2、该项涂黑。ANational Rankings: Best High SchoolsTheU.S.Newsrankingsincludedataonmorethan22,000publichighschoolsin50states and the District ofColumbia.Schools were awarded gold,silver or bronze medals basedon theirperformanceon stateassessmentsandhow well they prepare students for
3、college.About the AwardsGold—Top 500 Schools based on highest college readiness.Silver—High-performing schoolsbasedon lowercollegereadiness.Bronze—High-performingschoolsbasedonstateexamperformance, listedalphabetically.Award DistributionGold2.4%Silver 10.3%Bronze 16.8%NoMed
4、al 70.5%-25-HOW We Determine the AwardsSTEP1Students perform better than expected in their state.We looked at reading and math results for students on each state's proficiency(水平)testsand then factored inthe percentage of economically disadvantaged students,who tend to scor
5、elower.STEP 2 Disadvantaged students perform better than state average.We compared each school's math and reading proficiency rates for disadvantagedstudents--black,Hispanicand low-income—with the statewideresults forthesestudentgroupsand then selected schools that were per
6、formingbetter than their state averages.STEP3 Student graduation rates meet or are greater than a national standard.We left out schools from consideration if their graduation rates were lower than 75percent--a starting point thatis higher than a federal law that requires st
7、ates to give extraresources to schools below 67 percent.STEP4Studentsarepreparedforcollege-levelcoursework.We calculated a College Readiness Index,which is based or the school's AP participationrate and how well thestudents did on those tests.Tiebeakers were used to determi
8、ne ranksofschools that achieved the same CollegeReadiness Index.1.Which plays an i
