a three-step analysis. U.S. News and World measured how each school's students performed on state tests, adjusting for student circumstances. Then it evaluated how well each school's disadvantaged students did. Lastly, they looked at whether the school was successful in providing college-level coursework. 1) performed on state tests: What about the quality of the state test?
2) how well disadvantaged students did: what about how well the best students did?
3) college-level coursework: Uh, sex-ed and feminazi ethics?