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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The current GS ratings philosophy seems to be that white and Asian American students will do well in most public school systems.  They are rating how well the public school serves their FARMS and URM communities in judging how successful schools are.  So, schools where the discrepancy between white/Asian students and black/Hispanic students is lower scores higher.  The ones where there is a bigger gap and/or the black and Hispanic students do not make any progress in rising to the level of the  white and Asian students score lower.

If you only care about the test scores of the white and Asians, you can easily find that on the GS site.  But GS is no longer interested in rating schools high when they are only doing a good job with the white and Asian students, but not working to improve the learning and performance of the black, Hispanic and FARMS students.[/quote]

How does any one know if it's the school doing a "good job" with the students or the students themselves that are selecting in or out of particular schools?

Everyone can keep telling themselves it's about how good the school is doing, while patting themselves on the back for caring about diversity.

Also you cannot get all the relevant info about scores on the GS site. All you see is the percent passing in three subjects. There's much more to know than that that is not reported.[/quote]

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