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[quote=Anonymous]I forgot to mention that depending on the state and district, there could be other reasons for a school to have a high or low score. For instance, in FCPS, we have Adv. Academic Centers in some schools. Those kids in the AAP centers are selected because they are good students (like G/T or TAG centers). Obviously, those kids bring up the overall pass rate of the school. Those schools should be a 9 or 10 since they have a big proportion of kids who are the brightest. If a school with a T/G or AAP section is only a "5" -- you can be sure that the rest of the school (not AAP or T/G kids) are doing really bad on the tests. The opposite is also true.. some schools are known as centers for special ed issues more than others and that can have a downward push on the overall pass rate. You have to look at the subgroup numbers to know if this is true.[/quote]
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