http://community.greatschools.net/q-and-a/189131/Damascus-high-schoolmontgomery-MD-gets-pretty-high-overall-score-here-but-low-at-Newsweek-ranking-Why In Newsweek's best high school Damascus high school is about 800th way behind most high school in the county. It's totally different from the rating here. It will be great if somebody can explain it. If I want choose a school for my kids which one I should base on GreatSchools en-us kkornas GreatSchools Ratings are based on test scores, so a high rating here on the site means that the school performed strongly on Maryland's state standardized test, compared to other schools ... http://community.greatschools.net/q-and-a/189131/Damascus-high-schoolmontgomery-MD-gets-pretty-high-overall-score-here-but-low-at-Newsweek-ranking-Why?cpage=1#comment_191144 5100.191144 Wed, 28 May 2008 16:21:22 -0700