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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I did my research before we bought. I refused to pay top dollar for any unranked school. We decided between McLean and Oakton. I’m sorry, actually I am, if you overpaid to be in “Madison Country.” [/quote]

That has to be one of the dumbest statements ever. There are plenty of other rankings besides US News. And if you’re so beholden to rankings, it must have been especially distressing to see the slide in Oakton’s SAT scores.  Are you a kid just looking for an excuse not to finish your homework?[/quote]

If you look at Madison, they had an influx of non-english speakers.  The non-english speakers did not do as well on the SOL's.  There were not many of them, but enough to define a cohort.  The cohort scored 30 points lower than the school as a whole and 25 points lower than any other defined cohort.  (35 point below Asians/whites.).  The rules of ranking eliminated madison because of the difference in the cohorts.

If you look at the numbers, overall Madison would have been the second or third place school if they were not excluded because of the new rule.

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PP here.  More to the point, the rankings are based on "college readiness after eliminating schools.  Madison got eliminated.  But, in college readiness, Madison second behind TJ.  In Practice, there is no practical difference  Between Madison, McLean, Langley, Oakton and Woodson in the scores.[/quote]

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