Anonymous
03/13/2026 20:41
Subject: Re:IS DCI dropping IB
Anonymous wrote:mAnonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:DCI should not be offering AP classes. Students are expected to participate in the IB DP or CP. AP is not aligned with the school's mission or charter. This is a slippery slope.
DCI is on pace to become the highest scoring public or charter school in the city- I said on pace, it probably won’t pass BASIS but Walls is in decline- and offering APs reflects the preferences of the high performing parents who seek it out. I think there’s a sizable group of people who are ambivalent about the immersion but view it as the only chance for real differentiated learning in DC.
Based on what actual data?
They won’t give us yoy AP scores but they do give us SAT and walls has declined. Once the test free cohorts really kick in it’ll get much worse. Only question is if DCI can pass JR.
What?
Walls stopped the entry test during covid, which was now 6 years ago, but Walls SAT average is a couple hundred points higher than DCI.
Anonymous
03/13/2026 20:33
Subject: IS DCI dropping IB
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:
THIS.
Those students who don’t want to pursue the IB diploma can take AP courses.
The highest performing students can be further tracked into AP courses in 9th and 10th, then IB track 11th and on. This will give them a huge advantage in college admissions showing high AP scores early on and strong IB scores later.
I think it’s a good thing to offer more rigorous courses like AP earlier on to the kids who can handle it in 9th and 10th.
The kids not pursuing the IB diploma can take AP in 11th and 12th or when they can handle it.
It is good to offer more tracking IMO.
DCI, per its charter, is IB-for-all. There is no tracking, all 11th and 12th graders pursue their IB diploma (or CP certificate, also an IB program).
Some 10th graders can take AP English as an elective in addition to (not a replacement for) MYP (IB) English, and I believe that there are some math classes that combine AP and IB (unsure though)
While there is IB for all, there is informal tracking in math at least from the very beginning.
Anonymous
03/13/2026 20:16
Subject: IS DCI dropping IB
Anonymous wrote:
THIS.
Those students who don’t want to pursue the IB diploma can take AP courses.
The highest performing students can be further tracked into AP courses in 9th and 10th, then IB track 11th and on. This will give them a huge advantage in college admissions showing high AP scores early on and strong IB scores later.
I think it’s a good thing to offer more rigorous courses like AP earlier on to the kids who can handle it in 9th and 10th.
The kids not pursuing the IB diploma can take AP in 11th and 12th or when they can handle it.
It is good to offer more tracking IMO.
DCI, per its charter, is IB-for-all. There is no tracking, all 11th and 12th graders pursue their IB diploma (or CP certificate, also an IB program).
Some 10th graders can take AP English as an elective in addition to (not a replacement for) MYP (IB) English, and I believe that there are some math classes that combine AP and IB (unsure though)
Anonymous
03/13/2026 16:59
Subject: Re:IS DCI dropping IB
Anonymous wrote:mAnonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:DCI should not be offering AP classes. Students are expected to participate in the IB DP or CP. AP is not aligned with the school's mission or charter. This is a slippery slope.
DCI is on pace to become the highest scoring public or charter school in the city- I said on pace, it probably won’t pass BASIS but Walls is in decline- and offering APs reflects the preferences of the high performing parents who seek it out. I think there’s a sizable group of people who are ambivalent about the immersion but view it as the only chance for real differentiated learning in DC.
Based on what actual data?
They won’t give us yoy AP scores but they do give us SAT and walls has declined. Once the test free cohorts really kick in it’ll get much worse. Only question is if DCI can pass JR.
There was another post about SAT scores that posted actual numbers (not just take my word for it) and this isn’t true.
Anonymous
03/13/2026 16:50
Subject: Re:IS DCI dropping IB
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:DCI should not be offering AP classes. Students are expected to participate in the IB DP or CP. AP is not aligned with the school's mission or charter. This is a slippery slope.
DCI is on pace to become the highest scoring public or charter school in the city- I said on pace, it probably won’t pass BASIS but Walls is in decline- and offering APs reflects the preferences of the high performing parents who seek it out. I think there’s a sizable group of people who are ambivalent about the immersion but view it as the only chance for real differentiated learning in DC.
DCI isn't a selective school like Walls, so I don't see why DCI would be beating it any time soon.
Anonymous
03/13/2026 16:39
Subject: Re:IS DCI dropping IB
Anonymous wrote:mAnonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:DCI should not be offering AP classes. Students are expected to participate in the IB DP or CP. AP is not aligned with the school's mission or charter. This is a slippery slope.
DCI is on pace to become the highest scoring public or charter school in the city- I said on pace, it probably won’t pass BASIS but Walls is in decline- and offering APs reflects the preferences of the high performing parents who seek it out. I think there’s a sizable group of people who are ambivalent about the immersion but view it as the only chance for real differentiated learning in DC.
Based on what actual data?
They won’t give us yoy AP scores but they do give us SAT and walls has declined. Once the test free cohorts really kick in it’ll get much worse. Only question is if DCI can pass JR.
The test-free cohorts are already fully incorporated into the SAT data for Walls. I wouldn’t expect them to fall any further.
Anonymous
03/13/2026 16:31
Subject: Re:IS DCI dropping IB
Anonymous wrote:mAnonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:DCI should not be offering AP classes. Students are expected to participate in the IB DP or CP. AP is not aligned with the school's mission or charter. This is a slippery slope.
DCI is on pace to become the highest scoring public or charter school in the city- I said on pace, it probably won’t pass BASIS but Walls is in decline- and offering APs reflects the preferences of the high performing parents who seek it out. I think there’s a sizable group of people who are ambivalent about the immersion but view it as the only chance for real differentiated learning in DC.
Based on what actual data?
They won’t give us yoy AP scores but they do give us SAT and walls has declined. Once the test free cohorts really kick in it’ll get much worse. Only question is if DCI can pass JR.
I have a kid at DCI. SAT scores at Walls remain light years ahead and DCI will never catch it. But, yea, I doubt there's much daylight between JR and DCI.
Anonymous
03/13/2026 16:15
Subject: IS DCI dropping IB
Anonymous wrote:Many IB schools offer AP courses for the strongest students to take as freshmen/sophomores or those who don’t want to pursue an IB diploma.
THIS.
Those students who don’t want to pursue the IB diploma can take AP courses.
The highest performing students can be further tracked into AP courses in 9th and 10th, then IB track 11th and on. This will give them a huge advantage in college admissions showing high AP scores early on and strong IB scores later.
I think it’s a good thing to offer more rigorous courses like AP earlier on to the kids who can handle it in 9th and 10th.
The kids not pursuing the IB diploma can take AP in 11th and 12th or when they can handle it.
It is good to offer more tracking IMO.
Anonymous
03/13/2026 15:56
Subject: Re:IS DCI dropping IB
mAnonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:DCI should not be offering AP classes. Students are expected to participate in the IB DP or CP. AP is not aligned with the school's mission or charter. This is a slippery slope.
DCI is on pace to become the highest scoring public or charter school in the city- I said on pace, it probably won’t pass BASIS but Walls is in decline- and offering APs reflects the preferences of the high performing parents who seek it out. I think there’s a sizable group of people who are ambivalent about the immersion but view it as the only chance for real differentiated learning in DC.
Based on what actual data?
They won’t give us yoy AP scores but they do give us SAT and walls has declined. Once the test free cohorts really kick in it’ll get much worse. Only question is if DCI can pass JR.
Anonymous
03/13/2026 15:50
Subject: Re:IS DCI dropping IB
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:DCI should not be offering AP classes. Students are expected to participate in the IB DP or CP. AP is not aligned with the school's mission or charter. This is a slippery slope.
DCI is on pace to become the highest scoring public or charter school in the city- I said on pace, it probably won’t pass BASIS but Walls is in decline- and offering APs reflects the preferences of the high performing parents who seek it out. I think there’s a sizable group of people who are ambivalent about the immersion but view it as the only chance for real differentiated learning in DC.
Based on what actual data?
Anonymous
03/13/2026 15:27
Subject: Re:IS DCI dropping IB
Anonymous wrote:DCI should not be offering AP classes. Students are expected to participate in the IB DP or CP. AP is not aligned with the school's mission or charter. This is a slippery slope.
DCI is on pace to become the highest scoring public or charter school in the city- I said on pace, it probably won’t pass BASIS but Walls is in decline- and offering APs reflects the preferences of the high performing parents who seek it out. I think there’s a sizable group of people who are ambivalent about the immersion but view it as the only chance for real differentiated learning in DC.
Anonymous
03/13/2026 14:57
Subject: Re:IS DCI dropping IB
DCI should not be offering AP classes. Students are expected to participate in the IB DP or CP. AP is not aligned with the school's mission or charter. This is a slippery slope.
Anonymous
03/13/2026 09:38
Subject: IS DCI dropping IB
Many IB schools offer AP courses for the strongest students to take as freshmen/sophomores or those who don’t want to pursue an IB diploma.
Anonymous
03/12/2026 23:33
Subject: Re:IS DCI dropping IB
What?? No.
I think they are just expanding the curriculum adding AP courses. This is good for those kids not doing the IB diploma. It’s also good for the IB kids if they take some AP courses and get high scores before doing IB track.
I think they are just expanding the curriculum adding AP courses. This is good for those kids not doing the IB diploma. It’s also good for the IB kids if they take some AP courses and get high scores before doing IB track.
Anonymous
03/12/2026 21:51
Subject: IS DCI dropping IB
Based on several staffing changing and curriculum purchases that do not align with IB, it appears that DCI leadership is planning to step away from IB as the school’s core mission. Anybody else seeing this? Will this impact DCI’s charter approval?