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[quote=Anonymous]If the number isn't not based on raw test scores, or if there's not a "raw number" and "adjusted number" (*) on the site, I take back any endorsements I have made of that site.

I remember one time I used GS to quote the FARMS percentages for the Arlington elementaries and was shown to be wrong; others have said the site's out of date on that basic info.)

Given these two things -- I am doubting its effectiveness at being a source of even basic factual data like "racial makeup," "FARMS makeup," and "raw test scores."

They jumped Tuscarora (VA) HS from a '5' to an '8'. All the elementaries around Leesburg got a '7', my first thought was "something on the site got broken." FWIW, they haven't even put up the racial/FARMS data for Tuscarora, despite the school having been open for several years now.

(*) To be fair, some schools do better with worse raw materials, or worse with better raw materials. This needs to be known.

If Whitebread HS gets a raw '6' despite having only 8% FARMS, they're probably doing a worse job with their raw materials than Multi-colored HS that gets a raw '5' with 45% FARMS.

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