What the Consensus on Rankings?

[Anonymous]

Agree, the college admission data better captures real outcomes. Rankings based on mean test performance are simply a reflection of an area's overall SES. Bottom line the difference between the high-schools doesn't appear meaningful.

[Anonymous]

10 from Blair, 3 Poolesville, 1 Churchill, 1 Wooton

http://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/506910.page

Saw this post about the Siemens Semi-Finalists. Wasn't surprised to find that rankings fail to capture this disparity.

[Anonymous]

Isn't there a class at Blair for this contest? Not to take anything away from the finalists, but it would be hard to argue that doesn't come into play.

[Anonymous]

Well Blair's magnet is 100 kids per grade.
School is huge. It has about 2800 kids.
If 1/4 of them are 12th graders, that is 700 kids. So only 1 out of 7 kids is in magnet.
You probably get another 2 college bound kids from CAP and local population.
Only 37% of kids take AP exams (not all of them will pass.)
Got a picture?

I am wondering how is picture are Poolesville, it should be comparable to Wootton, since it is total magnet, and 3/4 of the school get test in kids.

[Anonymous]

Sp Blair is 10X better than Wooten at science?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Isn't there a class at Blair for this contest? Not to take anything away from the finalists, but it would be hard to argue that doesn't come into play.

+1

[Anonymous]

Find a house you like and can afford. All of these clusters are fine and large.

[Anonymous]

I think you won't go wrong with any of those schools. I have a child who went to Wootton and thrived there, and I have two at RM, who also love it.