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District 129 misses mark on state report card
By Susan Sarkauskas | Daily Herald 10/22/09
Even though some scores rose over last year's, West Aurora School District 129 has failed to make "adequate yearly progress," judging by state standards on the 2009 school report card.
The district released its report card data Monday. The state will release data for all public school districts Oct. 31.
For 2009, districts, schools and subgroups of students were judged to have succeeded if 70 percent or more of their members passed reading and mathematics tests; last year, the bar was set at 62.5 percent.
West Aurora High School failed both this year, as the subgroup's reading score dipped from 64.1 to 62.4, and math went down to 61.4. Black and Hispanic students were deemed to have failed again in reading, even though a higher percentage of those students passed the test. For the 2009 report, 33.7 percent of black students passed, up from 27.2; 35.4 percent of Hispanic students succeeded, compared to 28.7 last year.
Only one of 11 elementary schools - Goodwin, in North Aurora - passed.
One of four middle schools - Jewel, in North Aurora - made the grade.
Even Goodwin would not have passed if the state standard for reading was strictly applied, as a Hispanic subgroup scored 66 percent. However, the state allows some variance, depending on the percentage of students who take the test, and Goodwin qualified for that exemption.
The high school also failed to make progress on its graduation rate, declining from 79.1 percent of all students to 73.6. White students' graduation rates were not reported in 2008; for the 2009 card, an 82.9 percent rate was listed. Black students' graduation rates dropped to 69.5 percent, and Hispanic students to 62 percent. The state standard is 78 percent.
Six schools were placed this year on the state's academic early warning list; another is in its second year on the list. Two more are in their second year on the academic watch list, and the high school is in its fourth. The only schools mandated to do anything, however, are the four elementary schools that receive federal Title I funding to aid students who are poor and at high risk of academic failure. They will have to offer supplemental educational services, such as tutoring and remedial instruction.
By 2014, all schools, districts and subgroups in all Illinois public schools are expected to have 100 percent scores. Next year's passing level is 77.5.
District 129 misses mark on state report card
By Susan Sarkauskas | Daily Herald 10/22/09
Even though some scores rose over last year's, West Aurora School District 129 has failed to make "adequate yearly progress," judging by state standards on the 2009 school report card.
The district released its report card data Monday. The state will release data for all public school districts Oct. 31.
For 2009, districts, schools and subgroups of students were judged to have succeeded if 70 percent or more of their members passed reading and mathematics tests; last year, the bar was set at 62.5 percent.
West Aurora High School failed both this year, as the subgroup's reading score dipped from 64.1 to 62.4, and math went down to 61.4. Black and Hispanic students were deemed to have failed again in reading, even though a higher percentage of those students passed the test. For the 2009 report, 33.7 percent of black students passed, up from 27.2; 35.4 percent of Hispanic students succeeded, compared to 28.7 last year.
Only one of 11 elementary schools - Goodwin, in North Aurora - passed.
One of four middle schools - Jewel, in North Aurora - made the grade.
Even Goodwin would not have passed if the state standard for reading was strictly applied, as a Hispanic subgroup scored 66 percent. However, the state allows some variance, depending on the percentage of students who take the test, and Goodwin qualified for that exemption.
The high school also failed to make progress on its graduation rate, declining from 79.1 percent of all students to 73.6. White students' graduation rates were not reported in 2008; for the 2009 card, an 82.9 percent rate was listed. Black students' graduation rates dropped to 69.5 percent, and Hispanic students to 62 percent. The state standard is 78 percent.
Six schools were placed this year on the state's academic early warning list; another is in its second year on the list. Two more are in their second year on the academic watch list, and the high school is in its fourth. The only schools mandated to do anything, however, are the four elementary schools that receive federal Title I funding to aid students who are poor and at high risk of academic failure. They will have to offer supplemental educational services, such as tutoring and remedial instruction.
By 2014, all schools, districts and subgroups in all Illinois public schools are expected to have 100 percent scores. Next year's passing level is 77.5.