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<p>UCB, while I do not think it would change their opinion (and knowledge) about other schools, I am indeed convinced that respondents would exercise a LOT more caution in answering the survey (or signing the survey filled by admins at the school.) However, that is only a small part of the problem with the integrity of the PA. </p>
<p>I believe that the survey should be more detailed and more targeted to actual peers of the schools polled. Reducing the scope of the survey to 25 to 50 schools and defining the questions to measure 5 to 10 metrics would transform today’s utterly manipulated and worthless “peer assessment” into something … valuable to all students and families. Adding the terms *peer *and *assessment *to the USNEws reputational survey is simply a huge misnomer. </p>
<p>However, it’s clear that this is NOT the goal and objective of USNews.</p>