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School ratings have changed again
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Anonymous
| I just noticed that again schools ratings have changed. Our high school is not a 6 and it was a 4… I don’t believe it’s because suddenly it’s a better school. What gives? |
Anonymous
Even more so than US News ratings, they change the methodology frequently, apparently so that people will keep paying attention to them. |
Anonymous
“Them” who? |
Anonymous
+1. Looks like this most recent change from Dec 2024 has removed the equity rating and the student progress measure. Now it is based entirely on SOL scores and AP/SAT participation. Pretty meaningless. When the bar to pass SOL tests is only 50% the test score rating loses any real significance, and AP participation is correlated to helicopter parents pushing kids to enroll. Ranks based on actual AP scores corrected for disadvantage status would be very insightful on effective teacher quality. |
Anonymous
Those in charge of Great Schools ratings. For at least the last five years, it hasn't been unusual for schools to bounce from a 9 to a 6 and then back up to an 8 or 9, with the changes having nothing to do with changes at the schools and everything to do with changes in the ratings methodology. It's crazy that the GS ratings still get as much attention as they do, but they rely on people looking for short cuts and willing to put their trust in numerical ratings, regardless of their source or basis. |
Anonymous
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I mean with anything DEI related being cut how could they stay with a formula that weighed equity?
My guess: this is a response to new federal policy. |
Anonymous
| I emailed them a while ago that the test scores sorted by race were being misrepresented. Maybe they finally fixed it? The problem I found was if each grade doesn't have at least 10 kids of whatever race, it shows as 50% pass on the website no matter what the actual rate is. They claim it is not used in the calculation. They will only use whatever grade does have at least 10 kids of whatever race. So, for my particular ES school that meant only 1 grade of Hispanic test scores were considered for the entire equity score despite school wide data by race being available from VDOE. Of course per VDOE, school wide Hispanic pass rates were higher than the 1 grade they based the calculation on. AA pass rates were in the 90s per VDOE, but not considered at all because we don't have more than 10 in any grade. Basically, it wasnt very accurate. |
Anonymous
Maybe it earned a higher equity and diversity score? |
Anonymous
| I have kids at two different schools. The scores remained the same for both. |
Anonymous
No, actually, for the last couple of years FCPS has had a policy of dramatically increasing AP enrollment. The year-on-year increases are eye-popping. |
Anonymous
| IGNORE THE GREAT SCHOOL RATINGS YOU IDIOT. |
Anonymous
It's stupid and pointless in FCPS because the AAP Centers skew everything higher for ES and MS. |
Anonymous
| Why do people still care about this stupid website? It's so dumb. |
Anonymous
| This person is advertising. Scores have not changed in at least three years. I have kids at four different schools. |
Anonymous
+1 |