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Actually there are a few schools with graduation rates that would concern me. Id also want to know the participation rates of students taking AP courses and [b]percentage of students taking SATs[/b] as these are good indicators of students who are oriented towards college.[/quote]

Whitman HS:  61%
Churchill HS: 56%
Wootton HS: 59%
Walter Johnson HS: 66%

Clarksburg HS: 69%
Northwest HS: 70%
Richard Montgomery HS: 68%
Northwood HS: 55%
Blair HS: 65%[/quote]

The percentage of students taking APs is accurate data, students taking the SAT is not. A ton of students only take the ACT and some colleges are test-optional. [/quote]

So you're saying that the percentage of students at Whitman (for example) who took the SAT is actually not 61%?
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No. PP meant the percentage of kids taking the SAT isn’t a good proxy for the number of college bound kids, since lots of kids take the ACT and some go to [b]test optional schools[/b].[/quote]

[b]Test optional schools are the schools that accept everybody as long as they have the means to pay?[/b][/quote]

Universities have found that SAT/ACT scores are a poor predictor of success (HS GPA is a much better predictor).  Test optional schools focus on HS GPA and other things (recommendations, essays, etc) for the students who don't submit test scores.  U Chicago just went test optional and will not take any more students next year than they did last year.[/quote]

Unless it becomes a much larger movement, test optional schools won't reduce # students taking the SAT.  Students apply to many schools, only a few of which would be test optional.  Also, I'm guessing most kids take the test, and decide whether or not to report to the test optional schools based on their scores.[/quote]

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