Churchill #1 in MD, #75 nationally. Congrats!

[Anonymous]

All W schools are top 1% btw.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It considers PARCC pass rate, AP / IB pass rate and percentage of students taking them and how well disadvantaged students do relative to the state average.

magnet schools are ranked separately.

AP / IB data is from 14-15.

Except Poolesville included in the whole, and neither Blair Magnet programs nor Thomas Jefferson seem to be included in Magnet schools. Strange.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That explains BCC, but where is Whitman? My guess is this:

• Step 2: Identify high schools that performed at or better than the state average for their least advantaged students

Yep. This comes up every year. If you don't have any "least advantaged" students, or a statistically uncountable number, you lose out on a major metric. Which is fine. Whiteman families will just have to assume their school is fine.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That explains BCC, but where is Whitman? My guess is this:

• Step 2: Identify high schools that performed at or better than the state average for their least advantaged students

Yep. This comes up every year. If you don't have any "least advantaged" students, or a statistically uncountable number, you lose out on a major metric. Which is fine. Whitman families will just have to assume their school is fine.

There are some "least advantaged" students at Whitman including those who are housed at the NCCF facility, but they often don't stay long enough for the school to have an impact, and many come in with significant educational deficits. The school and school community works hard to help those kids while they are there but I suspect they don't test well.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That explains BCC, but where is Whitman? My guess is this:

• Step 2: Identify high schools that performed at or better than the state average for their least advantaged students

Yep. This comes up every year. If you don't have any "least advantaged" students, or a statistically uncountable number, you lose out on a major metric. Which is fine. Whiteman families will just have to assume their school is fine.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Methodology:

STEP 1 | Students perform better than expected in their state.
We looked at reading and math results for students on each state's proficiency tests and then factored in the percentage of economically disadvantaged students, who tend to score lower.

STEP 2 | Disadvantaged students perform better than state average.
We compared each school's math and reading proficiency rates for disadvantaged students - black, Hispanic and low-income - with the statewide results for these student groups and then selected schools that were performing better than their state averages.

STEP 3 | Student graduation rates meet or exceed a national standard
We excluded schools from consideration if their graduation rates were lower than 75 percent - a threshold that is higher than a federal law that requires states to give extra resources to schools below 67 percent.

STEP 4 | Students are prepared for college-level coursework.
We calculated a College Readiness Index, which is based on the school's AP participation rate and how well the students did on those tests. Tiebeakers were used to determine ranks of schools that achieved the same College Readiness Index.

More: https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/articles/rankings-methodologies

This is why so many schools push more AP exams than is necessary or healthy... rankings. Capitalism at work. It's a terrible marker for "college readiness".

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Methodology:

STEP 1 | Students perform better than expected in their state.
We looked at reading and math results for students on each state's proficiency tests and then factored in the percentage of economically disadvantaged students, who tend to score lower.

STEP 2 | Disadvantaged students perform better than state average.
We compared each school's math and reading proficiency rates for disadvantaged students - black, Hispanic and low-income - with the statewide results for these student groups and then selected schools that were performing better than their state averages.

STEP 3 | Student graduation rates meet or exceed a national standard
We excluded schools from consideration if their graduation rates were lower than 75 percent - a threshold that is higher than a federal law that requires states to give extra resources to schools below 67 percent.

STEP 4 | Students are prepared for college-level coursework.
We calculated a College Readiness Index, which is based on the school's AP participation rate and how well the students did on those tests. Tiebeakers were used to determine ranks of schools that achieved the same College Readiness Index.

More: https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/articles/rankings-methodologies

This is why so many schools push more AP exams than is necessary or healthy... rankings. Capitalism at work. It's a terrible marker for "college readiness".

+1000

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That explains BCC, but where is Whitman? My guess is this:

• Step 2: Identify high schools that performed at or better than the state average for their least advantaged students

Yep. This comes up every year. If you don't have any "least advantaged" students, or a statistically uncountable number, you lose out on a major metric. Which is fine. Whiteman families will just have to assume their school is fine.

I saw that too. LOL!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Churchill #1
Wootton #2
Poolsville #3
Walter Johnson #4
RM #5
Magruder #6
Damascus #19
Paint Branch #22
Wheaton #27

I do not know what they are measuring? LOL. BCC, Whitman, Blair, QO, Northwest nowhere on the list.

They're ranking schools by low diversity. Safe to say segregation is alive in well in MoCo.

[Anonymous]

Whtiman's great schools ranking dropped to 8. Are we sure there isn't a problem?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That explains BCC, but where is Whitman? My guess is this:

• Step 2: Identify high schools that performed at or better than the state average for their least advantaged students

Yep. This comes up every year. If you don't have any "least advantaged" students, or a statistically uncountable number, you lose out on a major metric. Which is fine. Whiteman families will just have to assume their school is fine.

I saw that too. LOL!

Pretty sure it was intentional.

[Anonymous]

Go Wheaton!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Go Wheaton!

Will Wheaton!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That explains BCC, but where is Whitman? My guess is this:

• Step 2: Identify high schools that performed at or better than the state average for their least advantaged students

Yep. This comes up every year. If you don't have any "least advantaged" students, or a statistically uncountable number, you lose out on a major metric. Which is fine. Whiteman families will just have to assume their school is fine.

I saw that too. LOL!

I am so tired of that stupid joke. I wish PP would come up with something new. I mean, seriously, how many time can you recycle same lame joke?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That explains BCC, but where is Whitman? My guess is this:

• Step 2: Identify high schools that performed at or better than the state average for their least advantaged students

Yep. This comes up every year. If you don't have any "least advantaged" students, or a statistically uncountable number, you lose out on a major metric. Which is fine. Whiteman families will just have to assume their school is fine.

I saw that too. LOL!

I am so tired of that stupid joke. I wish PP would come up with something new. I mean, seriously, how many time can you recycle same lame joke?

Not PP, but this is actually what the kids call it. The parents will come up with a new joke as soon as the kids do.