Schools Rethink Ranking, Tracking ; Portland Throws Itself Into a National Debate Over How to Make Education More Equitable.

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For decades, many U.S. high schools have used class rank to figure out who will give the valedictory speech at graduation, who will get the top scholarships and who will go to the best colleges.

That's changing, however, as 29 percent of high schools across the country no longer have class-ranking systems, according to the National Association for College Admissions Counseling.

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Schools Rethink Ranking, Tracking ; Portland Throws Itself Into a National Debate Over How to Make Education More Equitable.

Still, the Portland School Committee startled students, parents and educators with its recent decision to abolish the weighted class- ranking policy in the two traditional public high schools of Maine's largest city. Committee members said the policy was unfair because it gave more credit to students who took tougher courses.

The committee's sudden decision put Portland at the ...

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