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After reviewing the test scores I believe that Marshall exceeds those of Arlington for the most part. It is also interesting to see that Marshall has a slightly higher FARM rate and diversity than Arlington's best high school Yorktown yet still has better test scores. The idea of stripping away the lower performers from both schools to "level the playing fields" would still show Marshall as a higher scorer in fact maybe even higher because it has a larger population of disadvantage students. I think that educating the public on the realities of each school is the best weapon to improve  it's the reputation. No one is saying Marshall is the best high school in the world, just that it is on par and better than most Arlington school pyramids and is in fact the best comparative to Arlington schools because of it's higher population of disadvantaged students.

http://www.greatschools.org/virginia/falls-church/543-Marshall-High-School/?tab=test-scores

http://www.greatschools.org/virginia/arlington/135-Yorktown-High-School/?tab=test-scores

http://www.greatschools.org/virginia/arlington/133-Washington-Lee-High-School/?tab=test-scores[/quote]

I think you're talking about SOL test scores here.  Yorktown still has SAT scores about 50 points higher than Marshall, and scores higher than Marshall (as does W-L) on the "Challenge Index" that measures student enrollment in AP/IB courses.

Fairfax high schools do tend to do better than Arlington high schools on SOLs, which is the primary reason why many Fairfax high schools get higher GreatSchool ratings (lots of 9s) than Arlington high schools.  Since all students take SOLs, you can argue that Marshall has done a better job than the Arlington high schools when it comes to teaching the basics.  The counter-argument you might hear from Arlington is that Fairfax schools are more likely to "teach to the test" than Arlington schools, at the expense of other things students can learn in a classroom.

These are all good schools.  Some have been acknowledged as such for longer than others.  And, on forums like DCUM, you're going to hear from more Yorktown or W-L boosters than Marshall boosters, because they are closer to DC and DCUM skews towards those who live inside the Beltway.  But it's always nice when people provide real data on schools and don't resort to personal insults.    [/quote]

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