About GreatSchools' ratings system and methodology
About GreatSchools' ratings system and methodology
The GreatSchools Summary Rating appears at the top of a school's profile. Our ratings follow a 1-10 scale, where 10 is the highest and 1 is the lowest. Ratings ...
GreatSchools ratings methodology report
The GreatSchools Test Score Rating is computed based upon the percent of students scoring proficient or above on their state's standardized assessment in each ...
GreatSchools ratings follow a 1-10 scale, where 10 is the highest and 1 is the lowest. Ratings at the lower end of the scale (1-4) signal that the school is “ ...
How GreatSchools steers you toward whiter, more affluent schools
GreatSchools' ratings effectively penalize schools that serve largely low-income students and those serving largely black and Hispanic ...
Accuracy of GreatSchools.org ratings? : r/nova - Reddit
A low rating (1–4) may indicate some student groups are not getting the support they need at the school, while a high rating (7–10) may indicate ...
GreatSchools is an American national nonprofit organization that provides information about PK-12 schools and education. The website provides ratings and ...
How online ratings make good schools look bad - Vox
GreatSchools is America's unofficial school ratings website. We conducted a data analysis of their scores. ... In America, most children go to ...
Why did my school's rating go up? | GreatSchools.org
These ratings may vary from school to school based on data availability and school level. For example, high schools have a College Readiness ...
What is the New GreatSchools Rating?
and family's needs as part of the school selection process. For DC schools ... The test score sub-rating is based on 2013 District of Columbia. Comprehensive ...
What Do Public School Rankings Really Mean? - Parents
From there, GreatSchools assembles the data into five sub-ratings: college readiness, test scores, equity, advanced courses, and attendance. And at GreatSchools ...
GreatSchools overhauls ratings in bid to reduce link with race, poverty
America's most widely used school rating system is overhauling its approach with a series of changes that will weaken the link between race, poverty, and ...
GreatSchools says it is working to improve its ratings - Sun Journal
GreatSchools has changed its methodology since data for this study was collected, placing a greater emphasis on academic progress rather ...
How GreatSchools.org methodology Determines its School Rankings
Understanding NJ Ranking Websites like GreatSchools.org compared to the realty of our 4 Warren NJ schools is an interesting and important ...
GreatSchools' Ratings Revamp Credits Schools for Boosting ...
Under the new ratings system, the equity rating will also add college readiness data and student growth data. GreatSchools has increased the ...
Why did my school's rating go down? | GreatSchools.org
This rating uses performance on state tests (the percentage of students scoring at or above proficiency) across grades and subjects, compared to ...
Laura Chapman: “GreatSchools” Rating System Is Funded by ...
GreatSchools recently announced that it would use “growth scores” to measure school quality, not just test scores, but the difference is ...
GreatSchools Wanted to Disrupt Online School Ratings. But Did It ...
GreatSchools is easy to find, but its ratings correlate closely with students' racial or economic backgrounds.
How reliable are the public school ratings on http://greatschools.org?
In the US, the ratings are mostly determined by test scores, a high rated school based on test scores may just mean the school excels at ...
School-Rating Site GreatSchools Expands Its Measuring Stick
The online site GreatSchools.org has released a massive expansion of its school-ratings system, intended to provide more nuance about school quality.
The Problem with “Great Schools”
It is these scores that account for 47% of GreatSchool's school rating for elementary schools (and a whopping 72% if you add in their 'Student ...