I'm sure the kids who are bused to Whiteman don't count.

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Anonymous wrote:That explains BCC, but where is Whitman? My guess is this:

• Step 2: Identify high schools that performed at or better than the state average for their least advantaged students

Yep. This comes up every year. If you don't have any "least advantaged" students, or a statistically uncountable number, you lose out on a major metric. Which is fine. Whiteman families will just have to assume their school is fine.

So Churchill and Wooton can make the list because do have "least advantaged" students? I wonder where they live.

Scotland area for Churchill. I don't know about Wootton.

I'm not sure, though, how Churchill can be considered in regards to low income students since the % of FARMS there is less than 5%. In Wootton, it's about 5.5%.

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Anonymous wrote:That explains BCC, but where is Whitman? My guess is this:

• Step 2: Identify high schools that performed at or better than the state average for their least advantaged students

Yep. This comes up every year. If you don't have any "least advantaged" students, or a statistically uncountable number, you lose out on a major metric. Which is fine. Whiteman families will just have to assume their school is fine.

So Churchill and Wooton can make the list because do have "least advantaged" students? I wonder where they live.

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Anonymous wrote:Eleanor Roosevelt in *gasp* PG County is ranked #23

Have at it, it could be ranked super duper and it is still in PG

Right back at you with Churchill, as it is still in Potomac. - NP from MoCo

Anonymous wrote:Eleanor Roosevelt in *gasp* PG County is ranked #23

Have at it, it could be ranked super duper and it is still in PG

Anonymous wrote:DC not enrolled at Churchill because we are in private...but I am happy for this report cause it only helps our home value. Yay!!

Money well spent on private! (oops)

Anonymous wrote:So the methodology means you have to have disadvantages students as a control group within the school...hence town-based (and non-diverse schools within a county) are effectively excluded.

I get the rationale, and no metric is perfect, but looks like budget cuts at USNews made them forget to do a gut check on results.

At then end of the day, whatever - it's not like anyone really thinks these rankings matter much.

uh.. plenty seem to. Hence OP's post.

Eleanor Roosevelt in *gasp* PG County is ranked #23

https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/maryland/districts/montgomery-county-public-schools/bethesda-chevy-chase-high-9137
Did B-CC not give data to US News again this year?

I wo der where Whitman is as well Aren't they typically on the USNWR list? I wonder if they didn't provide data (and if so, you have to wonder why ...).

So the methodology means you have to have disadvantages students as a control group within the school...hence town-based (and non-diverse schools within a county) are effectively excluded.

I get the rationale, and no metric is perfect, but looks like budget cuts at USNews made them forget to do a gut check on results.

At then end of the day, whatever - it's not like anyone really thinks these rankings matter much.

Anonymous wrote:Whtiman's great schools ranking dropped to 8. Are we sure there isn't a problem?

Eh. The DCUM answer is that Whitman kids tanked the tests on purpose to protest standardized testing. Of course, when an overwhelmingly white school does poorly on a test, it must be because they are too smart for the test. There's always a *reason.* When a school with Black/Latinx kids has poor test scores, it must be "a culture of ignorance" or some such nonsense.

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Anonymous wrote:All W schools are top 1% btw.

Whiteman wasn't ranked.

PP has ranked them in her head. Far more important than us news.

Anonymous wrote:All W schools are top 1% btw.

Whiteman wasn't ranked.

DC not enrolled at Churchill because we are in private...but I am happy for this report cause it only helps our home value. Yay!!