[CSPS] The Complete List of the 1,000 Top U.S. High Schools

[Mahajan, Arvind]

> Newsweek has just now published its ranking of top U.S. high schools. This list and the related article can be accessed at 
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> http://g.msn.com/0MN2ET7/2?http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7723397/site/newsweek&&CM=EmailThis&CE=1
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> CSISD is ranked # 447.
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> According to the article, there are 27,468 high schools in the U.S. Newsweek acknowledges that assessing such a large and diverse group of schools is daunting. To come up with its Best High Schools List, Newsweek used a ratio, the number of Advanced Placement (AP) and/or International Baccalaureate (IB) tests taken by all students at a school in 2004, divided by the number of graduating seniors. Using this criterion, Newsweek has ranked 1,042 schools. 
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> Based upon these numbers, A&M Consolidated High School is in the top 2% of all high schools in the nation and in the top half of all ranked schools. This is a remarkable achievement for any high school, and in particular, for a Texas high school. The CSISD administration  and teachers deserve our congratulations for this feat. 
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> Coincidentally, in my very recent conversations with some CSISD administrators and school board members, I had noted that it will be desirable to know how Consol stacked up, not just against other Texas schools, but nationally. Notwithstanding reasonable quibbling with the criteria used and the coarseness of the rankings, they do shed light on the issue.
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> Given this achievement,  A&M Consol's benchmark should now be to crack the top one percent. How can CSPS help?
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> Arvind
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> Arvind Mahajan
> Lamar Savings Professor of Finance
> 306N Wehner Building
> Texas A&M University
> College Station, TX 77843-4218
> Phone 979-845-4876
> Fax     979-845-3884
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