Articles filed under School Report Cards
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How suburban districts are handling changing ACTJan 05, 2014 7:00 am - Since its inception in 1959, the ACT has been the definitive word on whether high schoolers are ready for college. But today it's become a challenge to gauge the results...
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State school report cards now include sports, theater, band, more offeringsDec 31, 2013 4:30 am - Parents who want to weigh a school's merits by the quality of its sports, band or theater programs — not just academics — now have an easy way to accomplish the task. In...
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Schools seeing more diversity than communities they serveDec 22, 2013 4:30 am - With each passing year, minorities have become the majority group in more suburban school districts. School systems based in Palatine, Gurnee, Vernon Hills and Carol Str...
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U.S. report card: Scores up, but not all news goodNov 07, 2013 9:28 am - WASHINGTON — Today’s fourth- and eighth-graders are doing better than their predecessors in math and reading, but even with record scores, it’s too early to celebrate. T...
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District 128 panel meetsNov 03, 2013 3:40 pm - The Libertyville-Vernon Hills Area High School District 128 board’s program and personnel committee will meet Monday to discuss student report card data, the school cale...
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Editorial: Where is report card data on school pay?Nov 03, 2013 5:00 am - There is a plethora of information in the Illinois State School Report Cards that were released Thursday, and if you’re concerned about education and our schools, we enc...
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Teacher, administrator data not ready until JanuaryOct 31, 2013 12:00 pm - One segment of information usually included in the state report cards — demographic and salary data of teachers and administrators — is not yet available. Standardized ...
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How one Kane County school bucked the oddsOct 31, 2013 5:30 am - Kaneland John Stewart Elementary School bucked the odds this year. The Elburn school managed to make “adequate yearly progress” on its state report card, one year after ...
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Report cards show achievement gains at Lake County high schoolsOct 31, 2013 5:30 am - Lake County high schools made strides in the past academic year — some significantly — in results from the state's annual standardized test given to juniors. Officials s...
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Some DuPage schools keep more scores above new benchmarksOct 31, 2013 5:30 am - Tougher standards, questions lead to drops in report card successes