Articles filed under School Report Cards
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Illinois students less white, more Hispanic, report card showsOct 30, 2015 5:22 am - What kind of student attended public school in Illinois last school year? And how did the Class of 2015 do on its ACT college-entrance examination? Data released Thursda...
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Income level affects ACT resultsOct 30, 2015 5:00 am -
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ACT vs. PARCC: Which test shows if high schoolers are ready for college?Oct 30, 2015 5:00 am - Divergent results from two tests measuring how prepared Illinois students are for college are causing much consternation among suburban educators. Results from the ACT c...
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Only 28% of Illinois 8th-graders passed algebra, but is that bad?Oct 30, 2015 4:35 am - Editor's note: A previous version of this story said that 25.4 percent of 8th grade students in Illinois passed algebra. The state has updated its numbers to reflect...
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70% of Illinois students not meeting standardized test expectationsSep 16, 2015 1:00 am - Roughly 70 percent of Illinois students tested online last spring are not meeting expectations in mathematics and English literacy, partial standardized test results rel...
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Early results from new school test don't paint entire pictureSep 16, 2015 1:00 am - Parents and school officials in Illinois are getting a first look at how students fared on the first round of rigorous new standardized tests, but those numbers are inco...
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More Illinois students qualifying for special-education services, data showsMar 01, 2015 6:30 am - Better medical diagnoses, a growing emphasis on early detection and greater parental advocacy are among the possible reasons why more Illinois students are qualifying fo...
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How are your schools are performing? The Daily Herald helps you find outJan 01, 2015 6:30 am - For those of us living in the suburbs, there may be no more important local issue than the quality of our schools. After all, good schools for our children is why many o...
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'Failing' label gone, school improvement work continuesDec 27, 2014 6:45 am - No matter how long a school had been deemed "failing" under the No Child Left Behind education act of 2001, it has shed that label now. Along with losing the stigma, sch...
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Where suburban teachers, principals stay on the job longestDec 09, 2014 4:30 am - If teacher retention rates are any judge, one of the best schools to work at in the suburbs is Fenton High School in Bensenville. A first-time statistic culled in the Il...