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A Note From Dr. Stephen Hanke, Dublin Unified School District Superintendent

Inaccurate Information in U.S. News and World Report's Best High Schools Ranking

Submitted by: Dr. Stephen Hanke, Superintendent, Dublin Unified School District

When the district received word that Dublin High School was listed among the nation’s top performing high schools, according to U.S. News and World Report’s high school rankings, we were delighted, but not surprised because we know that our teachers, administrators and students achieve remarkable academic results.

Upon closer examination of the data used by the magazine, it was clear to us that they used inaccurate student enrollment information. The district migrated to a new student data reporting system in fall 2010 and due to an error in the migration, enrollment data for Dublin High School was incorrectly reported.

This inaccuracy was reported to the California Department of Education’s California Longitudinal Pupil Achievement Data System (CALPADS) office in December 2010.

The district worked over the next several months with state department of education agencies to correct the data, and we were notified that the inaccurate data had been corrected.

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Unfortunately, it appears the correction was not shared with the various state systems used to disseminate data and statistics statewide.

The magazine’s formulas were applied to data still inaccurate on the California Department of Education’s data reporting system, which in turn was inaccurately reflected on federal student information and statistics databases.

In this District, we value honesty and integrity, so we took action immediately to notify the both the magazine and the public.

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In Dublin, we model what we teach, and we teach the importance of truth.

We do want to use this opportunity to draw attention to the great work that is being done at Dublin High School and throughout the entire district. Our high school may not be ranked 12 according to a magazine, but the manner in which they are handling this disappointment demonstrates that they are number one when it comes to maturity, integrity and character.

We are proud of Dublin High School, and we are proud of our great kids.


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