CM 0411-06
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 28, 2011
CONTACT: Caryn Gardner-Young, City Manager (954) 753-5040
Parkland Schools One the Nation’s Best
Forbes Magazine has released their annual review of where will your housing dollars go the furthest in getting your kids a great education. The City of Parkland landed eight overall and first in the category of towns with homes costing between $400,000 to $599,999 homes.
Done in partnership with GreatSchools, Forbes analyzed 17,589 towns and cities in the 49 states that administer standardized, statewide tests (Nebraska doesn't have one test). GreatSchools also used results from the most recent National Assessment for Educational Progress data, a federal program that tests randomly selected students in fourth, eighth and 12th grades to provide state-level assessments of learning and educational progress. By combining the two datasets, GreatSchools could calibrate the results of individual cities in a single state with national standards to come up with an absolute score for each city. It then graded them on a curve with the highest-ranking city, Falmouth, representing 100. GreatSchools assesses more than 200,000 public schools, including public charter schools.
“I am not surprised at Parkland’s ranking” said Parkland Mayor Michael Udine; “We have always emphasis the importance of our schools. Our City does as much as we can to assist our local schools. Our volunteers and school community should all be commended and congratulated. Their countless hours and hard work is paying off for our students. This ranking just supports the reason that so many people want to come to Parkland to live and raise their family.”
We congratulate all those who were involved in obtaining this high honor!
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