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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Word of mouth.

Looking at admissions outcomes (eg if you're looking at elementary, which middle schools do the grads go to?). For us we applied to K-8 and were able to poke around FB and other social media to see high school admissions for the past few senior classes.

See if there is some kind of Annual Update, Board docs, or other published info floating around.

Participation in extracurriculars. We noticed a pattern with the school kids who were in certain extracurriculars. Small example is that a ton of the local RSM spots were taken up by a certain school. Same with the local club football team, or with youth orchestra. This is not directly academic, but at least gives you a sense of shared values and student strengths.

Published curricular/academic philosophies. Sometimes, school will even list the specific materials they use. eg for Catholic schools, many said they use XYZ readers system, or Loyola University Press for grammar work, XYZ curriculum for math or science. Many of the publics also list specific curricular resources.

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Ha, is lots of RSM from a particular sign a good sign or bad sign? Could be either.

For us, curriculum and trying to get a sense of the types of expectations and assignments expected at different grades. Our school had detailed sheets covering the books, subjects, content areas, etc. grade by grade. [/quote]

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