Leadership and Community Service - Special Guest

As part of Mrs. Hencken's Leadership and Community Service class (LCS), members of our community that serve and lead regularly come speak to our students.  Today, we were fortunate to have State Representative Bob Pritchard come speak to 7th and 8th grade students.  He also fielded questions ranging from $600,000 doors, the gold standard, "stand your ground" laws, what it takes to pass a bill, and more.  We greatly appreciate his time. 

ISAT and MAP results coming home

Families, in your students' Progress Report envelope, you will find MAP and ISAT reports.

ISAT testing was done last Spring.  This is a snapshot view of your student's performance at that time based on State Standards and the new Common Core standards.  All cut scores were changed this year for all students.  As a result, a direct comparison to previous years achievement is no longer valid.  Students will likely see a lower score than previous years.  This decision was made by the State of Illinois.

MAP testing has been in place in our district since 2008.  You will see a graph of your student's performance in an "apples to apples" comparison from year to year.  My opinion is that reading this graph is best done viewing general growth as a whole rather than focusing on one specific data point (test day).

Feel free to contact me with any questions.