Anonymous
08/04/2012 11:22
Subject: Northern Virginia Magazine: August issue lists best elementary schools in NOVA
Anonymous wrote:I have seen rankings, but they are usually based on SOLs. That beans the top schools in FCPS are the AAP centers. However, that tells me nothing about the quality of the school, rather the brainpower of the student.
The quality of a school is very difficult to measure, as it is difficult to normalize for socioeconomics, language skills, etc. According to the SOL's, the worst schools in FCPS are those with large immigrant population.
I agree 100%. +1
But many parents like to know where their school, and sometimes even their child "ranks". I don't know how many times I've been asked "How does this school rank compared to...?" by parents, or "Where does my child rank compared to other students in the class?".
Anonymous
08/04/2012 06:35
Subject: Northern Virginia Magazine: August issue lists best elementary schools in NOVA
What do they have on n. arlington schools?
Anonymous
08/04/2012 06:32
Subject: Northern Virginia Magazine: August issue lists best elementary schools in NOVA
I have seen rankings, but they are usually based on SOLs. That beans the top schools in FCPS are the AAP centers. However, that tells me nothing about the quality of the school, rather the brainpower of the student.
The quality of a school is very difficult to measure, as it is difficult to normalize for socioeconomics, language skills, etc. According to the SOL's, the worst schools in FCPS are those with large immigrant population.
The quality of a school is very difficult to measure, as it is difficult to normalize for socioeconomics, language skills, etc. According to the SOL's, the worst schools in FCPS are those with large immigrant population.
Anonymous
08/03/2012 22:18
Subject: Northern Virginia Magazine: August issue lists best elementary schools in NOVA
So I'm looking at the article right now and I do not see any ranking whatsoever. No 1st place or last place or 98%.
Anonymous
08/03/2012 22:11
Subject: Northern Virginia Magazine: August issue lists best elementary schools in NOVA
Anonymous wrote:Geez pp. Calm down.
They don't "rank" the schools at all. They just give parents information on 20-30 different types of schools.
Ranking elementary schools is a waste of time anyway. How would you even do that?
pp here: that's my point. they tried with a methodology. a highly dubious methodology.
Anonymous
08/03/2012 21:48
Subject: Northern Virginia Magazine: August issue lists best elementary schools in NOVA
Geez pp. Calm down.
They don't "rank" the schools at all. They just give parents information on 20-30 different types of schools.
Ranking elementary schools is a waste of time anyway. How would you even do that?
They don't "rank" the schools at all. They just give parents information on 20-30 different types of schools.
Ranking elementary schools is a waste of time anyway. How would you even do that?
Anonymous
08/03/2012 21:36
Subject: Northern Virginia Magazine: August issue lists best elementary schools in NOVA
That magazine is a joke. I'd view any of their "rankings" with skepticism.
Anonymous
08/03/2012 21:33
Subject: Northern Virginia Magazine: August issue lists best elementary schools in NOVA
PP again,
15:42 is mistaken. There's only one school that advertised that is written about in the article. There are a few other school adverts but they're not on the "Best" list anywhere.
Interesting.
15:42 is mistaken. There's only one school that advertised that is written about in the article. There are a few other school adverts but they're not on the "Best" list anywhere.
Interesting.
Anonymous
08/03/2012 21:33
Subject: Re:Northern Virginia Magazine: August issue lists best elementary schools in NOVA
Can someone please list the schools? Would really appreciate it.
Anonymous
08/03/2012 21:28
Subject: Northern Virginia Magazine: August issue lists best elementary schools in NOVA
They had all kinds of different schools, public and private broken down by special programs like immersion, IB, STEM, Young Scholars.
City of Alexandria public schools mentioned were Lyles Crouch, MacArthur, Mason and Barrett.
City of Alexandria public schools mentioned were Lyles Crouch, MacArthur, Mason and Barrett.
Anonymous
08/03/2012 20:42
Subject: Northern Virginia Magazine: August issue lists best elementary schools in NOVA
Anonymous wrote:Can someone share what they were? Anything in Alexandria? I know I'm probably dreaming but thought I'd ask.
I don't remember, honestly. It wasn't particularly memorable or credible as a spread. In one ear, out the other.
Anonymous
08/03/2012 20:32
Subject: Northern Virginia Magazine: August issue lists best elementary schools in NOVA
Can someone share what they were? Anything in Alexandria? I know I'm probably dreaming but thought I'd ask.
Anonymous
08/03/2012 18:28
Subject: Northern Virginia Magazine: August issue lists best elementary schools in NOVA
Anonymous wrote:I read it and thought the methodology was a bit flawed. Those rankings tend to be really flawed anyway as they are heavily influenced by advertising.
How so? Did the Mantua PTA take out an ad in the magazine?
Anonymous
08/03/2012 15:42
Subject: Northern Virginia Magazine: August issue lists best elementary schools in NOVA
I read it and thought the methodology was a bit flawed. Those rankings tend to be really flawed anyway as they are heavily influenced by advertising.
Anonymous
08/03/2012 15:40
Subject: Northern Virginia Magazine: August issue lists best elementary schools in NOVA
You can't read the article online (at least not without a subscription). Anyone read the magazine? Thoughts?