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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hunh? ^ 
Writing is one of three numbers in that chart. It is not like the chart has 10 figures in it - how is highlighting one of 3 cherry picking but pointing to 2 out of 4 (just one number more) not similar?

Really I just keep coming back to this thread to see if the snotty "better school" posters change their tune at all or if any evidence of this over the top boostering by marshall parents shows up. It is not a pretty thread for the "better school" posters so far though.

- VA house hunter [/quote]

Because the PP was trying to conclude that Marshall was superior based on one of three scores in the test.  The schools are about the same, sure.  There are differences, but I am sure if we put in statistical uncertainties in the measures, there would be no significant different between the schools.

Other things not shown is: what is the percentage of student that don't take the SAT's?  I know of a school (not in this area) that encouraged the poorer performing students not to take the SAT's.  (I do not think that happens here).

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PP here.  I'm not trying to conclude Marshall was superior.  As I said, I don't even live in FC and really couldn't give a rat's behind whether Marshall is a good school.  (Well, I do care because I'm looking at houses in the Marshall district in addition to the McLean district, but I don't have a vested interest, and I'm probably going to wind up in McLean anyway.)  This whole "my school's better that your school" game is pretty petty.  I merely commented on an interesting blip I noted.  Marshall is consistently a tick lower than the big six in FCPS (TJ, Langley, McLean, Madison, Oakton, and Woodson) on SATs, but then in 2014 saw a big jump in writing (and only writing) and did better than three and tied with one of the big six.  That's unusual to see a blip like that on only one component of the SAT.  I was just throwing it out out for conversation.  And I called it curious, which is hardly a compliment of Marshall.  Not sure why my post engendered such vitrol.  Can't understand why someone from McLean, etc., would get all that worked up about the fact that Marshall did a little better on the writing portion of the SATs.  I was just curious as to whether anyone has any insight on the reason for this.[/quote]

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