Education
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Achievement gap shrinks - but schools still failNov 09, 2021 12:31 pm - 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 failin...
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DuPage schools score well, but follow struggling trendNov 09, 2021 12:31 pm - 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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Success story: Antioch Elementary District 34Nov 09, 2021 12:28 pm - 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 stand...
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Fox Valley grade schools join failing high schoolsNov 09, 2021 12:34 pm - Schools in the northern Fox Valley treaded water last year, making little progress in getting more students to meet state standards. Because the state requires an increa...
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Northwest suburban high schools fail, but officials are skeptical of dataNov 09, 2021 12:25 pm - 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 bes...
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Standardized test cheat sheetNov 09, 2021 12:20 pm - 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. Each year a t...
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Success story: Abbott Middle School in ElginNov 09, 2021 12:24 pm - 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. How it go...
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Success story: Richmond ElementaryNov 09, 2021 12:31 pm - 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. But St. Charles Distri...
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Success story: Addison Trail High SchoolNov 09, 2021 12:26 pm - Town: Addison Success story: Bumped up reading scores by 14.2 points and math scores by 10 points this year. How'd it do that? Mandatory summer school sessi...
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Success story: John Muir Literacy AcademyNov 09, 2021 12:28 pm - 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...