In 20 18, the best school district in America won the prize.

Recently, according to the report of American Chinese website, it is said that the scoring standard of GREATSCHOOLS has changed. Caused an uproar in the United States! Let's talk about the score of 20 18 for the best school district in the United States. Let's have a look.

At the beginning of the new year, many people in China noticed a strange phenomenon. At home, the excellent grades of primary school, junior high school and senior high school 10 suddenly declined. In particular, some traditional famous schools in the Chinese circle directly fell to 7-8 points. Of course, there are also some schools with 8 points, which became 10 overnight.

Previously: Schools with more Asians and whites scored higher.

Public primary and secondary schools in the United States implement compulsory education and pay almost no tuition fees. The assigned school is determined by the home address, in principle, the nearest school; Of course, due to the division of school districts, in fact, your family may not be assigned to the nearest school in a straight line.

Want to know which school district you are assigned to? Which schools have been designated? Log in to greatschools official website.

Enter the detailed home address, and you will see the list of assigned schools (it is recommended to check with the specific school district for confirmation) and other schools around.

According to the California School Research Report published by GreatSchools.org in May last year, under the old grading system, only 2% of African-American students and 6% of Hispanic students attended high-scoring schools, but the proportion of white and Asian students attending high-scoring schools was as high as 58% and 91%; Nearly 75% of African-American and 58% of Hispanic students attend schools with poor test scores, but only 5% and 3% of white and Asian students attend schools with poor test scores.

Now: join the equal rating and the score will change.

GreatSchools realized that the existing school scores did not reflect the performance gap between ethnic minority groups and low-income groups and other student groups, so it formulated a new scoring standard, focusing on adding a fair rating to reflect whether these traditional vulnerable groups have obvious gaps with other students, and whether the school has given these vulnerable groups sufficient resources and support. Changed the scores of many schools in this item.

Take Henry M Gunn High School, the original perfect school in Palo Alto, where Stanford University is located, as an example to see how the equal rating affects the school rating.

The original score of the school was 10, and the total score under the new standard became 9, although the scores of test scores, pre-university courses and advanced courses were all 10.

The influence of the gap between low-income students and other students on their grades

The influence of the performance gap between Hispanic, white and Asian students on their scores (less than 5% of African-Americans are not counted)

It can be seen that due to the low equality score, even if the school got full marks in other items such as test scores, its total score was 9.

That's how the school with a score of 10 was pulled down.

The influence of score change on the purchase of school district housing

Born in China, parents don't like such grading standards. Many people expressed their worries about housing prices. At the same time, some people say that GREAT SCHOOL's move is tantamount to digging its own grave, and no one will use it as a standard to measure the quality of the school in the future.

For property buyers: the change of grading standards has reduced the scores of some schools, so as a property buyer, you can't just pay attention to the overall scores of schools. Pay attention to whether the score is reduced because of equality.

Just like Henry M Gunn High School above, it once belonged to ten famous schools in the Bay Area. But now because of the low equity rating score, it has become a 9-point school. The decline in this score does not mean that the teaching quality or teachers in this school are not as good as before.

In other words, families who want their children to go to schools with good grades must pay special attention to the fact that new grades are no longer based on academic performance.

In addition to greatschools, there are many school rating agencies in the United States, such as niche, school digger and so on. It is understandable that parents in China attach importance to education. But don't take these grades or scores as too major considerations.

In the United States, there are U.S. news best high schools rankings of top public and private high schools every year, and parents living in popular areas call these rankings the most comprehensive rankings.

As for housing prices, it is impossible to predict the impact of the decline in school scores on the surrounding real estate prices from the newly published standards, but the boundary between good and bad school districts in the traditional sense may be diluted. Some properties around schools that get high scores due to the new standards may attract the favor of African-American and Hispanic parents, which may lead to rising house prices.

Asians are the majority, and parents want more RMB.

In order to let her son go to school in a good school district, Ms. Wang immigrated from China many years ago and settled in Acadia. But to her disappointment, most of the students are from China, and she wants her children to get more exposure to American culture, not just with China children. Although the school district is very good and the school ranks well, it always makes her feel that her children have never experienced the real America.

Mr. Wu, who lives in Xiruidu, is also considering moving. In fact, he said, there are different schools in different communities in Xi Rui. Most of the public primary schools where he lives are of Indian origin. He felt a little disappointed. He wants to see more children from other nationalities go to school with his children, so he considers buying a house in other areas. He said that a good school district will always be dominated by Asian students, and if their cultural background is more diverse, it may be more beneficial to the development of children.

The division of school districts is closely related to school grades, but now the school grading standards have changed, which leads to the change of school grades. Therefore, if you want to buy an American school district, it is necessary for you to know what changes have taken place and the impact of grade changes on the purchase of school districts.