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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]But BTW, it actually appears that GDS [i]does[/i] compete in the AMC contests on a regular basis, since a handful of GDS students won recognition from AMC in each of the past six years. [/quote]
Not really a conclusion you can draw from the data -- individuals can sign up and provide school affiliations.  So you don't know if a 0 means no participation vs. participation but no recognition.  And that's a crucial distinction if you want to compare/rank schools.  [/quote]
The zero means nobody with honors.  All these schools participate in the AMC sequence.   [/quote]
Not in every category.  Not in every year.  Again, a "0" can mean that no one signed up, that one kid (or a few kids) signed up and didn't get honors, or that the whole class took the exam and no one got honors.  These are three very different scenarios and the data doesn't differentiate between them.[/quote]
I don't understand what you're saying because it does not make sense in this context.  GDS received a "0" in various years/categories, but it clearly sent students to the AMC contests on those years.  For example, in 2007 & 2008, no one at GDS took Distinguished Honors on the AMC12, so it received a "0" for those years.  But clearly some GDS students took the test those years because some GDS students received regular Honors in 2007 & 2008 for AMC12.  Sidwell is in the same position.

Maybe what you're saying might make sense for the AMC10 category which seems to be less-well-attended by many schools since it is focused on younger kids.  Or maybe you're not really trying to question the GDS results, but rather the results of some other unnamed school that has more zeros in more years.  Maybe I'm just not understanding you.

I hope no one is taking this data as an summary of a school's entire curriculum (as you suggest); that would be foolish.  This data is merely a weak proxy, best used in conjunction with other information.  [/quote]

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