Education

Intro In my article on choosing a school in Wake County, I used EVAAS growth scores along with EOGs to prioritize schools for my son. At the time, I could find little documentation on EVAAS and decided to put more emphasis on the EOG scores. Since then, more digging turned up this white paper from SAS. The white paper outlines the model form and explains how certain metrics are generated.

My oldest is entering Kindergarten next year, and I want to answer two big questions: What are the best public schools he can attend? Are private options worth the cost? What follows in this article is my dive into the deep end of school performance metrics and how I use them to make a (hopefully) informed decision.