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State Report Card: See How Evanston Schools Stack Up
Roughly one third of ETHS students were not counted as "ready for college coursework," a new metric on the Illinois School Report Card.
Written by Amie Schaenzer and Jennifer Fisher.
This year's Illinois School Report Cards are in, and show that students in Evanston Township High School District 202 and Evanston/Skokie School District 202 are meeting or exceeding Illinois averages on state test results.
The State Board of Education released its annual report card Thursday. Of the schools ranked in the report card, 600 passed while 3,169 were "deemed failures," according to a Daily Herald analysis.
Some 74 percent of District 65 students met or exceeded standards on the Illinois Standards Achievement Test in 2013, while an average of 59 percent met that same benchmark statewide, according to the Illinois State Report Card website. In 2012, 73 percent met or exceeded state standards within District 65, according to the Illinois Report Card.
The move was meant to help "align with the more rigorous Common Core Learning Standards and give a better indication of college and career readiness," according to a Illinois State Board of Education press release.
As part of those changes, schools meeting or exceeding expectations in 2012 on average dropped throughout the state nearly 20 percentage points from 82.1 last year to 61.9 percent this year.
The scoring on the Prairie State Achievement Exam, which is given to 11th graders, did not change this year and statewide, the composite score increased from 51.3 percent to 51.9 percent statewide, according to the ISBE press release. The composite meets or exceeds percentage for math and reading was set at 53.3 on this year's State report Card.
Among Evanston Township High School students, 67 percent met or exceeded state standards on the PSAE. This is an increase over 2012, when 66 percent of students met or exceeded those standards.
A new metric, “Ready for College Coursework,” on the Illinois State Report Card refers to the percent of students at each high school who earned a combined score of at least a 21 on the ACT college admissions test. Statewide, 45.7 percent of Illinois public school students from the graduating class of 2013 posted at least a 21 on the ACT.
At ETHS, 64 percent of students were counted as "ready for college coursework."
This year's Illinois School Report Cards are in, and show that students in Evanston Township High School District 202 and Evanston/Skokie School District 202 are meeting or exceeding Illinois averages on state test results.
The State Board of Education released its annual report card Thursday. Of the schools ranked in the report card, 600 passed while 3,169 were "deemed failures," according to a Daily Herald analysis.
Some 74 percent of District 65 students met or exceeded standards on the Illinois Standards Achievement Test in 2013, while an average of 59 percent met that same benchmark statewide, according to the Illinois State Report Card website. In 2012, 73 percent met or exceeded state standards within District 65, according to the Illinois Report Card.
The move was meant to help "align with the more rigorous Common Core Learning Standards and give a better indication of college and career readiness," according to a Illinois State Board of Education press release.
As part of those changes, schools meeting or exceeding expectations in 2012 on average dropped throughout the state nearly 20 percentage points from 82.1 last year to 61.9 percent this year.
The scoring on the Prairie State Achievement Exam, which is given to 11th graders, did not change this year and statewide, the composite score increased from 51.3 percent to 51.9 percent statewide, according to the ISBE press release. The composite meets or exceeds percentage for math and reading was set at 53.3 on this year's State report Card.
Among Evanston Township High School students, 67 percent met or exceeded state standards on the PSAE. This is an increase over 2012, when 66 percent of students met or exceeded those standards.
A new metric, “Ready for College Coursework,” on the Illinois State Report Card refers to the percent of students at each high school who earned a combined score of at least a 21 on the ACT college admissions test. Statewide, 45.7 percent of Illinois public school students from the graduating class of 2013 posted at least a 21 on the ACT.
At ETHS, 64 percent of students were counted as "ready for college coursework."
See how your school fared by visiting the Illinois State Report Card website.
The Daily Herald has published an online tool meant to help examine your child's school and make better sense of the Illinois State Report Card data. Visit the Daily Herald website to learn more about your child's school.
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