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Monday, November 5, 2012

How Did Your Schools Do on the State Standardized Tests?

Patch put together a searchable database of the percent of students who met or exceeded requirements on Illinois' standardized tests, the ISAT and PSAE. Use it to search for your school or district.

The Illinois State Board of Education released its 2012 school report card data last week. It includes information on how students at each school and school district in the state did on standardized tests. Patch built this database that shows what percent of students met or exceeded state standards on the Illinois Standard Achievement Test (ISAT) and the Prairie State Achievement Examination (PSAE). The ISAT is given to students in reading and math in grades three through eight, and in science in grades four and seven. The PSAE is given to 11th graders in reading, math and science. You can search by your community to see how all the schools near you fared, or by specific district or school by using the drop down menus. The results page …

Tuesday, November 15, 2011

District 113 Boasts Higher Test Scores Than State, Nation

Deerfield and Highland Park High School students test higher than state and national averages.

Highland Park and Deerfield High School students are averaging higher scores on state tests than students throughout Illinois, according to a report recently released by the Illinois State Board of Education. As Patch reported earlier this year, Deerfield High School has the highest composite score on the ACT in Lake County for the second year in a row with a score of 27.1 out of 36. Highland Park High School's score is 26. Those figures are well above state and national averages, 20.9 and 21.1 respectively. "Though the unprecedented number of brilliant students created a very competitive atmosphere for my peers and I---and always set test curves way too high---I'm honored to have graduated in such an overachieving class," said former …

william brown

9:50 am on Wednesday, November 16, 2011

This was big news In 1887.....when HPHS began on the corner of Central & 2nd Thanks for the breaking news!   more ›

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