Anonymous wrote:This is such a silly thread. If folks are concerned about the "incorrect" ranking, why don't they contact USNWR or FCPS? Posting here does nothing (except perhaps make them feel superior).

Funny you still put "incorrect" in quotes. When does the denial and delusion end?

Anonymous wrote:What's silly is Marshall's blasting of the ranking over the Internet, billboards and every school meeting, knowing the rank was based on 99% IB participation.

Exhibit A.

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Anonymous wrote:What's silly is Marshall's blasting of the ranking over the Internet, billboards and every school meeting, knowing the rank was based on 99% IB participation.

just read this thread and you sound pretty silly and racist

You read the thread. You're delusional.

Of course I read the thread I just said I read the thread, what's your point. I get it you hate poor people and in turn that's hidden racism.

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Anonymous wrote:What's silly is Marshall's blasting of the ranking over the Internet, billboards and every school meeting, knowing the rank was based on 99% IB participation.

just read this thread and you sound pretty silly and racist

You read the thread. You're delusional.

Anonymous wrote:What's silly is Marshall's blasting of the ranking over the Internet, billboards and every school meeting, knowing the rank was based on 99% IB participation.

just read this thread and you sound pretty silly and racist

What's silly is Marshall's blasting of the ranking over the Internet, billboards and every school meeting, knowing the rank was based on 99% IB participation.

Anonymous wrote:This is such a silly thread. If folks are concerned about the "incorrect" ranking, why don't they contact USNWR or FCPS? Posting here does nothing (except perhaps make them feel superior).

Which is why they continue to do it. As soon as it makes it to the second page, someone (and we can all guess who) bumps it back.
Dead horse. Beaten.

This is such a silly thread. If folks are concerned about the "incorrect" ranking, why don't they contact USNWR or FCPS? Posting here does nothing (except perhaps make them feel superior).

Marshall ranks 16th in Virginia.

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No marshall on this list!

http://www.usnews.com/education/blogs/college-rankings-blog/2012/05/30/adjusting-the-best-high-schools-rankings-for-government-data-errors

No Marshall on this list either.

Top Ranked VA Schools

To be eligible for a state ranking, a school must be awarded a national gold or silver medal.

#1
Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology

6560 BRADDOCK RD, ALEXANDRIA, VA 22312

#2
Langley High School

6520 GEORGETOWN PK, MCLEAN, VA 22101

#3
James Madison High School

2500 JAMES MADISON DR, VIENNA, VA 22181

#4
Mclean High School

1633 DAVIDSON RD, MCLEAN, VA 22101

#5
W.T. Woodson High School

9525 MAIN ST, FAIRFAX, VA 22031

#6
Oakton High School

2900 SUTTON RD, VIENNA, VA 22181

#7
Lake Braddock Secondary School

9200 BURKE LAKE RD, BURKE, VA 22015

#8
Briar Woods High

22525 BELMONT RIDGE RD, ASHBURN, VA 20148

#9
Loudoun Valley High

340 NORTH MAPLE AVE, PURCELLVILLE, VA 20132

#10
West Springfield High School

6100 ROLLING RD, SPRINGFIELD, VA 22152

When calculating the rank using IB participation at 58%, as USNWR did in 2013, Marshall is ranked 16th in the state. When calculating Marshall's rank using 99% IB participation, as it did in 2012, USNWR erred.

The 58% participation rate is much closer to the rates reported previously for Marshall by FCPS, so it's far more credible. Nice try.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't have a dog in this fight, but either there was a problem with the data last year or parents need to know why the IB participation rate fell from 99% to 58% in one year.

http://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/virginia/districts/fairfax-county-public-schools/george-c-marshall-high-school-20451

I'll take this as a retraction.

+1. The participation rate obviously did not go down 41% in one year. The prior rate used by US News was wrong.

No marshall on this list!

http://www.usnews.com/education/blogs/college-rankings-blog/2012/05/30/adjusting-the-best-high-schools-rankings-for-government-data-errors

Since US News clearly got it wrong in 2012, why would anyone place any faith in their ability to scrub the data and catch all the errors? No local public school other than TJ has a 99% AP or IB participation rate, and no school's participation rate would ever plunge 41% in one year.

If you don't grasp that, you are pretty dense. Marshall is ranked 12th in the county by US News this year, about where people familiar with FCPS schools would have expected.

So when the findings suit you they are credible but when they don't they lie?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't have a dog in this fight, but either there was a problem with the data last year or parents need to know why the IB participation rate fell from 99% to 58% in one year.

http://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/virginia/districts/fairfax-county-public-schools/george-c-marshall-high-school-20451

I'll take this as a retraction.

+1. The participation rate obviously did not go down 41% in one year. The prior rate used by US News was wrong.

No marshall on this list!

http://www.usnews.com/education/blogs/college-rankings-blog/2012/05/30/adjusting-the-best-high-schools-rankings-for-government-data-errors

Since US News clearly got it wrong in 2012, why would anyone place any faith in their ability to scrub the data and catch all the errors? No local public school other than TJ has a 99% AP or IB participation rate, and no school's participation rate would ever plunge 41% in one year.

If you don't grasp that, you are pretty dense. Marshall is ranked 12th in the county by US News this year, about where people familiar with FCPS schools would have expected.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't have a dog in this fight, but either there was a problem with the data last year or parents need to know why the IB participation rate fell from 99% to 58% in one year.

http://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/virginia/districts/fairfax-county-public-schools/george-c-marshall-high-school-20451

I'll take this as a retraction.

+1. The participation rate obviously did not go down 41% in one year. The prior rate used by US News was wrong.

No marshall on this list!

http://www.usnews.com/education/blogs/college-rankings-blog/2012/05/30/adjusting-the-best-high-schools-rankings-for-government-data-errors