Walton High School is 67th America's best highschools by Newsweek

游客 IP:71.204.53.* 发布于 2011-06-25 15:28 14 楼^#

搬来亚特兰大近二十年，一直住在这个区域，这里环境优美，学校好，非常喜欢。

游客 IP:74.190.206.* 发布于 2011-06-25 08:14 13 楼^#

Newsweek的排名统计方法有缺陷, 其结果并不能客观全面的反映学校的实际水平. 所以看待这个结果要有保留.   <A href="http://www.usnews.com/education/blogs/college-rankings-blog/2008/04/15/the-newsweek-high-school-rankings-boycott">http://www.usnews.com/education/blogs/college-rankings-blog/2008/04/15/the-newsweek-high-school-rankings-boycott</A>

游客 IP:71.204.53.* 发布于 2011-06-24 15:38 12 楼^#

这个学校师资力量强，生源好，当然竞争也厉害。

游客 IP:24.98.84.* 发布于 2011-06-24 15:12 11 楼^#

好学区=房保值

知足发布于 2011-06-23 16:55 10 楼^#

交通也很重要，取决于你们在哪里上班，亚城上，下班时间的堵车挺严重的，这个因素也必须考虑进去。

游客 IP:71.204.53.* 发布于 2011-06-23 14:24 9 楼^#

谢谢知足提供的信息，我是6楼，刚才通过这里的朋友介绍，和她住在Walton校区的朋友通了电话了解到了一些情况，好的学区，房价比较贵，但Walton是公认的好学校，所以在那里买房，应该还是会保值的.

游客 IP:24.98.84.* 发布于 2011-06-23 14:17 8 楼^#

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游客 IP:139.76.64.* 发布于 2011-06-23 12:36 7 楼^#

Walton是老学校，被选进去是在预料中的。但Northview没入选，而才开张两年的Johns Creek都在里面，这就说明这个排名统计不全了。   这个排名根据6项标准（括号里是所占的比重）：毕业率（25%），升大学率（25%），毕业生参加的AP考试平均数（25%）, SAT/ACT 平均成绩（10%），AP/IB 平均成绩 (10%), 学校为毕业生提供的AP课平均数(5%)。 所以这几项Northview都不错。

知足发布于 2011-06-23 11:12 6 楼^#

应该是买房的好时候，房价肯定降了一些，挑选的余地还是蛮大的, 但也许没其他地区降得多。   Walton是老学校，声誉不错，周边环境也不错，但一些后起之秀（像NorthView）也很不错，相对来说那里亚裔比例更高，成绩上升得更快。供参考。   祝贺Walton，步步高升！     2009：全国排名90，第一次进入全国前100名     2010：全国排名79     2011： 全国排名67  Link: <A href="http://www.atlanta168.com/cache/use/info/2010-06/4525.html">去年的相关帖子</A>

游客 IP:71.204.53.* 发布于 2011-06-23 10:50 5 楼^#

最近正在考虑想换个房子找个好学校，不知Walton那边的房价怎么样，这里应该有网友住在那边，能否帮忙介绍一下。

胖胖168 发布于 2011-06-23 07:15 4 楼^#

Interesting! GA info 67, George Walton Comprehensive, Marietta 75, John S. Davidson Fine Arts School, Augusta 107, Savanna Arts Academy, Savannah 136, Chattahoochee, Johns Creek 149, Brookwood, Snellville 176, Milton, Milton 275, Johns Creek, Alpharetta 294, South Forsyth, Cumming 316, Riverwood International Charter, Sandy Springs 429, Parkview, Lilburn

游客 IP:158.111.4.* 发布于 2011-06-23 06:31 3 楼^#

U.S. News and World Report gives some explanation on the ranking difference ( <A href="http://www.usnews.com/education/blogs/high-school-notes/2011/06/22/dallas-schools-top-newsweek-high-school-rankings">http://www.usnews.com/education/blogs/high-school-notes/2011/06/22/dallas-schools-top-newsweek-high-school-rankings</A>).   Newsweek ranked schools based on six factors: graduation rate (25 percent), college matriculation rate (25 percent), AP tests taken per graduate (25 percent), average SAT/ACT scores (10 percent), average AP/IB scores (10 percent), and AP courses offered per graduate (5 percent).   In comparison, to earn a spot on U.S. News's <A href="http://education.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-high-schools/rankings/gold-medal-list" _counted="undefined" _eventID="37">Gold Medal list</A>, high schools were ranked using a <A href="http://education.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/education/high-schools/articles/2009/12/09/methodology-americas-best-high-schools" _counted="undefined" _eventID="38">three-step process</A>. Schools where students outperformed state averages on reading and math tests made it past the first step. Second, traditionally disadvantaged students' (black, Hispanic, and low income) performances on tests were compared to state averages for similar students.  Finally, U.S. News used AP and IB test scores to determine which schools prepared students best for college. This "college-readiness index" was calculated by combining performance on these tests and the number of seniors who took these exams, compared to the total number of seniors at the school.     Jay Mathews, a journalist for The Washington Post, designed the Challenge Index that Newsweek had used since 1998. When the newspaper sold Newsweek last year, he moved the rankings, and his methodology, to the Post. The newspaper published its <A href="http://apps.washingtonpost.com/highschoolchallenge/schools/2011/list/national/" _counted="undefined" _eventID="40">High School Challenge</A> rankings list on May 22, with Science and Engineering Magnet and Talented and Gifted Magnet similarly finishing first and second on that list. But in a <A href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/class-struggle/post/welcoming-a-new-school-rating-scoundrel/2011/06/21/AGFViGeH_blog.html" _counted="undefined" _eventID="41">Tuesday blog post</A>, Mathews says the Newsweek rankings give an unfair advantage to affluent schools.

游客 IP:158.111.4.* 发布于 2011-06-23 06:23 2 楼^#

The "Best High Schools" list from U.S. News and World Report(<A href="http://education.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-high-schools/rankings/gold-medal-list">http://education.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-high-schools/rankings/gold-medal-list</A>) is very different from that from Newsweek (<A href="http://www.newsweek.com/feature/2011/americas-best-high-schools.html">http://www.newsweek.com/feature/2011/americas-best-high-schools.html</A>).    Which list is more trustworthy, or none?    Don't read too much into the school rankings.  Every school is different and every student is different.

游客 IP:74.184.194.* 发布于 2011-06-23 05:59 1 楼^#

奇怪居然没有Northview，但却有（除了Walton High）：Chattahoochee（136），Brookwood（149），Milton（176），Johns Creek（275），South Forsyth（294），一共等12所Georgia公立学校。   Northview显然在各方面都不差于其它几所学校，显然这个单子不全。