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Our Community, Our News

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

Vol. 17 No. 18

Editor’s Note: Common Core Standards, Career and College Readiness, Measures of Academic Performance (MAP) testing, data-driven accountability—almost chanted like a mantra, these are the terms educators and parents are hearing on a daily basis when it comes to the business of educating students in Valley View School District 365u. As Illinois embarks on new levels of achievement, and school districts such as Valley View work to comply, changes in the system are abundant, and, to those outside education circles, a mystery. In an effort to break down some of the confusion, Bugle Newspapers is taking a three-part look at how Valley View uses assessments, what parents need to know and what the ramifications are as a district.

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s students ofValleyView School District 365u complete their first quarter of the 2013-2014 school year, with report card in hand, caregivers are attending parentteacher conferences throughout the district to receive the first glimpse of their child’s performance. But assessment started long before that grade first hit the report card, for some less than a week into school. In September, shortly after school starts, the Illinois Standards Achievement Test (ISAT) (PSAE) results come in the mail. But these are the reports from tests taken in the spring from the previous school year. Next comes a progress report, newly revamped this year to provide more detail. Then in early October, parents receive MAP assessment results, tests taken in large part the first few weeks of school. The first quarter ended Oct. 17, and report cards followed. Everyone is armed with data, yet the ISAT shows the child is exceeding in reading and lower than the state standard in math. But MAP shows the student is on par with reading nationally and math is higher than the average. And the report card may reflect an even different picture.

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