Check out today's Sun times Front Page Story. The Sun Times ranked State of Illinois Schools based on ISAT test scores (read more below). I pulled out info about 41st Ward Elementary Schools. It looks like 41st Ward Schools are working hard. Great job!
http://www.suntimes.com/8452309-417/2011-illinois-school-report-cards-top-schools-have-longer-days.html
Name of School Number of Students Enrolled Ranking by Elementary SchoolsN= 2192
Ranking by Middle SchoolsN= 1395 Ebinger 637 220/2192 151/1395 Edgebrook 455 47/2192 35/1395 Edison Park 329 634/2192 306/1395 Garvey 691 541/2192 335/1395 Dirksen 743 850/2192 583/1395 Norwood Park 370 392/2192 55/1395 Onahan 644 643/2192 285/1395 Oriole Park 646 40/2192 10/1395 Wildwood 404 310/2192 87/1395
Name of School | Number of Students Enrolled | Ranking by Elementary Schools N= 2192 | Ranking by Middle Schools N= 1395 |
Ebinger | 637 | 220/2192 | 151/1395 |
Edgebrook | 455 | 47/2192 | 35/1395 |
Edison Park | 329 | 634/2192 | 306/1395 |
Garvey | 691 | 541/2192 | 335/1395 |
Dirksen | 743 | 850/2192 | 583/1395 |
Norwood Park | 370 | 392/2192 | 55/1395 |
Onahan | 644 | 643/2192 | 285/1395 |
Oriole Park | 646 | 40/2192 | 10/1395 |
Wildwood | 404 | 310/2192 | 87/1395 |
Note about Taft High School: Taft has 2899 students enrolled in grades 7 throught 12. Middle School Ranking: 16/1395 High School Ranking: 526/669
How the Sun-Times ranked the schools
For a more than a decade, the Chicago Sun-Times has based its exclusive rankings of schools on average scores on state achievement tests, not on the percentage who meet state standards — a measure that has come under criticism.
Only 2011 reading and math results from the Illinois Standards Achievement Tests and the Prairie State Achievement Exams taken last March and April were analyzed. Results in those subjects can trigger sanctions under the federal No Child Left Behind law.
Elementary school rankings are based on schools that tested at least two grades, third to fifth.
Middle-school rankings reflect at least two tested grades, sixth through eighth. High school rankings are based on 11th-grade results. A K-8 school could be ranked among both elementary and middle schools.
The rankings use a statistical method called standardizing to analyze the “scale score” of every reading and math test statewide.
The method compares each test score with the state average and creates a school average that’s compared with other schools’ averages. Standardizing levels the playing field in years when one test might be harder to pass than others.
The rankings include percentiles, reflecting the percentage of Illinois students who scored the same as or worse than the average student at each ranked school.
Sun-Times staff reporter Art Golab performed the analyses
Despite the top rankings of many of our schools staffed with union teachers, all our Rahm-loving media reports is how Rahm loves "the children" so much, he must get his way on the longer school day.
ReplyDeleteOur top ranking union-staffed schools somehow find their way without implementing Rahms' vaunted + 90 minutes. Rahm will ignore the success of these schools. He'd rather hang out with billionaire thugs than visit a Union school.
The latest edition of The Reader reports Rahm meeting on June 22 with rich guy Bruce Rauner, "a venture capitalist and charter school advocate...his wife Diana served on Emanuals' education transition team."
It is clear as day Emanual wants as many charters as possible, so venture capitalist punks like his buddy Rauner can take over our public schools.
This disclosure in The Reader should be enought to trigger an investigation by our Inspector General. It won't. Why aren't Alderman curious about Rahms' fondness of billionares?
5:28 is jealous that he did not make 16 million $ in 4 years without explaining how.
ReplyDeleteSeeing these wonderful numbers makes me think my property tax dollars are doing good!
ReplyDeleteSo what happens from grade school to high school? Taft ranking is disturbing.
ReplyDeleteGive the parents most of the credit. The teachers are able to teach because 41 is full of great families with parents who care about their children's education. What happens from grade school to high school is many kids at Taft are not from the neighborhood. Strong families are the difference.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations are in order. Great job done by all. What does Taft need to help the students? If the LSC needs help advocating for resources, more teachers, etc... let the community know how we can help.
ReplyDeleteI would like to see how the area's Catholic schools (Juliana's, IC, Monica and Eugene's) stack up .
ReplyDeleteI think the comment about parochial schools raises a good point about school performance--how do the many parochial schools in our community perform? Also--I think the Alderman should schedule a community meeting about Taft--and raise some of the challenging questions about how Taft can be improved, and why it obviously is failing so many of our local students.
ReplyDeleteThe parochial schools REFUSE to release the data on how they compare. I transferred my sons from a local Catholic school to Edison Park after my wife was laid off and found them to be rather far behind in several categories. I was shocked! And now I'm shocked to see how far behind Oriole Park that Edison is!!!
ReplyDeleteTaft is a joke. How is it that the 41st ward does not have a high school worthy of THE RIDICULOUS TAXES paid in this ward!?!? Next year I'll spend $6500 in taxes, and $13500 for Loyola High School because Taft is a reform school for non-performers south of Addison! Hope I can afford gas to drive my son to school just so he has a chance at a decent college!
How about CPS stops trying to be politically correct and makes 100% neighborhood schools? Let the burden fall on the parents and students. I work 60 hours a week, and I'll take that challenge! I guarantee my son is above the 90th percentile!
As it is, CPS offers him NOTHING because of his ancestry, oh, I mean zip code!
Oriole Park ranked #40 out of 2192 schools in the state. It was the best performing school in the ward. 1:35am, you are reading the chart backwards.
ReplyDeleteHey 1:35; I'm shocked at how far behind you are. As far as Taft is concerned; they may be far behind, but at least Taft students are not forced to swim naked, like the poor kids from St. Pats' were forced to not too many years ago.
ReplyDeleteTaft's rank is disturbing because of the students who are mostly functional illiterates not from this neighborhood. This school should be for this neighborhood only. Keep out all the garbage from undesirable areas. Take a look what comes out of that school at dismissal time
ReplyDelete5:13pm - you are all that is wrong with this world. No child is garbage.
ReplyDeleteI want to help. I have a degree in math, maybe they could use a math tutor a few hours a week. I'm going to call and find out.
Oriole Park ranked #40 out of 2192 schools in the state. It was the best performing school in the ward. 1:35am, you are reading the chart backwards.
ReplyDeleteNovember 4, 2011 7:42 AM
Guess I need to clarify for you: I thought Edison Park was a top notch school as far as CPS goes, but was shocked to see it ranked HUNDREDS of spots below Oriole park.
Get it?
Hey 1:35; I'm shocked at how far behind you are. As far as Taft is concerned; they may be far behind, but at least Taft students are not forced to swim naked, like the poor kids from St. Pats' were forced to not too many years ago.
ReplyDeleteNovember 4, 2011 3:36 PM
I have no idea what St. Pat's has to do with my statement. You obviously were "educated" at Taft. Good luck with that.
People who comment negatively about Taft should go over there and volunteer to really learn about the school.
ReplyDeleteI live in Norwood Park and two of my four children graduated from Taft and did well. I did spend much time volunteering at the school and have a few observations. Taft is a magnet school, and ten years ago, that designation was useful as many families living in the 41st had the money to send their children to private schools and did so.
Today, the economy is much different. Parents have to make a choice: 1. Pay very high property taxes to fund public education. 2. Spend $14,000/year on private schools and move. 3. Apply to a selective enrollment school like Northside Academy and pray your child can compete with 20,000 other applicants and get in.
The solution in my opinion is to build a second high school in the 41st ward, and establish clear boundries as being for children who live in the ward.