Worcester Telegram & Gazette Online - APN: "'We found that class rank wasn't helping students, and in fact, some students it was hurting,' McCann said.

Officials at Stevenson, where 98 percent of the graduating class goes on to college, say rank can give university admissions staff the wrong impression. Stevenson has 1,035 students in its senior class, so the difference in rank sometimes is measured in hundredths of a percentage point."