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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]And "good" in terms of test scores doesn't mean "good" for any given kid.

Test scores are important -- particularly if you look into the different groups because that can tell you who the school cares about and doesn't care about, somewhat.  They are not the whole story.

My kid is not ever going to be one of the elite students at his school.  Measures that talk about "number of kids who get into ivies" mean nothing to me.[/quote]

Could you explain what you mean by the second paragraph?  Are you saying that, in low SES schools, the focus is on the groups with the low scores in order to try and help them pass the SOLs?  Some view it as the educational equivalent of an ER with an endless supply of trauma patients.  At least anecdotally, it sounds like there is more teacher burnout at schools like this. [/quote]

I mean two things: a) test scores are one of many things to use to judge a school.  Marginal differences in score at the high end don't matter -- people going on and on about City of Falls Church v Yorktown.  It can't possibly matter.  b) Looking at the different groups tells you a lot - for example, I wouldn't send my child of color to a school that has so few children of color that they cant measure that group and gave them an asterix.  Assuming you have other information, you can look at how the scores compare with what else you know about the school.  Are they doing worse than expected? Better than expected? Things like that.  None of us end up choosing among such radically different schools as your second comments suggest -- do you really think people are in the market for a house near Hoffman Boston and one near Jamestown? [/quote]

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