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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just to set the record straight -- Deal is the only DCPS with an IB program. There are others implementing but do not have an approved program up and running. In addition IB is for every student at Deal. It isn't a track for just the smart kids. Everyone does it.  We looked at Eastern because we live IB but went to Deal. Limping along is a perfect way to describe the program. Perhaps I am jaded coming from a Deal but I was surprised the IB program was actually an accredited program.  While nicely run their level in 9th grade (when my child shadowed) was below what he was working on in 8th grade in science and math. He choose Banneker instead and did really well there. I am sure Eastern will be fine but they are definitely taking the slow road. [/quote]

PPs may not know that the IB Middle Years (6th - 10th grades) and IB Diploma Program (11th and 12th grades) can work as stand alone programs.  There are no terminal exams in the IBMY program, meaning that a broad cross section of kids can bump along following the curriculum, as at Deal.  IB Diploma accredidation doesn't mean much - the only metrics worth paying attention to are numbers and percentages of full IB Diploma students earning the credential and point totals.  A strong IB Diploma Program will have an average point total in the high 30s.  If I find out what what Eastern's average point total is, I'll post it here in the fall.  I'm going to guess around 25 or 26.

Growth of the IB Diploma Program has been strongest in the US and the UK in the last decade.  Only 20 years ago, most US IB Diploma programs were found in private schools.   Now the US has hundreds, including high-powered suburban schools like Richard Montgomery and Washington-Lee (Arlington), where a HS student is either on the full IB track or off.  A student who's on takes IB classes with other full IB students, not AP classes with AP students.  Fairfax's use of the IB Diploma Program as a tool to short up struggling high schools isn't the norm.

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