Wootton currently rated a 10 and Gaithersburg HS currently rated a 3…

[Anonymous]

So what do we think the new Crown High School will be rated? It will certainly not be a 10, so what are we thinking? 5, 6?

And before anyone jumps in that ratings don’t matter-they absolutely matter. Colleges look at them for one.

And MCPS seems to be absolutely fine losing the prestige of Wootton’s high performance.

[Anonymous]

Where do these ratings come from? Specify the source.

Usually those are derived from test scores which are correlated with parent affluence.

So a lower rating will just mean you have a more demographically mixed school.

Colleges look at SAT and GPA. Affluent children at a demographically poorer school can still get high SATs. Maybe they will need more private tutoring.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Where do these ratings come from? Specify the source.

Usually those are derived from test scores which are correlated with parent affluence.

So a lower rating will just mean you have a more demographically mixed school.

Colleges look at SAT and GPA. Affluent children at a demographically poorer school can still get high SATs. Maybe they will need more private tutoring.

A lower rating is based on test scores. Which is student performance. and yes, is directly impacted by family influence/involvement. The less family involvement in a school-the lower the score.

Niche/Great schools. everyone wants to say the ratings don’t matter but again-colleges DO in fact look at them.

[Anonymous]

It will be simialr to RM.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It will be simialr to RM.

RM as it is today with the county-wide IB program or the RM of the future without it?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Where do these ratings come from? Specify the source.

Usually those are derived from test scores which are correlated with parent affluence.

So a lower rating will just mean you have a more demographically mixed school.

Colleges look at SAT and GPA. Affluent children at a demographically poorer school can still get high SATs. Maybe they will need more private tutoring.

A lower rating is based on test scores. Which is student performance. and yes, is directly impacted by family influence/involvement. The less family involvement in a school-the lower the score.

Niche/Great schools. everyone wants to say the ratings don’t matter but again-colleges DO in fact look at them.

Colleges do look at them, but not in the way you are insinuating. Attending a higher-ranked school does not improve your chances of admission, and a lower-ranked school does not lower them. If anything, it is the opposite. A kid coming out of a less-segregated school, with strong grades, extracurriculars, and test scores, is going to be prioritized over the 50th kid in the same cohort from a high ranked school, applying to the same schools, with the same course load, test scores, and extracurriculars.

[Anonymous]

Another Wootton thread? How refreshing and original!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It will be simialr to RM.

RM as it is today with the county-wide IB program or the RM of the future without it?

RM without IB will be no different or better than GHS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It will be simialr to RM.

RM as it is today with the county-wide IB program or the RM of the future without it?

RM without IB will be no different or better than GHS.

RM is still better than GHS because it pulls from neighborhoods where the parents actually care about their kids education. Online GHS where parents do not even show up for the scheduled meetings for their kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Where do these ratings come from? Specify the source.

Usually those are derived from test scores which are correlated with parent affluence.

So a lower rating will just mean you have a more demographically mixed school.

Colleges look at SAT and GPA. Affluent children at a demographically poorer school can still get high SATs. Maybe they will need more private tutoring.

A lower rating is based on test scores. Which is student performance. and yes, is directly impacted by family influence/involvement. The less family involvement in a school-the lower the score.

Niche/Great schools. everyone wants to say the ratings don’t matter but again-colleges DO in fact look at them.

Colleges do look at them, but not in the way you are insinuating. Attending a higher-ranked school does not improve your chances of admission, and a lower-ranked school does not lower them. If anything, it is the opposite. A kid coming out of a less-segregated school, with strong grades, extracurriculars, and test scores, is going to be prioritized over the 50th kid in the same cohort from a high ranked school, applying to the same schools, with the same course load, test scores, and extracurriculars.

An A+ at Wootton has far more relevance than an A+ at GHS. it’s just simply easier to have better scores when tests are graded on a curve to account for all the kids that fail. So yeah, graduating with a 4.0 at GHS is not nearly the same at graduating with a 4.0 at Wootton.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Where do these ratings come from? Specify the source.

Usually those are derived from test scores which are correlated with parent affluence.

So a lower rating will just mean you have a more demographically mixed school.

Colleges look at SAT and GPA. Affluent children at a demographically poorer school can still get high SATs. Maybe they will need more private tutoring.

A lower rating is based on test scores. Which is student performance. and yes, is directly impacted by family influence/involvement. The less family involvement in a school-the lower the score.

Niche/Great schools. everyone wants to say the ratings don’t matter but again-colleges DO in fact look at them.

Colleges do look at them, but not in the way you are insinuating. Attending a higher-ranked school does not improve your chances of admission, and a lower-ranked school does not lower them. If anything, it is the opposite. A kid coming out of a less-segregated school, with strong grades, extracurriculars, and test scores, is going to be prioritized over the 50th kid in the same cohort from a high ranked school, applying to the same schools, with the same course load, test scores, and extracurriculars.

An A+ at Wootton has far more relevance than an A+ at GHS. it’s just simply easier to have better scores when tests are graded on a curve to account for all the kids that fail. So yeah, graduating with a 4.0 at GHS is not nearly the same at graduating with a 4.0 at Wootton.

Yes, Einstein, I completely agree

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It will be simialr to RM.

RM as it is today with the county-wide IB program or the RM of the future without it?

It's hard to say till we see new boudaries. But somewhere in the range. RM will still have a great IB magnet program. A bit diluted but it will have a strong one.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It will be simialr to RM.

RM as it is today with the county-wide IB program or the RM of the future without it?

It's hard to say till we see new boudaries. But somewhere in the range. RM will still have a great IB magnet program. A bit diluted but it will have a strong one.

RM pulls from neighborhoods with strong working class families who care very much about their kids’ education. I would choose to be sent here way before I would choose to be sent to Crown.
-Current Wootton Parent

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It will be simialr to RM.

RM as it is today with the county-wide IB program or the RM of the future without it?

It's hard to say till we see new boudaries. But somewhere in the range. RM will still have a great IB magnet program. A bit diluted but it will have a strong one.

RM pulls from neighborhoods with strong working class families who care very much about their kids’ education. I would choose to be sent here way before I would choose to be sent to Crown.
-Current Wootton Parent

+1

I will RM over crown as well.

- Another Wootton Parent

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Where do these ratings come from? Specify the source.

Usually those are derived from test scores which are correlated with parent affluence.

So a lower rating will just mean you have a more demographically mixed school.

Colleges look at SAT and GPA. Affluent children at a demographically poorer school can still get high SATs. Maybe they will need more private tutoring.

A lower rating is based on test scores. Which is student performance. and yes, is directly impacted by family influence/involvement. The less family involvement in a school-the lower the score.

Niche/Great schools. everyone wants to say the ratings don’t matter but again-colleges DO in fact look at them.

Colleges do look at them, but not in the way you are insinuating. Attending a higher-ranked school does not improve your chances of admission, and a lower-ranked school does not lower them. If anything, it is the opposite. A kid coming out of a less-segregated school, with strong grades, extracurriculars, and test scores, is going to be prioritized over the 50th kid in the same cohort from a high ranked school, applying to the same schools, with the same course load, test scores, and extracurriculars.

An A+ at Wootton has far more relevance than an A+ at GHS. it’s just simply easier to have better scores when tests are graded on a curve to account for all the kids that fail. So yeah, graduating with a 4.0 at GHS is not nearly the same at graduating with a 4.0 at Wootton.

MCPS doesn't give + and - grades, and external criteria like AP scores are going to mean a lot in this sort of case.

But if you think grade inflation doesn't happen at highly segregated schools, you have obviously never had a child in one of those schools, or taught in one.