SCHOOL REPORT CARDS 2002
October, 2002
Dear District 112 Community Member:
Attached are the results from District 112 schools for the
tests administered in the spring of 2002 as part of the
Illinois Standards Achievement Test Program (ISAT). Annually,
students throughout the State of Illinois are assessed in
grades three, five and eight in the areas of reading, writing
and mathematics, and students in grades four and seven are
assessed in science and social studies. The attached document
is commonly referred to as the School Report Card.
The format and distribution of this school report card are
mandated by the State of Illinois. Beginning this fall,
data will be distributed in two forms: the traditional print
format and on our district website, www.nssd112.k12.il.us.
Beginning next year, the primary format for distribution
of the School Report Card will be the district’s website
with a limited number of printed copies available.
In addition to demographic data about the district and the
student body of individual schools, this School Report Card
also includes summary data regarding the performance of
grade-level groups. School personnel find this information
most useful to track the improvements of each group as they
move from grade level to grade level. The expectation is
that group performance scores (comparing the same group
of students in third, fifth and eighth grade) will improve
over time, while the level of test item difficulty increases
over time. Since each year a different group of students
is tested, comparing one group to another is not as useful.
However, over time, the district can look at trend data
to ensure that the trend continues upward, rather than remaining
the same or moving downward.
A separate ISAT score report is also available for each
student providing additional information that supplements
our Terra Nova testing and assessments done at the classroom
level. These individual scores identify individual progress
as meriting a designation of Exceeds Standards, Meets Standards,
Does Not Meet Standards or Academic Warning. Those students
whose performance results in a “warning” category
are required to participate in a remediation plan. District
112 is fortunate, as the number of students whose performance
falls in the Does Not Meet or Academic Warning categories
is minimal. The performance of these students requires a
thorough review and the development of a differentiated
program to meet the individual student’s needs.
Although the most common use of this information is to assist
school staff in preparing our school improvement plans,
you will also see this data used to compare schools throughout
Lake County, the Chicago metropolitan area, and the State
of Illinois. We are proud of our student achievement and
continue to acknowledge the need for us to constantly improve
our teaching to maintain good scores on this and other measures
of achievement.
Should you have any questions on this information or other
assessment information shared with you this year, please
do not hesitate to contact Mr. Guy Schumacher, Assistant
Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction, or the building
administrator of any individual school for answers to your
questions. For information on how to contact Mr. Schumacher
or any of the building administrators, please
click on this link.
Sincerely,
Maureen L. Hager, Ed.D.
Superintendent of Schools
The following chart contains links for
each school's report card as well as a separate link for
each school's improvement plan. Please click on the links
to view the information in Portable Document Format (PDF).
We have provided a link to the Adobe web site (see below)
if you wish to download the Acrobat Reader software needed
to view PDF files.
* A statistical error was reported in this year’s
Oak Terrace School report card related to the percent of
students who are Limited English Proficient (LEP). The correct
information is that 50% of the Oak Terrace students fall
under the LEP category in the 2001/2002 school year. Children
in this category are those whose home language is non-English.
We regret this mistake and apologize for any confusion it
may have caused. In School District 112 we strive to provide
precise data to the state, which compiles the annual report
card, so that area residents receive an accurate profile
of their neighborhood schools. However, the reporting task
involves thousands of statistics and, unfortunately, this
time one of those numbers was published incorrectly.
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