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This has been discussed alot lately so I thought I'd summarize the Minnesota schools that reached Newsweek's list:
93. Edina 146. Southwest - Minneapolis 370. Como Park - St. Paul 393. St. Louis Park 447. St. Anthony 494. Minnetonka 613. Patrick Henry - Minneapolis 683. Mahtomedi 698. Eastview High School - Apple Valley 787. Armstrong - Plymouth 974. Brainerd 995. Stillwater 1006. Wayzata 1045. Highland Park - St. Paul 1143. South - Minneapolis 1145. South St. Paul 1156. Irondale - New Brighton 1194. Hopkins 1284. Eden Prairie 1330. St. Paul Harding - St. Paul 1346. Lyle "Public schools are ranked according to a ratio devised by Jay Mathews: the number of Advanced Placement, Intl. Baccalaureate and/or Cambridge tests taken by all students at a school in 2006 divided by the number of graduating seniors. All of the schools on the list have an index of at least 1.000; they are in the top 5 percent of public schools measured this way." Last edited by Slig; 04-05-2008 at 02:06 AM. |
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This report has been out for a very long time. It only looks at the number of students in the IB program at the Minneapolis schools and how many take the SAT. It doesn't rank them on how well they do on the test or even if they PASS the test. The Star-Trib did a report several months ago stating that at the beginning of the year 99 students were in the IB program in Minneapolis schools, by Christmas that number was down to 45 students. I posted that story on here when it came out. The Minneapolis school ranking is based on 45 kids--very representative
. Same thing with the St. Paul schools, it is only based on the IB program kids there, not the general population of the schools.You also have to consider that the SAT is not the most popular test taken in MN for college entrance exams. Most colleges around here use the ACT. If you want to compare that test it would be more accurate. |
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PSEOT? Explain please?
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I am guessing that this is the post-secondary opportunities kids have in MN--juniors/seniors in the top 1/3rd of their class can take college courses that double count for high school and college credit. Some kids take 100% of their jr/sr classes at a college and graduate from high school as a jr in college--free except books, etc. It is a great program but I will offer that it will be taken advantage of as much as open enrollment is in Minneapolis, and that is not very much--you still have to drive to the college to take the classes and if you don't have a way to get there, you can't do that. |
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So Golfgal, would it be safe to conclude that in your opinion Southwest High School in Minneapolis offers a poor quality education?
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2. Why should it matter what a majority of the students do? If the program is open and you take advantage of it, then it is a good school for you. Minnetonka is also a great school, as long as you take challenging courses and do your work. Otherwise, Mtka. is not so great. 3. The books are either free or heavily subsidized, I do not remember which. |
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