Churchill #1 in MD, #75 nationally. Congrats!
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http://www.mymcmedia.org/churchill-high-school-makes-top-100-schools-in-the-country-list/
You can't argue with US News and World report! |
Anonymous
| Whitman and BCC no where to be found in the rankings - interesting. |
Anonymous
Yeah, what is up with that? |
Anonymous
| Since you can't argue with US News..I guess they are not good schools! |
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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. |
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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. |
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| I'm happy to see Paint Branch on that list! |
Anonymous
| IB data was not included this year. So schools that offer IB programs actually are at a disadvantage, because it means less students taking AP - which greatly affects the rankings. |
Anonymous
Why don't you take a look at the methodology - and then see if you can still say this. |
Anonymous
fewer! |
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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 |
Anonymous
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
Well, yes, you can. There are several other ranking sites that don't have Churchill up that high. |
Anonymous
Isn't Poolesville a magnet school? |
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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 |