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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I looked for Catalina High School in Tucson (obscure ref to recent immigration flap). It HAS to be a good school, after all, folks are entering the country illegally just to go to school there.
It is a ‘magnet’ school - they just attract the wrong kind of filings.....
And remember that if Johnny has a black grandfather or a Hispanic surname, then he will declare himself to be that minority. Because for these issues, it's "better" to be a minority, someone who has white AND black heritage will automatically call himself black.
It's kind of a wealthy place ~ usually number one or two in the country (per capita).