

Each category runner up receives 15 bonus points toward School Score.Each category finalist receives 10 bonus points toward School Score.Median students score calculated per school.Each student receives a performance score.Incomplete student entries are removed from calculations.Schools with Important details about how a school score is calculated: Student scores often have outlier values and using the median is the more robust solution to determine an average. This means that schools are not penalised for incomplete entries and schools are not favoured for a single high score that is not the norm. The most important factor here is that a median is not affected by outliers. It is the middle number when the values are put in order. A median is intrinsically understandable. The median is the middle point of a number set, in which half the numbers are above the median and half are below. When analysing the average scores of each student per school there are three possible data formulas available to use: mean, median and mode. You will see how students at your local school or district performed on our state test, the number of students enrolled, the race and ethnicity of the. How we analyse the dataĮach school is awarded a final score based on the performance of each student representing their academic facility. Students are judged on their creative skills, technical skills, presentation, variety of skills, complexity, raw talent, and employment potential. Opinions by the general public are by no means considered. The rankings are based on the scores as awarded by the official judging panel.
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This is why our judges review portfolios and review student work in the same manner as a professional job application. The end result for students is less about grades, it’s about creating a digital portfolio that best showcases their skills and displays an understanding of production pipelines. It is their job to train artists to a level that allows them to transition from to a professional environment with ease. The reason we take this approach is because we believe the goal of each creative school is tasked with helping students learn the right creative and technical skills that mirror the requirements of industry. Our rankings focus on the quality of students portfolios that are submitted to our judging panel which best reflect the recruitment interview process.
