US News releases 2019 best high schools rankings
Posted by freemexy on November 13th, 2019
When it comes to success in college, a good high school can be a powerful launching pad.International high school But the Nation’s Report Card, formally known as the National Assessment of Educational Progress, found that as few as 25% of 12th-grade students in 2015 were proficient in math and just 22% in science.
Parents searching for top public schools in their area that can put their teens on the right path can turn to the 2019 U.S. News Best High Schools rankings, out today. U.S. News ranked 17,245 public high schools, out of a review of more than 23,000 in all 50 states and the District of Columbia; the number of ranked schools is up from more than 2,700 last year.
The new rankings, developed in conjunction with nonprofit research firm RTI International, are based on a revamped methodology that weighs six indicators of school quality for the 2016-2017 school year: — College readiness, based on the proportions of 12th-grade students who took and passed Advanced Placement and/or International Baccalaureate exams.College curriculum breadth, based on proportions of 12th-grade students who took and passed AP and/or IB exams in multiple content areas. — Math and reading proficiency, based on student performance on state-required tests. — Math and reading performance, based on whether performance on state assessments exceeded expectations given the school’s proportion of underserved students.
— Underserved student performance, based on how black, Hispanic and low-income students performed on state assessments compared with those who are not underserved in the state. — Graduation rates, based on the proportion of students who entered ninth grade in 2012-2013 and graduated four years later.
The highest-ranked schools are those whose students excelled on state tests and performed beyond expectations; participated in and passed a variety of college-level exams; and graduated in high proportions. U.S. News assigned numerical ranks to schools performing in the top 75%. Schools performing below the 25th percentile are listed alphabetically with a ranking range.
