2003 Illinois State Report Card

State and federal law requires that all schools release school-related information to parents and the public every year. The State of Illinois has been issuing School Report Cards for every Illinois school since 1986. Individual school report cards may be accessed and downloaded by clicking on the school names below. The District Report Card, which lists data for the entire District, is also available for review.

The Illinois School Report Card should not be confused with a student's individual report card or the student's individual scores on the ISAT or TerraNova assessments. These individual student reports are sent to parents separately in the fall.

District 200 students continued their strong performance on state achievement tests last year, scoring an average of 21 percent higher than the state average on the 18 tests. The District's overall scores on all state tests increased slightly from last year. In the 18 areas tested on the Illinois Standards Achievement Test (ISAT) and the Prairie State Achievement Exam (PSAE), scores increased from last year on 11 tests. Most notable were increases in the high school scores, where the percentage of students meeting or exceeding state standards increased in all five areas tested.

Despite this strong performance, the state cited six District 200 schools for not making adequate yearly progress based on the requirements of the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) legislation. To make AYP in 2003, schools and school districts must meet the following three requirements:

Five of the six schools didn’t make AYP because, according to the state, they did not meet the participation requirement. District 200 believes the state’s participation calculations are incorrect and will be challenging the data when an appeal process is announced. Five of the schools also were identified for not making AYP because fewer than 40 percent of the students in certain subgroups failed to meet or exceed state standards.

Schools have already identified the individual students who failed to meet standards and have developed plans to help them be more successful. This includes the development of specific achievement goals and the allocation of resources to help ensure the goals are attained. These steps are part of the District’s continuous improvement effort and they complement the intent of NCLB, which is to help every child succeed.

2002 Report Cards