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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The fact is that we don't have a high-performing IB Diploma program in the DC public school realm, and don't seem to be on track to get one.

We've got BASIS, Walls and Banneker as competitive AP programs, but nothing comparable for IB Diploma. It's never been clear to me why Wilson doesn't offer IB when Deal has for a long time.

I assumed that most of last year's DCI Diploma candidates would earn the Diploma. I couldn't quite believe that not even 1/4, 15 students out of 63 candidates, could clear the bar. Can we expect significantly more robust results this year?

When I attended an info night for the IBD program at Washington-Liberty HS in Arlington before Covid, I learned that their annual pass rate is more than 85%, although the program has never been test-in/selective. The W-L program is around the same size as a DCI class, 100 students.

I don't understand why most DCI parents don't see a red flag in last year's results. Because they're confident that most candidates will pass this year, or maybe in 2022? Serious question.

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The IB diploma results to date (just the class of 2020) are not bad considering most schools IB schools are either private, magnet or school-within-a-school.  DCI provides the IB diploma path to every student, not just its stars.  
In any case, we expect to see more IB diplomas awarded, and higher passing scores, every year, and I am feel no need to pull my child out for HS.  At least wait till you see this year's results (which I think come out some time after graduation).  If the college acceptances, scholarships and and prestigious awards to this class are any indication, things are looking up.   And IB organization itself was apparently impressed enough with DCI to give one of DCI's senior its 2021 award for the best IB Diploma student in the midatlantic region, and that should tell you a lot about the quality of DCI's IB program and students.  
If you're in a feeder and thinking of going private for ms, because of doubts expressed by anonymous posters here, in a couple years you may really regret losing this amazing FREE path to the IB diploma and college preparation.[/quote]

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