Four Mid-Shore high schools were recently named by the Washington Post as being among the elite public high schools in the nation for college preparedness.
Easton (ranked 1,494), Colonel Richardson (1,741), Queen Anne's County (1,762) and North Caroline (1,886) high schools made the list that included 1,953 high schools.
Jay Matthews, the Washington Post education columnist, has been ranking Washington-area public schools using the Challenge Index since 1998. This year, the Post expanded its rankings to high schools across the nation.
According to the Post, the Challenge Index measures how effectively a school prepares its students for college. The formula divides the number of Advanced Placement (AP), International Baccalaureate or other college-level tests a school gave in 2010 by the number of graduating seniors.
According to the Washington Post, the rating can reveal the level of a high school's commitment to preparing average students for college.
Easton High School finds itself on the new Washington Post list after five years of being named one of the top public high schools in the nation by Newsweek.
We discovered an error in the article (a good one, actually). North Caroline HS also made the ranking. Sadly, no schools on the Lower Shore were included. – Ed.
Wow - you'd think with a slick new building Bennett would be on the list. Isn't that the main reason BOE fought so hard for it's new building, to better the education of our children?
ReplyDeleteI am a proud faculty member of the Colonel Richardson High School team. We face many challenges, but we have dedicated staff and wonderful administrators who are sincerely committed to the students. Yay, Colonel!
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