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I feel like a lot of parents use GS ratings. JUst based on test scores, here are the GS ratings top 10  First number is overall GS rating/second number is test score/3rd number is college readiness

1. Churchill- 10/10/10
2. Wootton- 9/9/10  
3. Poolesville- 9/8/10
4. WJ- 9/8/10
5  QO- 8/8/8
6  Sherwood-7/8/8
7. BCC- 9/7/10
8. Damascus- 8/7/9
9. Clarksburg 7/7/8
10. Northwest- 8/6/9

RM's ratings are 7/6/8
Blair, Magruder are 6/6/7

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Simple averages for standardized state test that GS uses for its ratings only serves to identify which high-schools draw a higher percentage of rich kids. A better, refined analysis looks at the granular data. When you isolate for race which is proxy a for socioeconomic status there is not much of a disparity between the performance of kids of the same backgrounds across these schools. For example, when you compare average SAT scores for MCPS schools for a larger demographic common to all these schools the GS narrative falls apart and it becomes clear they're not all that different.

Blair 1326 
Walter Johnson 1275 
Wooton 1262 
Churchill 1257 
Wheaton 1173 
Einstein 1148
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Seems more insightful analysis than the great schools nonsense.[/quote]

That doesn't make any sense.  Great Schools isn't perfect, but it at least looks at scores of tests that are taken by nearly all students.[/quote]

On the contrary, it makes perfect sense. GS, however, doesn't adjust for socio-economic differences and simply provides a snapshot of a school's relative affluence.[/quote] agree - this is too sensible and does nothing to artificially inflate real estate prices

In addition, I'm also more interested in how well a student could perform at a particular school as opposed to how well the average student performs on a state-mandated minimal competency test. It does little to predict how well a child could do at one place or another. Any school with 2000 to 3000 students has a sufficiently sized peer group for any level. [/quote][/quote]

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