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Happy Halloween! This morning the Illinois
State Board of Education made public all school and district
report cards by posting them to our website. If you have not
already made this document available publicly, please do so
immediately.
As we have been reviewing the report card results I want to
share some positive findings. Even as we have seen the
performance benchmarks increase under No Child Left Behind, some
schools are making incredible progress. Nine schools that were
previously placed in improvement status based on performance
have been removed from status because they were able to meet
Adequate Yearly Progress for two consecutive years. They are:
- Mount Greenwood Elementary School,
City of Chicago School District 299
- Glacier Ridge Elementary School,
Crystal Lake CCSD 47
- Frederick School, Grayslake CCSD 46
- Pepper Ridge Elementary School, McLean
County USD 5
- Oakwood Grade School, Oakwood CUSD 76
- Virginia Lake Elementary School,
Palatine CCSD 15
- Peoria Heights Grade School, Peoria
Heights CUSD 325
- Calvin Coolidge Middle School, Peoria
SD 150
- Oak Prairie Jr. High School, Will
County SD 92
I do continue to have concerns about the
disconnect between the PSAE and the ISAT, which will be
addressed as we implement the Common Core and the new
assessments aligned to them. The vast majority of our high
schools did not make AYP this year, but eight high schools and
one high school district, Adlai E Stevenson High School District
125, did make AYP this year based on PSAE scores. The eight high
schools are:
- Glenbrook North High School,
Northfield Twp HSD 225
- Lane Technical High School, City of
Chicago SD 299
- Jones College Prep High School, City
of Chicago SD 299
- Young Magnet High School, City of
Chicago SD 299
- Northside College Preparatory High
School, City of Chicago SD 299
- Payton College Preparatory High
School, City of Chicago SD 299
- Adlai E Stevenson High School, Adlai E
Stevenson HSD 125
- Dunlap High School, Dunlap Community
Unit School District 323
Finally, it was my hope that after the
first week of Veto Session (i.e., last week) we would be closer
to a resolution on the lack of salary payments to our Regional
Superintendents and their Assistants. As I've said many times
over, Illinois needs a regional delivery system for professional
development, technical assistance and other services to our
districts, and the State Board and I am, to say the least,
disappointed this has not been resolved. As the State Education
Agency, we are not interested in the source of funds for these
important services, but just so we are clear, our Regional
Superintendents and their Assistants deserve prompt payment of
their back pay and pension credit for work performed from July
1, as well as to be paid their expected salaries going forward.
The State Board and I sincerely appreciate these individuals and
the staff in their offices continuing to provide servi ces and
hope that the General Assembly can repair this troubling
scenario during the second week of Veto Session (i.e., the week
of Nov. 7). I encourage you to reach out and discuss this with
your local legislators.
Thanks
Chris
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