Outdated data and conclusions based on calculations few comprehend have Superintendent Michael Polizzi asking New Jersey Monthly, "What makes a great school, great?"
Superintendent Michael Polizzi sat down with Patch to further discuss the methodology used by New Jersey Monthly in ranking schools and why their findings do not accurately reflect New Milford's standing. The ranking is based on the school's District Factor Group (DFG), a classification developed by the NJ Department of Education that groups schools with other schools whose districts are demographically and socioeconomically similar. This classification system provides a useful tool for examining student achievement and comparing similarly-situated school districts. DFG's are updated every ten years when the Census Bureau releases the latest Decennial Census data. "New Milford High School's standing does not accurately reflect the …
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Danielle Shanley, Director of Curriculum and Instruction, said changes in the way the state looks at dropout rates impacted the school’s ranking.
Danielle Shanley, Director of Curriculum and Instruction, spoke with Patch to address concerns about New Milford High School’s drop in rankings in New Jersey Monthly’s biennial report released last week. According to the report, New Milford High School dropped from 161 in 2010 to 169 in 2012, based on data for the 2010-2011 school year and, says Shanley, is not "real time data." Shanley said that during the time that New Jersey Monthly gathered its data, Superintendent Michael Polizzi was just rounding out his first year and Shanley had just started. "We were just beginning to identify areas that needed change," she said. Since 2010, Polizzi and his team established the High School Academies program, increased A.P. classes, implemented …
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School ranked as the 169th best high school on NJ Monthly Magazine's list of 328 high schools in the state.
New Milford High School fell eight spots in the latest NJ Monthly Magazine rankings of the state's ranking of high schools. NMHS checked in as the state's 161st best school in 2010 and two years later finds itself at #169 on the just-released biennial ranking of 328 public high schools in the state. In 2008, the school ranked #99 in the state on the list. NJ Monthly Magazine’s 2012 rankings of the top public high schools will be featured in the September issue, which hits newsstands on Aug. 28. Parochial schools are not included, though charter schools make the list. NJ Monthly Magazine made changes to its methodology this year, including a new graduation-rate calculation, eliminating student/computer ratio as a factor and increasing the …
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Paige
9:11 pm on Wednesday, August 29, 2012
@Concerned Parent 1 - It is unfortunate that you feel that the New Milford school system is a joke. I for one am very proud of all that has been accomplished in the past few years, and very excited about the plan for the future which is focused on all children grades K-12. I encourage everyone to take an active role in the positive changes here in New Milford. The article only touches the surface… more ›