What is notable about the U. News rankings is the number of ties. Three institutions were tied at No. In the U. At the same time, that does also open up the potential for subjective rankings, or rankings that appear to be the same every year based on reputation.
As for standardized test scores, U. It noted that one of its metrics looked more closely at how quickly students are paying off debt, while another looked at time-to-completion rates. But other than the University of California-Berkeley slotting in at No.
News top And though there are differences in methodology, the two arrived at the same number of public institutions in its top Notably absent were their Top 20 lists. We look forward to returning to our traditional and robust student survey process in the academic year ahead. Though U. News does have its benchmark overall national universities ranking, it also has a Best Value Colleges ranking.
This ranking inertia has come to be expected, the product of both institutional stability and - despite small, annual revisions - a largely consistent methodology.
Best National Liberal Arts Colleges schools. Best National Public Universities schools. The only change from last year was that the New College of Florida replaced St. Best Historically Black Colleges and Universities 78 schools.
News frequently revises its methodology, but this year saw no changes to its 17 measures of academic quality or the weights assigned to them. The data came from schools surveyed in spring and summer of ACT and SAT scores mostly reflect testing periods from to early , prior to pandemic disruptions. Like last year, U. That request reflected in part the extent to which the pandemic had disrupted the administration of standardized tests. The ranking variables and their weights for the National Universities some weights are slightly different for other institutional types are as follows:.
Class size, student:faculty ratio, average faculty salary, proportions of faculty who are full time, and who have earned the terminal degree in their discipline. Reputational ratings where presidents, provosts, and admissions deans give their opinions of other schools. Spending per undergraduate student on academics, such as instruction, student services, and research. However, concerns remain. Although different ranking methodologies yield different results, among the best-known systems, the overlap - especially in the top tier of schools - is considerable.
We offer a wide variety of programs because we want every student to be able to find at least one corner of the building that feels like home to them. Our rankings may improve, but if they do it will be a byproduct of our trying to best serve the overall educational needs of our kids and families. Leaving aside areas that US News does not cover in their rankings as Dr. Lussier and Jamie Chisum have noted, that are very important to the quality of a high school , such as arts and athletics, the proficiency performance of students at WHS has slipped.
These are not favorable movements. Schools receive 3x the weight for passing grades on AP exams. The methodology behind these rankings is somewhat opaque — but the proficiency scores are apples to apples in year over year comparison, as far as I can tell having attempted to go down this rabbit hole….
The comments from the Superintendent and the Principal are almost as disappointing as these rankings are. They also indicate that these rankings will not change and, in fact, may continue to worsen. Whether our school leaders like it or not, standard assessment tools of academic excellence matter in the real world. They matter a lot. We are not preparing our students to compete within that reality.
Further, this state of affairs is compounded by an increasingly intrusive political indoctrination of our kids and with the displacement of merit as the chief criterion for the hiring of teachers and other school staff. Given the budget and resources available to our schools, particularly when compared to those available to the schools placed ahead of ours, these rankings are simply unacceptable. Not to mention that the School Board keeps asking for additional funds virtually every year and we keep approving them.
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