Dr. Fishbein claims drop in NJ Monthly School rankings due to the fact that RHS students are required to take the AP tests, while other schools do not have that requirement.
September 12,2012
the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Ridgewood NJ, Superintendent Daniel Fishbein commented on the NJ Monthly School rankings where Ridgewood High School (RHS) has dropped eight spots in the past two years in a biennial ranking of New Jersey’s top 100 public high schools.
Ridgewood Superintendent Daniel Fishbein gave a brief overview of comparative data from the recent NJ Monthly high school rankings. According to Dr.Fishbein Ridgewood High School (RHS) performed as well as, or better than, surrounding schools in Bergen County that were ranked higher by the magazine.
The AP test score category is the one area that RHS did not score as high; this discrepancy may be due to the fact that RHS students are required to take the AP tests, while other schools do not have that requirement.
Really? Seriously? Are we supposed to believe this is the sole reason. Notice the parsing by Mr. Fishbein’s use of the words, “may be.” Hmm… I suspect that it has more to do with the curriculum changes made in our grade schools & middle schools. Those changes were made a few years back and one must assume have caught up with us.