Top Schools of 2006 - Daily Telegraph (4 Viewers)

[lil_georgie_gal]

Wooo go OLSH!!! 63RD THIS YR YAY!!!!!

 

[icedjulia]

Is Reddam House the school that gave students iPods and shopping cards?

 

[Katie123]

my old highschool cam 70th - they are going up since we left lol

 

[theworldisround]

The SMH ranking is completely stuffed. It just counts the number of subjects in which over 90 per cent has achieved. So, schools with big candidatures do better. I think they need to divide the number of students sitting the exam into the number of distinctions achieved.

Also, the English table and the maths table are different. In English all students are listed in the first column. In maths, only students who achieved over 90 per cent are listed.

What is the matter with journalists? Maybe they never did any maths or stats at school.

Not really. It did say on the bottom of the herald list that they did take school size into account.

 

[gelina]

3rd is bliss.

 

[ichiraku]

Woot congrats Fort Street!

So close to cracking into top 10

 

[panicstation]

Not really. It did say on the bottom of the herald list that they did take school size into account.

It SAID that but it didn't, as you will see from their apology this morning. Hopeless. Newspapers are lame.

 

[meowmaine]

Is Reddam House the school that gave students iPods and shopping cards?

yep. the new shuffles are entirely lame too. but it obviously worked though


lol.

 

[frieda]

yeah go fort street =D

 

[veesbanh]

they really apologised? wow... damn... i knew i shoulda bought daily telegraph along with the SMH... can any post the link for the info on this apology? or was it just on TV or something? I'm not very updated...

 

[cbadvanced]

Cherrybrook got gipped
yesterdays paper they were 21st today they're gone...

 

[jazzmuzik]

I find that really offensive. I went to a private school, but my UAI was not "bought". I worked my ass off, and that's what my UAI reflects.

Sorry, dagwoman didnt mean to offend I too go to a private school and i agree with you... the UAI isnt about the cost of the school at all, its the hard work of the individual. Unfortunately others dont see it that way and think that the more money you pay for schooling guarantees you a higher mark.
If you work hard you deserve the mark you get.

 

[XcarvengerX]

From 140s last year into somewhere 300s i think... what a bad year for my school...

 

[christ_ine]

The list looks the same every year .. nothing surprising.

 

[Trebla]

Found it online. The "apology" from the Sydney Morning Herald is at the bottom of the following article:
http://www.smh.com.au/news/national...ee-place-at-uni/2006/12/20/1166290613847.html

 

[priesty]

whoa... Girra fell a bit below par.


oh well I'm happy with my mark and that's all that matters haha

 

[pLuvia]

whoa... Girra fell a bit below par.


oh well I'm happy with my mark and that's all that matters haha

What did you get? And well done on your state ranking !

 

[bubbly]

Yay. 30th!!!

It think that is a really good result

 

[ybnormal]

w00t
this yr our school has returned to their former glory and beaten everyone else in our area
only one other school from here made it on the list
ooo, so happy

go the class of '06 and dont expect a repeat form our year
we are far too lazy

 

[Trebla]

I read somewhere that at Ruse they run continual statistical information on their students and measure them up to a statewide standard which allows them predict long beforehand what HSC marks/UAI the students will get and where they are at compared to the state hence they know how much they have to improve by come HSC time. Quite an effective mechanism in my opinion, Quinlan must be a statistics freak...lol