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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Did you look at why? It is because they are failing low income students and the is a large achievement gap. For test scores overall it is still ranked well.  I am glad GS changed their ratings. [/quote]

I did spend quite some time reading about the new GS ratings technique. Regarding so many schools failing FARMS and ESL students, it's puzzling to me as so many different counties and cities school boards have put so much into aiding, not ignoring this problem over the last decade. More $$$, more teachers and aids, smaller class sizes, one on one tutoring, translation specialists who work with students and parents on how to help, support groups and more.

I'm not sure what the problem is that FARM and ESL students haven't seen greater gains on testing, but I don't think it is for lack of effort on the part of Northern Virginia public schools. Could it be that Great Schools is not picking up on ways students are achieving? Is NoVA seeing such a new influx of students each year such that it starts the wheel turning again? Is Common Core itself not succeeding? 
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I'm in MD, not Virginia, but clicked through because the same thing happened in our area. What I saw this year was that schools that had surged on the basis of magnet (language or test-in) programs suffered in the GS rankings this year, which makes sense because they are investing a lot of resources in a small number of mostly white and Asian middle class kids, and relying on those kids to boost the overall test scores.

So, schools that had focused their energies on luring middle class families took a hit because they actually WEREN'T doing a great job with low income kids and kids of color. However, schools without magnet programs that had taken a "slow and steady" approach to improving student performance actually went up a few points. [/quote]

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