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Old 12-05-2007, 06:17 PM
 
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Here are the Michigan results, listed by county (select specific county in list on bottom left hand side of screen):

Best High Schools Search - US News and World Report

This is the first annual High School ranking by U.S. News & World Report.

It gets kind of confusing when comparing results with other high school rating sites online...for example, a high school in West Michigan that ranks in the bottom 30% of Michigan achievement test scores received a bronze medal (top 10% in the nation) in the U.S. News rankings, yet multiple other high schools in various counties that ranked in the top 90 to 100% of the Michigan state achievment did not make the medal listings.

Example

Greaterschools.net rating 3 out of 10 Muskegon High School:

Muskegon High School - Muskegon, Michigan - MI - school overview

U.S. News & World Reports gives the same school a bronze medal:

Muskegon High School: Best High Schools - USNews.com (http://www.usnews.com/listings/high-schools/michigan/muskegon_high_school - broken link)



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Siberia

Last edited by Siberia; 12-05-2007 at 06:34 PM..
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Old 12-06-2007, 08:56 AM
 
Location: East Grand Rapids, MI
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Good job EGR! 13 schools in Michigan received Silver.
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Old 12-06-2007, 10:21 AM
 
Location: Life here is not an Apollo Mission. Everyone calm down.
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Here are the Michigan results, listed by county (select specific county in list on bottom left hand side of screen):

Best High Schools Search - US News and World Report

This is the first annual High School ranking by U.S. News & World Report.

It gets kind of confusing when comparing results with other high school rating sites online...for example, a high school in West Michigan that ranks in the bottom 30% of Michigan achievement test scores received a bronze medal (top 10% in the nation) in the U.S. News rankings, yet multiple other high schools in various counties that ranked in the top 90 to 100% of the Michigan state achievement did not make the medal listings.

Example

Greaterschools.net rating 3 out of 10 Muskegon High School:

Muskegon High School - Muskegon, Michigan - MI - school overview

U.S. News & World Reports gives the same school a bronze medal:

Muskegon High School: Best High Schools - USNews.com (http://www.usnews.com/listings/high-schools/michigan/muskegon_high_school - broken link)



Extra kudos to anyone who solves this riddle...


Siberia
It has to do with the criteria....the U.S. News & World Report formula favors schools and their resources for the underprivileged, at risk students.
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Old 12-10-2007, 03:33 PM
 
Location: Flint, MI
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Glad to see at least one Flint school on that list.
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Old 12-13-2007, 11:35 AM
 
Location: Northeast Lower Penisula Michigan
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Oh that list is such crap... Whittemore-Prescott H.S. in Iosco county gets a bronze but Tawas is not even on there??? I wouldn't send my kids to Whittemore-Prescott if I had to! I'd home school them first! Look carefully at the criteria before you use that list as any indicator for a decent school. The state-issued school report cards just were posted in our local news and Whittemore-Prescott High received an F in English and D's in Math, Science and Social Studies for a composite grade of D-. They didn't meet the Adequate Yearly Progress requirements, either. (To give you a comparison of another Iosco county school... Tawas High was at least C's and B's and met the AYP requirement).
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