What distinguishes a gold high school from a silver, bronze or honorable mention high school?
There are four levels of medal award winners: · The first two include top-performing high schools (gold and silver distinctions), which are schools that met all three criteria outlined above. · The third includes schools that met state test performance criteria, but have not yet demonstrated high levels of measurable college readiness, these schools received the bronze distinction. · The fourth level recognizes schools that merit honorable mention. These were schools that achieved high levels of college readiness, but did not meet (or partially met) state test performance criteria. The top-performing high schools have been subdivided into two groups – gold and silver – based on their college readiness index, which measures the degree to which students are exposed to and master some college-level material while in high school. The gold high schools are the top 100 high schools in the country, ranked numerically according to their college readiness index, while the silver high schools ar
