[Offtopic] school ranking website?

[stephen at melbpc.org.au]

Hi all,

Thanks for you thoughts, Simon.

My new neighbours are being extremely thorough in making their choice of
schools .. for instance, even asking their new teacher neighbour (me) if
the site they located as simply one of many guides in assisting in their
choice of schools is accurate and relevant. As such, your answer is fine
but not really the info they're seeking. Anyone any further comments, eg
is this info inaccurate or statistically flawed, ie, trustworthy anyone? 

 http://bettereducation.com.au/Results/VCE2008Results.aspx


> This is basically the same information that is published in the press
> the day after the VCE results come out at the end of the year.
> 
> If the neighbours are prospective parents I would be telling them this
> is an extremely lazy way of judging a school and is not a substitute for
> making an informed choice about a school by visiting it, going to an
> Open day, taking a tour, making an appointment to talk to some teachers,
> talking to students who go there, looking at the curriculum programs, or
> any of the myriad of other ways of judging whether a school will meet
> the educational needs of their child.
> 
> 
> 
> Simon Frazer
> Assistant Principal
> Mentone Girls' SC
> 
> 
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> 
> Hi all,
> 
> Neighbours recently asked for advice re the following website in terms
> of
> accuracy & relevance. Don't know how to answer them. Putting an
> emotional
> and 'social good/evil' response to one side, is there any list
> consensus?
> 
> Does this webpage provide any 'useful' information?
> 
>  http://bettereducation.com.au/Results/VCE2008Results.aspx
> 
> "The following table ranks schools based on Median VCE score &
> percentage 
> of Scores of 40 and over .."
> 
> Cheers,
> Stephen
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