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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have a high-performing kid, and we opted for our IB middle school for logistics, community, and because I liked the school and knew other kids who had been happy there. I presume we’ll have no problem getting into a select HS (and for me that doesn’t have to be just SWW), but I’m also intrigued by Eastern and we’ll take a close look at it once it’s time, but from what I know now, I think my kid would do just fine there in the EPIC/IB program. [/quote]

That's great! Seems like the EPIC/IB program is a game changer.

DCPS, now do all the Cardozo high school feeders.[/quote]

No, the IB program at Eastern is really in name only.  It’s not real IB or rigorous.

The only 2 schools that really do IB correctly and have decent IB scores in this town are DCI and WIS.[/quote]

Are they authorized by IB? They have to go through a review process every few years to maintain their IB status.[/quote]

Both Eastern (https://easternhighschooldcps.org/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=457251&type=d ND Ahttps://www.ibo.org/school/049200/) and Banneker (https://www.ibo.org/en/school/001318) are authorized by IB.  It is my impression that at Banneker more students go the AP route, which may make the info/input on the IB progrram harder to find. At Eastern, the number of students getting the full IB diploma has increased in recent years and had been quite small in the past.[/quote]

They are IB because they offer the courses and diploma.  That’s it.  Not high bar to be named an IB program

Look at percentage of kids who get the actual diploma AND the average score for the school. That will tell you how legit it is

It is not good for either schools above.  BTW the IB courses they both offered from link above is also very limited.
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Not saying what you wrote is true vs. not true, but I also would assume you haven't sat in on or had a child in the classes in either of those programs? Also I have not seen anywhere online where you can see scores for specific schools - I have seen that you need to email the counselor at the school to find out scores. Is there another place you have found scores that you could share? That would be interesting, although I also would like to know more about the tests - I know we go back and forth on here a lot about PARCC/CAPE scores and what they do or don't mean.
I know for Eastern and I assume for Banneker there are prerequisites and grades required to be in the IB full diploma program, and many students choose to pursue another program within the school. Not sure about Banneker, but I know at Eastern that while the number is still small, it has been growing, especially since interest/enrollment in the EPIC program for 9th/10th graders has been increasing. [/quote]

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