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Reply to "2016 Wash Post Challenge Index Rankings are Out"
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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Most people (parents) erroneously think that the Challenge Index is some sort of school achievement measurement. It is not meant to be that and there are plenty of other, better tools for that task. [b]Matthews has been pretty explicit about his goal, which is to encourage districts to offer their richer, more challenging curriculum to a broader base of students beside just the elite students.[/b] [/quote] If that's the case, then he shouldn't be including WIS, NCS, etc., in the rankings. By any definition, those populations will consist almost entirely of "elite students," or at least students who have had an "elite education." I have a child at one of those and agree that simply counting the number of kids who take an AP or IB test is not an accurate measure of a school's worth.[/quote]
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