Why High School Rankings are Meaningless .... and Harmful

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My criticism on ranking comes from a background in math and statistics.

I believe I probably "know too much" to be anything but critical both in my opinion and my analysis.

As for magnets I am not convinced the school makes the kids, I believe the kids make the school. I also think they would have been just as successful in their home school.

They also do not provide benefit to the education of the community as a whole. Their purpose are to benefits the real estate market.

I guess we can infer from your post that you're highly educated, but since your observations are highly conclusory in nature they lack any special power of persuasion.

[Anonymous]

I am not trying to persuade anybody, just noting my opinion. I don't need to be validated with others agreeing with me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am not trying to persuade anybody, just noting my opinion. I don't need to be validated with others agreeing with me.

Duly noted and promptly forgotten.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We are a generation basing our life choices on rankings. Best college, best high school, golden zip codes, best place to raise a family, etc.

I know, and it's ridiculous. I hope the trend goes away, because it makes people insufferable bores.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We are a generation basing our life choices on rankings. Best college, best high school, golden zip codes, best place to raise a family, etc.

I know, and it's ridiculous. I hope the trend goes away, because it makes people insufferable bores.

If you're reasonably smart and work hard, you don't have to check the rankings. You just end up in nice places naturally, unless you intentionally decide to slum it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I wish the rankings would include some sort of improvement measure. From kids starting at the beginning of the year to the end. Factor that into test scores and you have an idea of how well the school is doing. I also think the variety of classes offered is important.

Unfortuantely that would mean the first month would then be all tersts all the time, just like the last month. I don't think our children need more testing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you're reasonably smart and work hard, you don't have to check the rankings. You just end up in nice places naturally, unless you intentionally decide to slum it.

What a lovely, just world you live in, PP. I would like to live there too.