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[quote=Anonymous]For better or worse, people choose where to move based on rankings. Close in areas are more immune but the suburbs make up the majority of the county are not helped by declining rankings. When MCPS was ranking high it attracted not only affluent buyers but immigrants with higher education and middle class highly educated families. DC is unique in having a concentration of very smart individuals that make 100K-200K. They can afford to choose where to live but can't afford private school for multiple kids. The area is congested enough that the houses will still sell but to a different demographic that isn't bringing in the highest test scores.

MCPS culture is pretty bad at assuming they can do anything because the scores are high in four Ws. Starr's argument for not assessing teachers with test scores was that MCPS is the best ranked system in the county. It didn't fly anymore than Starr trying to claim a waiver for all snow days because more instruction wasn't needed as MCPS is so great. These arguments were politically stupid and ended up with MCPS having egg on its face. In the end the teachers are the ones that lost out. They're reflective of the arrogance that riding on past high test scores while free falling into decline can bring. 
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