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If
these are the best schools, heaven help us all! |
02.
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This
is an interesting addition to the site. A 12-month or inception-to-date
rating would be more accurate than a summary of monthly data. |
03.
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I
nominate Tarsus American College for the "Worst" list.
And how does a school being reviewed for the first time get the
number 2 best reviewed slot? |
04.
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Example:
Swiss International School Zurich North... the director/owner
might have written the last review on the evaluation form. What
about
the web site of the parents/teachers www.experiences-at-iszn.com?
It is obvious that some problems at this school are still not
solved! My question is how come this school ends up
in the best 1-10? |
05.
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This
table is very misleading as every school has very good and bad
reviews, and when you look at some of the schools in both sides
of this table, previous reviews say the opposite!! Averages from
the past year would be a much better indicator. |
06. |
The
danger of these type of reviews is that they can harm teachers
who currently work at or previously worked at the "worst" listed
schools, just by being associated with the institution. Not too
long ago
I was short-listed for a position at a better known and highly
regarded Int'l school and encountered the question: "You
seem like a very qualified and capable candidate --why have you
spent
all this time at this second-tier school?" |
07.
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The
best / worst list is good in theory, but in practice is misleading.
There are plenty of reasons already mentioned for this. I know
you had the best of intentions, but please take this feature down. |
08.
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I
agree -- Best/Worst list? --not a bad idea but not well thought
through. As you can see from the many responses above, ISR needs
to come up with a more statistically accurate or scientific way
of ranking schools--otherwise it's just a superficial popularity
vote. |
09.
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In
my opinion the table is misleading. It refers to the last posting
which might be a response from the director of a school, who
will obviously give high ratings. For example, the Sana's British
School
in Yemen (8). Can the ISR team rate schools from the last 3 or
4 reviews to get a better picture? |
10.
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This
ranking is clearly nonsense and is not useful at all. To attempt
to use reviews on this site to evaluate schools requires some analysis
and interpretation of the actual reviews. |
