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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Another bias of the report is that the tiers are defined not as a certain level of perfomance needed, but as the top 25% of schools (quartile).  So the bottom 25% of schools will by definition of the methodology be tier 4.  So, the method were applied to only Ward 2 & 3 schools, there would be 25% in tier 4.  I think the way the schools end up ranked is probably about right.  But the problem comes if the analysis is rerun in 5 or 10 years.  There still will be 25% tier 4 schools.  They may be better performing (many of the current tier 4 have Dc-case scores on a downward trend), but we can't all be "above average".[/quote]

If all the schools are performing at acceptable ranges in 5-10 years, maybe we won't even do such an analysis.  I personally believe that we should shut down the bottom 50% right now, as they are horrible.  Understandably, that would put too much pressure on the other schools, and improvement would be difficult.  So, hopefully, by shutting down the bottom 1/4, we can concentrate on those that are only mostly failing.  Either way, this analysis is being used now, not necessarily later, so we don't have to worry about whether it would be appropriate later.[/quote]

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