Growth slightly outperformed pre-pandemic levels in reading and math — a trend that state officials attribute to pandemic relief funds.
Among the data, student growth measures how much students progressed in one year compared to other students in their grade statewide who started at the same baseline, and proficiency reflects the percentage of students who met or exceeded grade level standards who scored in the top two out of five possible IAR performance level categories, including: Level 5, exceeded expectations; Level 4, met expectations; Level 3, approached expectations; Level 2, partially met expectations; and Level 1, did...
Although all states are federally required to designate schools that are targeted for comprehensive support, in Illinois these schools will participate in a four-year cycle of school improvement, including conducting a needs assessment, developing an improvement plan, and implementing the plan, Matthews said.
“As a means of differentiating school performance, the state’s summative designations help target additional state funding to schools with the most need, which are then used to engage external partners in improvement efforts and those additional dollars are helpful,” CPS spokeswoman Mary Fergus said in a statement.
At Elk Grove Village-based Community Consolidated School District 59, Superintendent Terri Bresnahan said although the longitudinal growth data for students and the level of transparency around the data can be beneficial, school ratings themselves “are not helpful.”Chicago Tribune editors' top story picks, delivered to your inbox each afternoon.
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