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Half of Fairfax County public high schools have been named to a list of the worst high schools in the nation by U.S. News and World Report.
Posted by: News patrol ()
Date: April 22, 2014 10:41PM

Half of Fairfax County public high schools have been named to a list of the worst high schools in the nation by U.S. News and World Report.


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Area high schools named among nation's best
Tuesday - 4/22/2014, 2:02pmĀ  ET

WASHINGTON - Half of Fairfax County public high schools have been named to a list of the best high schools in the nation by U.S. News and World Report.

Eleven high schools in Montgomery County and four in D.C., including three public schools and one charter school, have also been named to the list.

Once ranked the top school in the nation, Fairfax's Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology was ranked the fourth best high school in the nation.

The rankings were based on assessment test results of the schools' black, Hispanic or low-income students, along with college readiness, based on advanced placement test. More than 19,000 schools were ranked.

At Thomas Jefferson, all students who took advanced placement exams passed the tests.

The top 10 schools in Virginia are all located in Northern Virginia.

Montgomery County

Seven Montgomery County schools were honored as a gold medal school and are considered among the best 500 schools in the nation. Four other schools received a silver medal, according to Montgomery County Public Schools.

Walt Whitman High School in Bethesda was rated the 61st best school nationwide for its advancement placement test results and its proficiency in Algebra and English compared to other Maryland schools. It was the top-rated school in the state.

Montgomery County Public Schools operates 28 high schools.

Howard County also had several ranked high schools including River Hill in Clarksville. In Prince George's County, Eleanor Roosevelt High School was ranked the 640th best high school in the country, according to U.S. News.

District of Columbia

School Without Walls High School was ranked the top high school in the District for its college readiness, 63 percent of students passed advanced placement exams, and for achieving above average scores in math and reading. Student to teacher ratios were also considered.

Three other schools in the District were ranked, including one charter school.



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Re: Half of Fairfax County public high schools have been named to a list of the worst high schools in the nation by U.S. News and World Report.
Posted by: Berny Goetz ()
Date: April 22, 2014 11:05PM

"The rankings were based on assessment test results of the schools' black, Hispanic or low-income students"


You can send this kind of liberal mindset to the garbage heap. The Supreme Court just ruled that affirmative action in education is officially bullshit.

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Re: Half of Fairfax County public high schools have been named to a list of the worst high schools in the nation by U.S. News and World Report.
Posted by: The good book ()
Date: April 22, 2014 11:12PM

Berny Goetz Wrote:
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> "The rankings were based on assessment test
> results of the schools' black, Hispanic or
> low-income students"
>
>
> You can send this kind of liberal mindset to the
> garbage heap. The Supreme Court just ruled that
> affirmative action in education is officially
> bullshit.

As the good book sayeths"Judgeth not less ye be judgeded

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Re: Half of Fairfax County public high schools have been named to a list of the worst high schools in the nation by U.S. News and World Report.
Posted by: newgatedenizen ()
Date: April 22, 2014 11:13PM

According to this analysis Annandale High School is ranked 868 in the nation, 30 in state of Virginia. Nothing more need be said.

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Re: Half of Fairfax County public high schools have been named to a list of the worst high schools in the nation by U.S. News and World Report.
Posted by: West Springfield Rules! ()
Date: April 24, 2014 03:38PM

868 out of 869. Not bad at all.

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Re: Half of Fairfax County public high schools have been named to a list of the worst high schools in the nation by U.S. News and World Report.
Posted by: Next up ()
Date: April 24, 2014 04:05PM

Let's rank schools based on their special ed classes.

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Re: Half of Fairfax County public high schools have been named to a list of the worst high schools in the nation by U.S. News and World Report.
Posted by: tj is top of that list! ()
Date: April 24, 2014 04:47PM

Next up Wrote:
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> Let's rank schools based on their special ed
> classes.


tj is top of that list!

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