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Read the description - Madison clearly got dinged (i.e., not rated) because of Step 2 in the US News methodology:   https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/articles/how-us-news-calculated-the-rankings

It would have been among the top 10 in the state had only Steps 1, 3 and 4 been at issue. [/quote]
I just read the description.  Unless I'm reading it wrong, it would mean that disadvantaged groups at Madison performed WORSE than that disadvantaged group performed on average across the whole state.  They should be dinged for that, if that is true.

It doesn't saying anything about a "gap" like the other post seemed to mention. It appears like they're just comparing disadvantaged groups at a school to the same disadvantaged group state-wide.  That is exactly what they should be doing.

[quote]Step 2 assessed whether their disadvantaged students – black, Hispanic and low-income – performed at or better than the state average for the least-advantaged students.[/quote]

I do have an issue with that being a "make or break" eligibility requirement.  The moment these ratings start conjuring "rules" is when they become too subjective and swayed by biases. The above should absolutely be a factor in an overall calculation, and it should be based on the population of the disadvantaged group within the school.  [/quote]

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