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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Still a flawed methodology that rewards the good fortune of having less ELL and FARMs kids, while penalizing schools required to serve those communities. It's just another GreatSchools score. Would instead like to see details on assessing the more permanent stats of the school itself, like staff quality, state of facilities, and extracurriculars.[/quote]

Edison and Hayfield are punching way above their weight in this methodology though. Edison is 42% FARMS and Hayfield is 34%, so them being in the same categorization as much wealthier schools like Robinson and Woodson is pretty impressive. [/quote]

I agree with you on this point, both are certainly hitting higher. That said, the schools in the lower range do have higher ELL and FARM populations. But the schools themselves can only do the best they can with who is enrolling and matriculating up in the pyramid. I don’t really have much of a point here other than to say that this data shows what one would expect. And that the schools on the bottom side are not bad schools with bad or ineffective teachers, they are just schools whose populations require different ways of dealing and instructing students. [/quote]

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