Management
Magazine Gives
Plano ISD 'Gold Medal' Rating
September 14, 2005
Plano ISD announced today that it has been designated a "Gold
Medal" school district by Expansion
Management magazine
in its 14th annual Education Quotient issue.
Each year, Expansion Magazine ranks more than 2,800 school districts
across the country on how well the district is preparing its students
to be part of the work force after graduation.
The special report is mailed to more than 45,000 CEO's, vice-presidents,
directors and other officers of companies who have indicated they
are considering expanding into new areas. The magazine rates school
districts as a way of providing its readers with a basis for comparing
the type of work force they
are likely to encounter in varous communities around the country.
To be ranked as a "Gold Medal" school, a district must rank in
the top 16 percent of all school districts nationally.
The EQ is calculated on a weighted scale that measures results
in three major categories:
- Graduate Outcome - how well students learn and how many stay
to graduation,
- Resource Index - which measures a community's financial commitment
to education,
- Community Index - which measures the community's adult education
and income levels.
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