Post by doctorwho on Aug 24, 2012 9:56:54 GMT -6
Okay- so .3 of a point drop not the end of the world- but explain to me what our 'exclusive' contract with ACT we are all paying for is buying us ? No district spends as much time on the ACT scores as 204 - no one. And no one has an exclusive contract with ACT to understand the test and prepare for it. Just more money pissed away by this admin.....
there will never be anyone stand up here and admit failure in anything....
wait until the state transfers pension ownership to the local districts - then we get to pay 30-40% ore for this ...
and if they happy because we are so far ahead of the state ( which includes Chicago schools ) - that is just sad
napervillesun.suntimes.com/news/14658057-418/officials-not-worried-about-dip-in-act-scores.html
Officials not worried about dip in ACT scores
By Susan Frick Carlman scarlman@stmedianetwork.com August 23, 2012 1:20PM
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Kathy Birkett
The Scores
24.2
Composite score on
the 2012 ACT in Indian Prairie District 204
25.3
Composite score on the 2012 ACT in Naperville District 203
20.9
Illinois average
composite score.
21.1
National average
composite score.
Updated: August 24, 2012 3:01AM
Standardized test scores for public high school students in Naperville slipped a little bit this year, but administrators aren’t expressing grave concern.
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This year’s senior class in Indian Prairie School District 204 posted an average composite score of 24.2 out of 36 possible points on the American College Testing exams given last spring. The score was 0.3 point shy of the record-setting marks set by District 204 students last year, but still well above the state average of 20.9.
Likewise, District 203 saw its scores decline very slightly with this year’s round of testing. The composite of 25.3 was one-tenth of a point below the 2011 score, but officials emphasize that for six years in a row, more than half of the students who just earned their diplomas met the four key benchmarks identified by the scores that are considered indicative of college readiness.
“Our graduates have many accomplishments in all aspects of their lives, from academic performance to community contributions,” Superintendent Dan Bridges said in a news release. “ACT scores are benchmarks that reflect years of hard work on their behalf and their parents’.”
The district statement noted that the state average for college readiness is 25 percent.
Indian Prairie Superintendent Kathy Birkett said it’s not unusual for scores to decline slightly from one year to another.
“We remain pleased with our overall historical trend in ACT scores,” Birkett said in a statement issued by the district Wednesday afternoon. “Since the state first began requiring all high school juniors to take the ACT in 2003, District 204 has increased its score by an astonishing 1.9 points.”
there will never be anyone stand up here and admit failure in anything....
wait until the state transfers pension ownership to the local districts - then we get to pay 30-40% ore for this ...
and if they happy because we are so far ahead of the state ( which includes Chicago schools ) - that is just sad
napervillesun.suntimes.com/news/14658057-418/officials-not-worried-about-dip-in-act-scores.html
Officials not worried about dip in ACT scores
By Susan Frick Carlman scarlman@stmedianetwork.com August 23, 2012 1:20PM
Reprints
1
Kathy Birkett
The Scores
24.2
Composite score on
the 2012 ACT in Indian Prairie District 204
25.3
Composite score on the 2012 ACT in Naperville District 203
20.9
Illinois average
composite score.
21.1
National average
composite score.
Updated: August 24, 2012 3:01AM
Standardized test scores for public high school students in Naperville slipped a little bit this year, but administrators aren’t expressing grave concern.
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2012 GRE Not RequiredSearch Accredited Graduate Schools. Without a GRE Requirement - Apply! Masters.CampusCorner.com
This year’s senior class in Indian Prairie School District 204 posted an average composite score of 24.2 out of 36 possible points on the American College Testing exams given last spring. The score was 0.3 point shy of the record-setting marks set by District 204 students last year, but still well above the state average of 20.9.
Likewise, District 203 saw its scores decline very slightly with this year’s round of testing. The composite of 25.3 was one-tenth of a point below the 2011 score, but officials emphasize that for six years in a row, more than half of the students who just earned their diplomas met the four key benchmarks identified by the scores that are considered indicative of college readiness.
“Our graduates have many accomplishments in all aspects of their lives, from academic performance to community contributions,” Superintendent Dan Bridges said in a news release. “ACT scores are benchmarks that reflect years of hard work on their behalf and their parents’.”
The district statement noted that the state average for college readiness is 25 percent.
Indian Prairie Superintendent Kathy Birkett said it’s not unusual for scores to decline slightly from one year to another.
“We remain pleased with our overall historical trend in ACT scores,” Birkett said in a statement issued by the district Wednesday afternoon. “Since the state first began requiring all high school juniors to take the ACT in 2003, District 204 has increased its score by an astonishing 1.9 points.”
