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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DP.  I did review the documents and quickly saw that you are spreading false information.  Basis “ is primarily a commercial real estate investment firm”?  Shame on you.  You are clearly a troll.

Here is the latest reporting from the Arizon Republic (which, BTW, doesn’t cover charter schools in DC):

[b]This Arizona high school landed the top spot in national U.S. News ranking[/b]

A charter school in Peoria landed the top spot in a new ranking of the best public high schools across the nation.

BASIS Peoria was ranked first in the nation on U.S. News & World Report's 2024 rankings of best public high schools, rising from 12th place in last year's ranking.

Twelve Arizona high schools in all were included in the top 100 spots of the ranking.

They included 10 schools in the BASIS charter school network — Peoria (first), Oro Valley (24th), Scottsdale (32nd), Tucson (33rd), Ahwatukee (34th), Phoenix (45th), Mesa (56th), Prescott (75th), Chandler (84th) and Flagstaff (94th) — and two district schools: University High School in the Tucson Unified School District (81st) and University High School in the Tolleson Union High School District (83rd).

BASIS Peoria and BASIS Oro Valley were among the top five charter schools in the country, and BASIS Peoria and BASIS Chandler were among the top five STEM high schools, according to the rankings.

The 2024 rankings, which were released Tuesday, evaluated nearly 18,000 public schools across the country.

U.S. News & World Report also ranked the top schools in the metro Phoenix area. The top ten included six BASIS schools and University High School in Tolleson, along with Arizona College Prep in the Chandler Unified School District, Gilbert Classical Academy in the Gilbert Unified School District and Phoenix Union Bioscience in the Phoenix Union High School District.[/quote]

Wait.

Of the 18,000 high schools in the United States, BASIS has 10 in the top 100 nationwide?

Seems like the BASIS network of public charter schools is doing fine.[/quote]

They game the rankings.

A big part of the US News formula is percentage of seniors who have passed an AP exam. US News uses that metric because at most high schools, that number reflects how well the kids learn the material.

But the BASIS system is, if you don’t pass an AP exam by junior year, you don’t become a senior. So the percent of seniors who have passed an AP exam is always 100%, at all BASIS schools. By definition. Doesn’t help any kids learn anything, and it’s not a model a true public school could ever adopt, but it sure makes the rankings look good![/quote]

The AP score is only worth 30% of the US News ranking. [/quote]

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