January 5, 2007
What’s nearby? Schools with scores!
We just rolled out another feature update today: we now show math and reading scores for all schools (shown on the nearby page for each house) along with links to super-detailed school information. Grade levels and student population are thrown in (small school proponents rejoice!). Additionally, we tell you each school’s district, so you’ll won’t get stuck buying a house next door to a great school, but sending your kids across the city to a crummy one.
We are showing the school scores with some reservations - there are many great schools with middling scores and many unfortunately less quantifiable factors that could make a school great for you. That said, scores are one of the best measures we have for comparing schools and we feel that the links to detailed information will help you find the right school for you.
Part of the upgrade is a much prettier nearby page - we were never totally happy with the layout of the old page. We think you’ll like the new nearby page (you have to click on them to see the new layout).
January 23rd, 2007 at 5:50 am
I like the schools feature..that was a smart idea
January 26th, 2007 at 4:50 pm
Hey,
IMO, the school information is better kept on the Area information Tab. Kind of an overview of the place before considering for current listings there.
Amit
January 26th, 2007 at 5:06 pm
Amit, that’s a great idea. There are just so many schools for the bigger cities in Washington that they might overwhelm the areas tab. I can’t promise anything soon, but we’ll have a better way of displaying school information in the future.
December 17th, 2007 at 4:28 pm
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