Madhurie Singh, the founder of a school comparison website who has two children, said: "The most important thing is health.
Is it possible to allow schools to choose their own systems for teacher assessment and yet also to publish national average figures and school-by-school comparison data?
The Times's school-to-school comparison covered only elementary and middle schools, which make up the vast majority of charter schools in the city.
To help prospective legal scholars sort out their options, the Web site NerdWallet has introduced an online law school comparison tool.
Balls said: "If Michael Gove was serious about making sure young people get a broad and balanced education, he would not be scrapping diplomas or saying vocational qualifications should count for less in school-to-school comparison".
A laboratory school comparison of mixed amphetamine salts extended release (Adderall XR) and atomoxetine (Strattera) in school-aged children with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder.
Their ranks fared better in the similar-schools comparison.
Even the public/private school comparisons are largely spurious: results coming out of schools enrolling similar students don't vary much between the school sectors.
But that did not quash some of the quiet "My school did better than your school" comparisons -- or the "Why didn't my school do as well as yours?" -- among parents today.
It has some of the best explanations of educational numbers manipulation I have ever read, particularly issues like SAT scores, year-to-year school comparisons and argument by graph that are most likely to deceive us innocents.
