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GEDAt Elementary School ...4  \nEM Digest  \nTechnology..........5Staff Development......6Instruction Techniques...7  \nFYI  \nA recent report indicates ele-mentary and secondary minorityenrollment will increase from29 percent of the student popula-tion in 1984-1985 to 34 percentin 1994-1995.White student en-rollment is expected to decreaseduring the same period from71 percent to 66 percent.  \nAmong minorities,Asian andPacific Island student enroll-ment should increase more ra-pidly than any other group,morethan 70 percent in the 10-yearperiod.Latino enrollmentshould increase 54 percent,American Indian and Alaskannative enrollment 29 percent,and African American13 percent.  \nWestern Interstate Commissionfor Higher Education,Boulder,  \nColo.September 1991  \nSeptember 24,1991  \nOCT 019  \n# Students Meet International StandardsIn Challenging Precollege Curriculum\n\nA demanding curriculum that holds students and teachersaccountable for high-caliber,internationally recognizededucation standards may sound like a dream for the future,but it's already part of the present in many high schools.  \nMore than 100 American public schools currently offer theInternational Baccalaureate(IB)program,which boasts acurriculum that sparks thinking and gives junior and seniorhigh school students a broad academic precollege base(seerelated story,p.2).  \nThe series ofexams that conclude the program lead to adiploma recognized by more than 60 countries.And likeAdvanced Placement tests,IB tests go far beyond basic stan-dardized achievement tests and qualify students for collegecredit.  \nStudents in IB courses get a taste of what college studies willbe like.\"When they get [to college],they know how to learn,\"says Mary Enda Tookey,coordinator for Chicago's LincolnPark High School's decade-old IB program.  \nStudents also gain a broad,multicultural sense of learning.\"A kid can match what he knows up against someone inSpain,\"says Patricia Prather,IB coordinator of the RanchoBuena Vista High School in California.  \n## The Basics And More\n\nThe International School Association developed the programin 1967 to give students crossing national borders an inter-national education exchange rate.The program now is basedin Geneva,with examination headquarters in Wales.  \nCurrently,178 schools in Canada and the United States usethe IB curriculum,which includes six subject groups.Lan-guage A covers world literature and reading,writing andspeaking in the students'best language,typically English inthe United States.Language B focuses on fluency andanalysis of literature in one foreign language.Individualsand Societies looks at history,geography,economics,  \n(more)  \nphilosophy,psychology and anthropology froma broad,international perspective.Experi-mental Sciences develops skills in biology,physics,environmental systems and chemis-try.Mathematics includes sections for futuremathematicians and other sections on com-puting and applied mathematics.And anelective area lets students choose from suchsubjects as art,computing or music.W  \nStudents must take one course from eacharea,but specific course offerings vary fromschool to school.  \nStudents also take a two-year theory of know-ledge course in which they investigate how  \n## Students Meet International Standards In Challenging Curriculum(Cont.)\n\nTo IB Or Not To IB:Here Are Some Questions  \nSchools considering taking on the Internation-al Baccalaureate(IB)program need to planfar in advance.The application process oftenlasts up to two years,says Paul Campbell ofthe IB North America(IBNA)office in NewYork City.  \nIn the mid-1980s,many schools jumped on theIB bandwagon butjumped off again whenthey found out how much effort and money itcan take to implement the program.In agiven year,20 to 30 schools would apply,but15 would drop out,says Campbell.So the IBoffice established an application procedureschools must follow to gain membership.  \nAnd the IBNA office sends a team of 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