In their May 8, 2006, issue, Newsweek listed their Best 100 Public Schools across the nation. They ranked the schools using a ratio of the number of Advanced Placement (AP) and/or International Baccalaureate tests taken by all students within a school, divided by the number of graduating seniors. The 2006 list was based on the [...]
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Three Dallas Schools Make Newsweek’s Best 100 High Schools List – Tag High School is #1!
January 24th, 2010 
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No Comments »Principals Affect High School Rankings for K-12 General Interest
January 16th, 2010 Admin What data is considered for High School Rankingsfor K-12 general interest? Newsweek Magazine is the most popular publication that ranks public high schools, and most high schools strive for inclusion. Newsweek journalist Jay Mathews devised the formula used by the magazine to determine which schools make the list. It looks at how many students took [...]
Posted in Articles Tags: Advanced Placement, Backbone, Community Outreach, Curricular Programs, Discipline Students, Extracurricular Clubs, Graduating Seniors, High School Principals, High School Rankings, Inclusion, International Baccalaureate, Jay Mathews, Leading Schools, Motivation, Newsweek, Newsweek Journalist, Newsweek Magazine, Public High Schools, School Principal, Top Notch No Comments »How Test Scores Affect School Rankings
January 13th, 2010 Admin If you’ve got a child in public school as young as third grade, you’re already starting to feel the testing frenzy. School administrators, teachers, and your child are all feeling the pressure to take and live up to state and national standards of learning. Those test results will be published in your local paper, appear [...]
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