Talk:Pittsford (town), New York
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"Pittsford Mendon High School is ranked the 39th best public high school (with an average of 3.584 AP credits per student) in the nation, and Pittsford Sutherland High School is ranked the 78th best (with an average of 2.967 AP credits per student)."
please reference the source of this study. Kingturtle 17:30, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
- The study was referenced in the Pittsford Mendon High School article (although without a link) as being in Newsweek. Here's a link: [1] Powers 00:02, 19 April 2006 (UTC)
i see. so the study is based simply on number of students who took the AP test...but not based at all on scores. Kingturtle 16:18, 19 April 2006 (UTC)
- Apparently. Note that I'm not advocating for the validity of the study in ranking high schools. My own high school, for example, would rate horribly on that metric because we received college credit directly rather than needing to take an exam. However, the rankings are real. Powers 17:56, 19 April 2006 (UTC)
[edit] clarification needed
When a statistic is presented that is misleading, an explanation should be provided.
- "According to a ratio devised by Newsweek in which "the number of Advanced Placement or International Baccalaureate tests taken by all students at a school" is "divided by the number of graduating seniors," Pittsford Mendon High School was ranked 39th among public high schools in the nation, and Pittsford Sutherland High School was ranked 77th. The next year, however, both were surpassed by neighboring school district Brighton."
A clarification needs to be made that student achievement is not involved at all in this ratio. The ratio involves only attempts, and not successes. Kingturtle (talk) 11:58, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
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- I think it is very clear in the original wording that number of tests taken is the metric and not how many achieved a particular score. In my opinion further clarification of that point is not needed. Actually, I would suggest that some measure of achievement is involved since merely getting to the point of being able to take an AP exam involves some academic achievement. However, if you think that clarification is really needed, then it belongs in an article about the Newsweek list and this ratio. Otherwise the same clarification belongs in each article about any high school where this list is mentioned. Would you care to begin such an article? Pzavon (talk) 01:54, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
- Actually, no, taking an AP class or an AP exam is not an achievement. There are no national regulations or rules regarding who can take the classes. Schools can put as many and any students they want into their AP classes. Each school creates its own prerequisites. Kingturtle (talk) 02:04, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
