Who cares about comparing schools? After all, the experts are constantly advising parents NOT to compare their children to each other, their cousins, friends, and neighbors. It can damage their self-esteem, causing the little darlings to feel like they dont measure up to their parents expectations. However, comparing secondary schools for High school rankings is one situation in which kids students must be compared to their peers.
High school rankings are one of the main ways that experts (think teachers, administrators and school board members), community members (business leaders, parents, taxpayers), and government leaders (mayors, governors, local and state senators and representatives) determine how well a school is doing compared to its counterparts. Looking at the High school rankings gives a lot of valuable information to all of these groups.
For example, High school rankings may provide data on test scores. Knowing how different students have scored on standardized tests as compared to other students who have taken the same or at least similar tests is important. It shows how much test-based knowledge the students have acquired and retained. The High...