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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Tjs new ranking is an 8/10.  What a joke.[/quote]

Why is it a joke? Are these scores based on personal experiences?[/quote]

Scores are based on arbitrary weights applied to different measures of test scores and demographics. Yet the scores are only deemed accurate when they fit someone's world view.

Herndon HS is a 2/10? That must be true, after all there is too much unwanted diversity there. McLean is a 6/10?! Absolutely not, that must be due to funky weighing of scores and should be a 9/10.[/quote]

Both of those scores are unreasonably low b/c Great Schools' formula puts WAY Too much weight on not having much of a difference in the scores of different SES groups.  Well, that's just contrary to reality.  A school that has a small population of newly-arrived immigrants and a large population of high SES/high performing kids is going to get knocked down quite a bit by the GS's latest formula.  Their formula pretends that every kid comes to school with the same set of resources and it must be the school's fault if they can't get the same results.  News flash:  kids who are just learning English and haven't had a lot of education in their home country aren't going to do really great on US History exams or Chemistry Exams!  It's not a failure of the school.  The students are starting at different points.  It's kind of perverse incentive to have a school where EVERYONE is sort of mediocre so that there isn't any disparity between groups.  That's what their formula rewards.

So, I don't think Herndon is a 2.  And McLean isn't a 6.   But, that's what happens when you prioritize uniform results. [/quote]

Agreed[/quote]

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