the second step determined whether the school's least-advantaged students (black, Hispanic, and low-income) were performing better than average for similar students in the state. We compared each school's math and reading proficiency rates for disadvantaged students with the statewide results for these disadvantaged student groups and then selected schools that were performing better than this state average.So if you locale doesn't have any "disadvantaged" students your local school is disqualified from being "judged nationally." How absurd!Schools that made it through those first two steps became eligible to be judged nationally on the final step: college-readiness ...
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Yeah, that’s why I gave my statements a qualifying remark. Just like political polls, these sort of surveys are always open to doubt.
Of course, the Catalina Foothills High School mentioned is extremely rich and mostly white. Very few disadvantaged kids, if I recall correctly. And even University High School is quite rich and has almost no blacks and few Hispanics (mostly White, Asian).