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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would not move to FCPS for schools.[/quote]

We have the best schools in the country.[/quote]

No, that honor goes to Florida.  As much as DCUM loves to cast aspersions on FL, they have the best public schools in the US, with NJ and Mass coming in 2nd and 3rd.  Virginia is #11.  At one time, a couple of decades ago, VA was probably #1.  No longer.

https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/rankings/education[/quote]
Any ranking that puts Florida schools as number #1, is not worth the paper/electronic it's written on.
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So then you discount all of USNWR's rankings?  Like their college rankings, which are widely used here on DCUM?[/quote]

Yes. US News rankings are built on flawed methodology. Admittedly there is no perfect ranking system, but US News is essentially meaningless. It's embarrassing that even FCPS posted a US News ranking article on their website bragging about some of their top HS rankings like Langley and McLean while at the same time owning some schools at the bottom of the list like Mt. Vernon. It's a farce.[/quote]

The ideal ranking would measure the progress kids make at a school, not the absolute achievement levels.

However, no one has come up with that system, and in terms of a more conventional approach services like US News and Niche do a reasonably good job.

You are right that FCPS only mentions these rankings when they think it is in Gatehouse’s interests to do so, such as when they are under attack for declining SAT scores across the entire county.  They certainly don’t do it because they want to acknowledge the efforts of the administrators, teachers, students, and parents at schools like Langley and McLean. [/quote]

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