Is this high school hurting its students?

speihei
Fri, 24 Jul 2009 13:36:35 +0000

You understand correctly. 25 of the 50 (in the third distribution) are in the top 10% but the school doesn’t tell anyone who those 25 students are. So none of the 50 can credibly claim top 10%.

Maddening. And probably a drag on top tier admissions.