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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In the past (before the revamp), you could click directly on the big circle rating and you could get ratings for subgroups broken out by race, gender, economically disadvantage, english learners, etc., etc.  So, even if the school as a whole was a 5, you might see that certain groups relevant to your own family were much higher or much lower.  No longer available for VA.  Other than anecdotal reviews, there is essentially no useful info. on the site.  :(

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Probably better because the whole broken down by race thing didn't make sense. The score is the score. Glad to know that the DCUM bad chool boosters don't get to use that excuse anymore.[/quote]

Agreed.  Any school ranked lower than a 9 is simply a bad school.  Enough said. [/quote]

You really think there is a significant difference between the curriculum and teachers at 6 school than there is at a 9 school?  No, it's the students.  The students and their familial backgrounds are what determine a school's test scores, not the school.[/quote]

Keep telling yourself that all you want.  I am glad I was able to afford a house in a more desirable neighborhood. [/quote]

I don't have to tell myself that; I omow it's true.  My children have been in both a 6 school and a 9 school and that is the ONLY difference.  The only difference.  You pay hundreds of thousands of dollars more to live in a more 'desirable' neighborhood so you can avoid minorities and poor people, I'll live around people with more varied walks of life. [/quote]

And so what? Statistically, your child's peers DO have an effect on your child's performance. A low income child going to a majority upper income school will do better academically than a low income child going to a low income school. Likewise, an upper income child going to a majority upper income school will do better academically than an upper income child going to a low income school. So whether you are low income or high income, it makes sense to try to get your kid around the highest income peers you can find.

For what it's worth, my kids school is very ethnically diverse (majority Hispanic, about 10% black or other, the remainder split between white and Asian) but is very economically homogenous.  The great schools rating is a 9. [/quote]

Huh.  The non farms kids actually score HIGHER at our 6 school than do the non-FARMS kids at our old ES, a 9 on GS  So that's not really relevant to me.[/quote]

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