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[quote=Anonymous]Washington-Liberty in Arlington, where I used to teach, has had a strong IBD program since the 90s.  In Arlington, in order to qualify to take 9th and 10th grade Pre-IB courses, students need high MS grades and must have taken algebra no later than 8th grade and done well in the class.

One thing that I don't like about IBD is that students can only take IBD courses and exams offered at their schools, the way AP worked 30 years ago.  Some small IBD programs will only offer a menu of a dozen IBD courses while other schools will offer two or three times as many.

Some of my IBD students would sign up for AP exams in subjects where they'd mastered content but couldn't take the corresponding exams for IBD, e.g. Art-Drawing, Latin (IBD teaches only modern languages), or US History and US Govt and Politics (IBD doesn't teach US-centric classes).

IBD just started permitting students enrolled in IB World Schools to take courses not offered at their schools on-line (only a few options for right now, e.g. environmental studies).

A few of my "full" IB Diploma students were looking ahead to bargain BAs at top universities in Canada or the UK, where universities normally set specific IB points total cut-offs to review applications, e.g. 36 points or more for a prospective poli science major.  [/quote]

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