GreatSchools.org Finds Its Niche

Autor/in	Samuels, Christina A.
Titel	GreatSchools.org Finds Its Niche
Quelle	In: Education Week, 31 (2012) 27, S.1 (2 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0277-4232
Schlagwörter	Elementary Secondary Education; School Choice; Nonprofit Organizations; Classification; Achievement Rating; Online Systems; Information Services; Information Sources; Web Sites; Educational Assessment; Educational Indicators; Computer Software Reviews; Decision Support Systems; Decision Making + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Choice of school; Schulwahl; Nonprofit-Organisation; Classification system; Klassifikation; Klassifikationssystem; Achievement; Rating; Leistung; Beurteilung; Leistungsbeurteilung; Online; Informationstätigkeit; Information source; Informationsquelle; Web-Design; Education; assessment; Bewertungssystem; Educational indicato; Bildungsindikator; Entscheidungshilfe; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung
Abstract	GreatSchools.org neatly ranks more than 136,000 traditional public, private, and charter schools nationwide on a scale of 1 to 10, based on state test scores. But what often draws readers are the gossipy insider comments posted by parents, students, and teachers, and the star ratings those commenters contribute. The growth of online school rating services has gone hand in hand with the growth of the school choice movement: Parents need independent information on the array of educational options opening up to them. And the San Francisco-based nonprofit GreatSchools has garnered long-running support from philanthropies that back such school choice measures as charter schools and private school vouchers. GreatSchools.org is not the only website that ranks pre-K-12 schools. The Internet search engines Yelp and Google offer school ratings, as do websites such as Schooldigger.com and Privateschoolreview.com. But with 40 million annual unique visitors, GreatSchools is the one most used. Some educators see the nonprofit organization's ratings as too narrow to provide a fair and full picture of their schools. In response, the site is expanding its schools pages, allowing administrators to contribute videos, pictures, and other information. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10