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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Great school rating are valuable. But look at test scores inside the information [/quote]

They are valuable in only a crude sense for low-information types. [/quote]

This snarky post makes little sense. This is nothing methodologically wrong with using Great Schools as a starting point, and thereafter to dig deeper as to what is behind their numbers. Moreover, reflecting my experience as a very poor kid who went on to the top schools in the nation, a crucial litmus test is whether a school can take kids without means who are serious students and provide them with a rigorous education. It was the absolute key to my social mobility, and I credit my teachers, including my elementary school instructors, for really pushing me ahead. My peers were a factor, but i chose my friends carefully too. These attributes aren’t easy to discern, but looking at Great Schools as a starting doesn’t make for a low information person. Read everything critically and get your kids to own their education as much as they can themselves without parental hovering. [/quote]

You can give yourself a cookie but GS scores are still low-information data points.  [/quote]

Dp. What high information data points are you using? [/quote]

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