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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Taken from one of the KIPPs:

RANKING FACTORS	RANK
Reading Proficiency Rank
#63 (tie)
Math Proficiency Rank
#16 (tie)
RANKING FACTORS	DESCRIPTION
Reading Performance
Meets Expectations
Math Performance
Well Above Expectations

Reading Proficiency Rank

Calculated from school proficiency on state reading/language arts assessments, sourced by the U.S. Department of Education's EdFacts initiative. Includes all test-takers by default, but only third through fifth grade test-takers for schools also in U.S. News' middle school listings.

Math Proficiency Rank

Calculated from school proficiency on state mathematics assessments, sourced by the U.S. Department of Education's EdFacts initiative. Includes all test-takers by default, but only third through fifth grade test-takers for schools also in U.S. News' middle school listings.

Reading Performance

A descriptive term reflecting a school's reading/language arts percentage proficiency compared with the percentage U.S. News predicted for it. The predicted value was calculated scientifically based on each school's economic and ethnic diversity and these subgroups' relationship to elementary school reading/language arts proficiency in the state.

Math Performance

A descriptive term reflecting a school's mathematics percentage proficiency compared with the percentage U.S. News predicted for it. The predicted value was calculated scientifically based on each school's economic and ethnic diversity and these subgroups' relationship to elementary school mathematics proficiency in the state.[/quote]

What was the point of this post? [/quote]

Uh, methodology?[/quote]

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