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Adequate Yearly Progress

Monday, November 12, 2012

District 210 Receives Annual Report Card

The district did not meet statewide standards in 2011-12, but Lincoln-Way Schools were still high-ranking among area districts.

Lincoln-Way School District 210 recently received its annual Illinois District Report Card. According to the report, the district is not meeting Adequate Yearly Progress statewide standards. However, neither is any other high school district in the state, according to Sun-Times Media. Adequate Yearly Progress is determined by student scores on the Prairie State Achievement Examination (PSAE), participation rates on state assessments and graduation rates. During the 2011-12 academic year, the number of Lincoln-Way students meeting or exceeding state standards dropped, from 72.1 percent in 2010-11 to 68.8 percent in 2011-12. The state average during both years was approximately 51 percent. The state standard is 85 percent. In math, for which…

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Will County Resident

11:07 am on Wednesday, November 14, 2012

Donny, go look at the requirements for the class of 2008. The requirements were 3 years of English, 2 years of math, and 2 years of science. 4 years of English, 3 years of math, and 3 years of science were all increased after I graduated. I was also able to bypass "Reading Seminar" because I took Honors English my freshman year. I do not believe you can do that anymore to get out of the reading …   more ›

Friday, October 28, 2011

D161 Unveils State Report Card: How Did It Do?

Patch takes a look at some of the assessment areas on the Summit Hill school district's report and talks to Interim Superintendent Barb Rains about them.

Just like its students, Illinois school districts are graded and assessed. And that means report cards. Summit Hill School District 161 will release its state report card online on its website later today, but Patch spoke with Interim Superintendent Barb Rains about the report and some of its assessments.  Rains said she there were a lot of positives in the report, especially when it came to state testing. The percent of D161 students meeting or exceeding on all state standardized tests increased from 91 percent to 92.1 percent between the 2009-10 and 2010-11 school years. Those percentages are well above the state's, which were 76.4 percent and 76.5, respectively. READ: D161 Continues to Outpace State in ISAT Scores "I believe our …

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Are you kidding me?

6:25 am on Friday, November 4, 2011

Laura, right?! School Board needs to be asked this question. Now they have a new Assist Super. too and they are paying HIM a pretty penny too!   more ›

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