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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m told that at least in high school STA publishes the ranking of boys on each exam, every class and cumulatively.  The rankings are not anonymous.  Every boy knows where they stand among their classmates at all times.  This practice surely generates competition among the boys, but it also pushes them to excel.  To my knowledge, this is a rather unusual practice and I imagine that it would highly beneficial for some boys and very counterproductive for other boys.

My concern would be that the uber competition would undermine cooperation within the school – the opposite of schools that emphasize team sports to develop cooperation within the school while competing outside the schools.
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I am a current Upper School (high school) teacher at St. Albans.  The practice you describe does not happen -- the school does not even generate class rank.  Nor have I ever heard of any individual teacher engaging in such a practice (and it's a small place).  I'm not sure where you are getting your information -- could it be from an alumnus who graduated one or more generations go?

(Generally I just lurk on the site and appreciate the fireworks but this was so inaccurate that I had to jump in.)[/quote]

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