a decade back.

The IB Diploma Middle Years (grades 6-10) and IB Diploma (grades 11 and 12) Curricula are only as strong as the students and IB World Schools following them. DCI currently offers around half of the IB Diploma subjects/tests available from the IBD HQ Geneva, within the parameters of the several languages taught there. With around one-third of DCI MS students not testing proficient in ELA and math, and academic tracking offered only for math and languages at the middle school level, DCI's leaders have made policy decisions not to support high IB Diploma points totals. IBD Geneva does not prevent or support academic tracking within schools.

DCI is pretty clearly aiming for points scores in the mid to high 20s and low 30s, on a points pass total scale of 24-45, for man years to come. The only language DCI currently teaches at the advanced level by IBD standards is Spanish.  It is what it is.[/quote]

DCI just doesn't have the resources to offer more ib diploma classes than it does now.
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