GreatSchools Ratings Updated

[Anonymous]

Has GreatSchools changed its formula to more heavily weight it’s equity measurement? I would be interested in seeing an explanation.

[Anonymous]

Hill schools feel fairly accurate/more accurate than previously, especially if you accept the emphasis on equity:

Brent 9
Maury 8 (feels low)
L-T 8 (up from 5; feels more accurate)
SWS 8 (down from 10)
Payne 8 (up from 6, I believe)
Watkins 7
CHML 6
Van Ness 6
Tyler 6
JO Wilson 5
TRY 4
TR4 3
Miner 3

[Anonymous]

SWS dropped from 10/10 to 8/10 so good job to all the idiots pushing affinity groups instead of math.

[Anonymous]

Yeah, the scores don't feel that crazy to me. All the usual suspects are up there at the very top in upper NW.

There is something deeply satisfying about seeing so many very good Title 1 DCPS schools score higher "HRCS"s. (Coming from someone who saw many people flee/avoid the DCPS schools for those charters). We knew these schools were good, and they are.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yeah, the scores don't feel that crazy to me. All the usual suspects are up there at the very top in upper NW.

There is something deeply satisfying about seeing so many very good Title 1 DCPS schools score higher "HRCS"s. (Coming from someone who saw many people flee/avoid the DCPS schools for those charters). We knew these schools were good, and they are.

Let it go!

[Anonymous]

Why is it still showing Takoma, Whittier, and LaSalle-Backus as PK-8 and Wells is unrated? I'd think 4 years would be long enough to fix that.

[Anonymous]

Great schools rating is crap. I would not use that as your primary source in choosing schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why is it still showing Takoma, Whittier, and LaSalle-Backus as PK-8 and Wells is unrated? I'd think 4 years would be long enough to fix that.

We went through the experience of getting Great schools to change the name and grade levels of our schools and it required a letter from the principal.

Honestly I'm not sure I would recommend a PTO going through the effort of doing that. GreatSchools sucks (as evidenced by their totally out of date information) and it'll still suck even if you make minor corrections. Making it look better only leads people to use it as a resource, which is bad.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hill schools feel fairly accurate/more accurate than previously, especially if you accept the emphasis on equity:

Brent 9
Maury 8 (feels low)
L-T 8 (up from 5; feels more accurate)
SWS 8 (down from 10)
Payne 8 (up from 6, I believe)
Watkins 7
CHML 6
Van Ness 6
Tyler 6
JO Wilson 5
TRY 4
TR4 3
Miner 3

I'd give Maury a 9 and Brent 7 or less.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hill schools feel fairly accurate/more accurate than previously, especially if you accept the emphasis on equity:

Brent 9
Maury 8 (feels low)
L-T 8 (up from 5; feels more accurate)
SWS 8 (down from 10)
Payne 8 (up from 6, I believe)
Watkins 7
CHML 6
Van Ness 6
Tyler 6
JO Wilson 5
TRY 4
TR4 3
Miner 3

I'd give Maury a 9 and Brent 7 or less.

+1. I didn't want to add that Brent feels high to me, but it does.

But also, some of the data is just definitely wrong. I was trying to pull up how exactly the equity scores worked and looking at schools with genuinely mixed populations. GS gives L-T a 10 for white scores & a 6 for Black scores, which isn't great (and I assume is the reason for the lower equity rating). But it also claims L-T is 36% white & 47% Black, which is actually the exact reverse of the real percentages. Made me highly skeptical of this site's data as a general matter.

[Anonymous]

Mann is still a 9/10 on Great Schools but fell out of the Top 10 on School Digger. Anything behind that?

[Anonymous]

GS has LAMB (who has kids preform worse than state average for both white and Hispanic) as a 10 and ITDS as a 2. I don't have a kid at either but attended ITDS 6 years ago. This tells me everything I need to know about GS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Mann is still a 9/10 on Great Schools but fell out of the Top 10 on School Digger. Anything behind that?

If Greatschools uses 2021/22 data - I have no insights, but for 2022/23 - Mann PARCC scores are significantly behind schools like Key, Lafayette, and Ross. So maybe an overall trend of decreased focus on core subjects?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:GS has LAMB (who has kids preform worse than state average for both white and Hispanic) as a 10 and ITDS as a 2. I don't have a kid at either but attended ITDS 6 years ago. This tells me everything I need to know about GS.

LAMB at a 10/10 does seem a little wild. Not saying it is a bad school but when you look at the metrics.. what did they do to deserve a 10?

GS is absolute trash.

[Anonymous]

It dropped the Latin number to a 2/10 for their middle school.

Then you look at the data and nothing speaks 2/10. I guess Latin does not release some information and GS dinged them really hard for it.