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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Eastern could fill some of those 9th-grade lottery seats that are open this summer and raise their test scores in the process if they just said the words "any kid with at grade level PARCC scores can get into our IB program, and you will only be in classes with other kids at or above grade level." It's not complicated at all. [/quote]

If pretty much every kid is below grade level and you let anyone into IB, you pretty much either have a class of 2 kids or the IB classes are remedial at best. Like “honors for all” at Jackson reed.[/quote]

Alright - you have made your point - other people replying on here seem interested in learning about the actual programs. The data points from the once/year standardized test have been clearly stated multiple times in this thread. What a few other posters are trying to add into the conversation is that there are families in the EPIC, IB, Medical or IT (or some combination of the above) who have been happy with the courses offered. The EPIC (9th/10th grade, pre-IB) program does require an application, teacher recs, GPA, etc. As was said above, the numbers in the EPIC and IB program have been increasing, we will see if it continues under the new leadership. I realize I am in the minority here and it is easy to fixate on one data point when that is all that is readily available, but judging a school based on the scores from a test taken once/year may not be the best way to understand a school. [/quote]

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