Scoring Schools With School Rankings For K-12 Gen Interest

Summary: Newsweek, websites, and local blogs- everyone seems to have a hand in rating the nation's schools. And that little thing known as the No Child Left Behind Act does its part too. Parents browse school rankings for K-12 gen interest on the Internet with increasing frequency. Well, it's no surprise. National and state standards are being tightened, but no one in the country actually seems happy with the state of education. So I have to ask, just how useful are the school ranking...

Newsweek, websites, and local blogs- everyone seems to have a hand in rating the nation's schools. And that little thing known as the No Child Left Behind Act does its part too. Parents browse school rankings for K-12 gen interest on the Internet with increasing frequency. Well, it's no surprise. National and state standards are being tightened, but no one in the country actually seems happy with the state of education. So I have to ask, just how useful are the school rankings for K-12 gen interest? The long and the short of it is this. Read them. Take them with a grain of salt. Ask questions. School Rankings for K-12 Gen Interest-Read them I feel the same way about school rankings for K-12 general interest as I about standardized tests. They do have a place in education, but most people don't understand what that place is. Look at school rankings for K-12 gen interest for a school you're familiar with and you won't get many big shocks. That's because a lot of the information is purely factual: what sports does the school offer, where is it ranked in the state, what is the teacher student ratio