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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Oh, for God's sake.  People in this area are so ridiculous.

Yes, Marshall is a very good school.  Third in the state is very good (assuming you buy into US News rankings) and #16 in the state is also very good.  In general, Fairfax County has excellent schools.  It would be very difficult to go wrong.  Differences in rankings through US News or through Great Schools are about DEMOGRAPHICS.  Who cares if a school like Oakton or Langley has slightly higher scores?  The scores are slightly higher because they have slightly fewer poor kids.  It doesn't mean the teaching is better, which is what we should really care about.  The problem, of course, is that quality of teaching is incredibly difficult to measure.  So instead we just prattle on endlessly about test scores like there's some meaningful difference between the education kids get at Langley vs. Woodson or McLean vs. Marshall.  Give me a freaking break.  [/quote]

OP here.  I am not as familiar with all the schools in Fairfax County as you seem to be, so maybe I am placing too much emphasis on rankings to help us decide.  From the responses, it seems likely that the high "3rd for best school" ranking for Marshall was based on "bad data" and that school officials knew this and publicized it anyway.  As someone with a research background, that troubles me, as it raises questions about academic integrity and the values the school seeks to promote among its students.  At this point we plan to look elsewhere and will be crossing Pimmit Hills and Marshall off our list of options. [/quote]
I challenge you to find a school, any school, in any country, that will say "yes, we've been ranked #very good by a national publication, but we aren't going to mention it anywhere since the data they've based it all is suspect. So we are just going to keep saying we're number #simply good."[/quote]

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