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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DCI is pretty good [/quote]

+1.  IB program is rigorous.  Great facilities, beautiful campus, lots of extracurriculars, clubs, sports - similar to your typical suburban school.

The issue is that it’s very difficult to get in.  [/quote]

Sort of. DCI has often been boring for my 8th grader, who excels at STEM and doesn't want to stay for HS. Admins insist on lumping kids who work years behind grade level into the same MS English, science and social studies classes as advanced students. The arrangement leads to many classroom disruptions. 8th grade has been better than 6th and 7th because social studies classes are taught in the target language and she's finally being allowed to take more challenging math. Most of the other families don't take language as seriously as we'd like, e.g. few of the high SES families paying for summer immersion camps, and we've had good teachers quit during the school year. The HS is getting better but isn't great. Their clueless college counselors don't seem to know the basics about IBD for Americans, like doubling up on AP tests that correspond to IB subjects so kids have standardized subject test scores to submit with college applications (IBD exams aren't taken until June of senior year).

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Definitely not going to disagree with your experience, but if your child tests into accelerated math and language, you can take social studies in your target language starting in 6th. My kids were placed in 7th grade math in 6th grade, and dci did a good job IMO of ensuring that only high performers are kept in that class. [/quote]

Where do all the low-performing 7th grade math students go?[/quote]

There is a remedial math option. If your accelerated math student can handle it, you are put in accelerated math. Otherwise you’re in regular math. If you need extra help there is remedial math. [/quote]

Looking at DCI abs that is what we have heard is that there is tracking in math, language, social studies in 6th.

Also a few kids now can take math 2 years ahead instead of just 1[/quote]

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