Thursday, November 3, 2011
The Valley View School District's latest test scores follow a statewide trend.
Valley View students taking the ISAT test last year posted their best scores in more than a decade, according to figures released by the state this week. But at the same time, the district’s high school students taking the PSAE test posted 10-year lows. The district’s anomaly follows a statewide trend in terms of student achievement scores—this year's state average was at a 10-year-high for ISAT standards but at a 10-year-low for the PSAE. For Valley View, that means students in grades 3-8 who met or exceeded state standards on the ISAT climbed by 12 points since 2002 (from 67 percent in 2002 to 79 percent in 2011); and high-school juniors taking the PSAE plummeted by 18 points during that same time frame (from 58 percent in 2002 to 40 …
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
Valley View School District Superintendent James Mitchem says students are "are far more capable than scores may show.”
Valley View students failed to make adequate yearly progress on this year’s ISAT tests, according to information released by the state Monday. But the district’s state report card does show signs of improvement—if you know where to look. Valley View scores, which remained about flat this year, still rate behind state averages. But gains have been made on a grade-by-grade basis, administrators say. According to the Illinois State Report Card, 72.3 percent of Valley View students met or exceeded Illinois learning standards on the Illinois State Achievement Test (ISAT). That’s below the statewide average of 76.5 percent and slightly below last year’s district mark of 72.8 percent. Under guidelines set forth in the No Child Left Behind Act, …
Monday, December 6, 2010
Federal law requires 100 percent of students to meet standards by 2014.
Last week, Romeoville Patch detailed a restructuring plan being implemented at Romeoville High School due to the school's failure to make adequate yearly progress (AYP) on standardized tests administered by the State of Illinois. Less than half of students met state standards on last spring's Prairie State Achievement Exam. And RHS is in good company. "Nine out of 10 high schools in Illinois are 'failing schools' as defined by NCLB (the No Child Left Behind Act)," said Valley View Assistant Superintendent Faith Dahlquist. According to the Illinois State Board of Education website, the purpose of NCLB is to ensure that each child in America is able to meet the high learning standards of his or her state. Each year, Illinois raises the bar…
Michael C
12:28 am on Saturday, November 26, 2011
Anyone else notice that test scores started going down the same year that Mitchem showed up as BHS principal? Or should we ignore that point and just pay him MORE money to ruin VVSD? more ›