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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am a DCI parent with a child in middle school.  My kid's PARCC scores for last year were 5s (and were 4s in elementary) so I feel like my kid is learning.  The IB diploma program is, by all accounts, very difficult and many students opt not to take it (they can do a career track diploma program).  I think it was very hard for kids in the pandemic (and their teachers) so I think the results over the next few years will be very telling.  But unlike WIS, DCI has a very diverse set of kids from all backgrounds so it isn't fair to compare them to one another. [/quote]

It isn't fair to keep the top kids at DCI back either.  It's not uncommon for strong students to be bored in the program.  Kids hardly get any home work in middle school, even in 7th and 8th grades. Ambition is not DCI's strong suit. Happy talk is.  It's not uncommon for families of top students on the French and Chinese tracks to supplement on weekends (in heritage programs with actual native speakers). Some DCI parents pay for pricey summer immersion camps because the language instruction isn't that great outside Spanish.  Families of the best students often don't stay for HS. The results over the next few years will be entirely predictable, vs. very telling. DCI's average IB points will climb into the low 30s over time. Meanwhile, the best suburban programs post average scores in the high 30s, even the low 40s. [/quote]

Oh it's the Yu Ying troll now at DCI!!! 1. No kid is ever bored in the IB program. It's hard as hell and very intense. You are so wrong about the supplemental instruction--no one does that at DCI. Can't you just crawl back under your rock in the suburbs and leave DC schools alone????
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Yep, it’s the Yu Ying troll.  So obvious and so bitter that she trolls the DCI threads and can’t move on.  It’s rather sad.

No school in the DMV or country is posting IB averages in the high 30’s and low 40’s BTW.  None.  A very small percentage of students at the school might get those scores but overwhelming majority do not.[/quote]

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