Should high schools publish tables of grades and standardized tests?

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<p>An example can be found here, though on a district level:</p>

<p>[url=&lt;a href=“http://www.houstonisd.org/Page/38527]Research”&gt;Research & Accountability / SAT, ACT, PSAT, AP and IB Performance Reports]Research</a> & Accountability / SAT, ACT, PSAT, AP and IB Performance Reports<a href=“click%20on%20the%20PDF%20link%20under%20%22Advanced%20Placement%22%20on%20the%20right%20side”>/url</a></p>

<p>It is nice of them to make this information available (see page 8), but it does indicate that the district is not doing a particularly good job (for A students in AP courses, the modal score was 1; this is true in the art/music, English, science, and social studies subsets of AP courses/tests; in foreign language the modal score for A and B students was 4, while in math the modal score for A students was 5 but the modal score for B students was 1).</p>

<p>Perhaps many schools or districts consider this information too embarrassing to show to the general public.</p>