Wallblog

I talked to Cara today about the Newsweek article that ranks high schools according to how many students take AP tests and IB Tests per graduating student population. AHS was nowhere to be found. The top schools in Colorado were Lakewood and George Washington. So how did they come to these high rankings of mediocre schools (in my mind). Well let's say that 50% of the population drops out before graduation and of the half remaining, 50% take AP tests or IB tests, therefore that school would have a great ranking, As compared to Arapahoe with 500 graduates taking 300 Ap tests. So does someone that is moving to Colorado look at this and try to get their child into Lakewood or GW as opposed to Arapahoe? Are we seeing a shift in more and more students taking AP tests, not to get college credit, but rather because the administration wants more students to take tests, not pass them, because it would look better in this national ranking of schools?