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[quote=Anonymous][quote]It's not a mysterious norm. Or, anyway, it's not mysterious. Look at the overall scores for disadvantaged kids -- overall in MCPS or overall in Maryland, or both. Then look at the scores for disadvantaged kids in the particular school. If the scores for the disadvantaged kids in the particular school are better than the overall-MCPS or overall-Maryland scores, then there's a good chance that it's due to good teachers. And it's good teachers you're looking for, right?

In contrast, high-SES kids in wealthy areas will do well on standardized tests even if taught by incompetent fools. So the scores for such kids are not a good indicator of good teaching. [/quote]

I'm not the PP you are responding to above but I don't think this is a very logical approach. If disadvantaged kids are doing better at one school than another one, it means that if you have a disadvantaged child then they will do better there. It doesn't mean than an advantaged child will do better there. It doesn't mean that the teacher is able to teach two different levels simultaneously. It could mean that the teachers are spending the majority of time bringing the disadvantaged kids up and very little time challenging the students who are already at the level. If your child is not disadvantaged then you want to search for a school where kids that are no disadvantaged are doing the best. [/quote]

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