The head of a local high school expressed frustration when his school was listed among the top twenty most underperforming schools in the district. "Just look around," he told the media. "There are no issues with vandalism; no students dealing drugs; and test scores in science and history have improved for every grade except for the ninth. Everyone here feels it's quite unjust, especially considering that our ninth-grade scores aren't even the lowest in the district." Based on the passage above, the head of the school most likely believes which one of the following?