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[quote=Anonymous][quote]And how would you assess a school if you want to know about these things? I get that rankings only tell so much but wouldn't one want to know which schools are at the bottom and why they have such low graduation rates for instance? You can't ignore it entirely if you're looking to find a place where your kids will excel.[/quote]

+1 I truly do not understand the poster who wants to claim that their low performing school is perfectly fine because a UMC white kid gets a 3 on an AP test and did fine on the SAT after taking the same prep course that a kid in a higher performing school took. If your bar is that low for a school, then sure you will be fine but very other non-delusional parents would view things this way.

The reasons why the kids are performing so far below grade level and not graduating is not really the point. Parents care about how it impacts their child's education. They don't see their own kid as pawn in a system to just bump up scores.

It makes a difference if 30,40, or 50% of your child's classmates are testing 2-3 years below grade level. Would you want your 5th grader in a school where half his class is made up of 2nd and 3rd graders? No, of course not but this is the situation in many MCPS schools. [/quote]

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