2009 School Report Cards

Standardized tests scores are rising in suburban schools, but not quickly enough. ata released Friday by the State Board of Education reported that the percentage of suburban students meeting federal No Child Left Behind bench marks, as throughout the state, went up for nearly every grade and every subgroup. Yet, with bench marks rising faster than students are improving, more schools than ever landed on the hot seat.
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With a variety of important purchases, it may be said, you get what you pay for. But in some suburban schools, that's not always the case.
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Test scores in DuPage County's largest school districts are strong overall, but most area high schools are following a statewide trend and struggling to make the grade.
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Prospect High School has a 94.5 graduation rate, a 24.6 average ACT, not a single teacher who isn't considered highly qualified and a student body that gets into the best colleges.
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Stevenson High School in Lincolnshire and academic failure typically are not in the same sentence. ts list of achievements is extensive, with highlights including the following:
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Schools in the northern Fox Valley treaded water last year, making little progress in getting more students to meet state standards.
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Town: Hoffman Estates Success story: After meeting federal No Child Left Behind bench marks two years in a row, John Muir was removed from Academic Early Warning status.
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More disadvantaged students met state standards this year, but rigid No Child Left Behind rules meant that many schools that improved test scores still received a failing grade.
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Town: Elgin Success story: The only one of eight Elgin Area School District U-46 middle schools to meet improvement goals for the past three years.
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It might seem a contradiction to say there is success in a school that "failed to make adequate yearly progress" on the annual school report card.
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Year after year, Illinois high schools fall short of meeting federal No Child Left Behind bench marks on standardized tests.
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NCLB: Federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, which requires states to measure each public school's and district's achievement on standardized tests.
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Town: Antioch Success story: Antioch Elementary District 34 has gone from failing on the 2008 report card to passing a year later, and had to meet elevated standards to do so.
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Tri-Cities area schools and districts pretty much made the grade - with a few exceptions - on the state's 2009 school report card.
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Town: Addison Success story: Bumped up reading scores by 14.2 points and math scores by 10 points this year
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