Class+Rank


 * it creates stress; is the stress needed or helpful?
 * sort and select
 * way overrated as a measurement of student achievement
 * look at different ways of honoring learning
 * loss of class rank - top ten
 * very nice if you are at the top
 * are people at the top of the tree (top ten) or are they just hard workers and great ???
 * is difficulty of course load taken into account
 * honors / high honors / status
 * score keeping
 * there should be numerous ways of honoring students
 * is competition bad?
 * why are students who strive academically looked down on but athletics, it is good
 * by whom? athletics is not always celebrated either
 * our honors night, honor roll is all about celebrating academics
 * but is this the best way to keep score?
 * who needs it? students, parents, higher ed.
 * class rank isn't nearly as important as it used to be; they look at a lot of other things
 * they still look at it
 * i'd be interested in know how many are still using it
 * quite a number have dropped it
 * colleges are looking more for info. about a student's "well roundedness"
 * they still report percentiles about where students are
 * sat scores are valued as being more important than class rank