2015 - 2016 PARCC: Chicago Suburbs High School Rankings (Naperville, Elgin: college, assessments)

[holl1ngsworth]

2015 - 2016 PARCC: Chicago Suburbs High School Rankings

Just quick highlights. If a high-ranking school is missing, please comment below. Percentage is "ready for next level."

1) Naperville Central 70%
1) Vernon Hills 70
3) Naperville North 67
3) Stevenson 67
4) Geneva 65
5) Libertyville 60
5) Neuqua Valley 60
8) New Trier 58
9) Wheaton North 56
9) Metea Valley 56
11) Hinsdale Central 53
12) Stagg (Palos Hills) 51
13) Wheaton South 50
13) Waubonsie Valley 50
15) Lake Zurich 48
15) St. Charles North 48
17) Hersey 47
17) Lisle 47
17) Victor J. Andrew (Orland Hills) 47
20) Hinsdale South 46
21) Sandburg (Orland Park) 45
21) York (Elmhurst) 45
23) Lockport 44
24) Maine South (Park Ridge) 43
24) St. Charles East 43
24) Lincoln-Way East 43
24) Lyons (La Grange) 43
24) Lincoln-Way North 43
29) Downers Grove North 42
30) Fremd 41
30) Highland Park 41
30) Prospect 41
33) Conant 40
33) Glenbrook North 40
35) Lake Park 39
35) Lincoln Way West 39
37) Lincoln-Way Central 37
37) Maine East 37
37) Riverside Brookfield 37
40) Lincoln Park 36
40) Maine West 36
40) Deerfield 36
40) Barrington 35
40) Buffalo Grove 35
40) Romeoville 35
46) Hoffman Estates 34
46) Rolling Meadows 34
46) Oak Park & River Forest 34
49) Glenbard West (Glen Ellyn) 33
49) Schaumburg 33
49) Downers Grove South 33
49) Evanston 33
53) Oak Lawn 32
54) Glenbard South (Glen Ellyn) 31
55) Wheeling 30
56) Westmont 29
57) South Elgin 27
58) Batavia 26
58) Bartlett 26
58) Lake Forest 26
61) Glenbard East (Lombard) 22
62) Palatine 21
63) Glenbrook South 20
64) Homewood-Flossmoor 15

[Thepreacherswife]

Niles North 36; Niles West 36.

And to be clear, the "ready for next level" scores reflect the combination of the "met" plus "exceeded" scores on the PARCC.

[My Kind Of Town]

Due to a number of issues with this test it will no longer be administered to high school students. I wouldn't put much weight into the results. Average ACT/SAT scores much more relevant to college admission.

Illinois ends much-debated PARCC test for high school students - Chicago Tribune

[holl1ngsworth]

Originally Posted by My Kind Of Town

Due to a number of issues with this test it will no longer be administered to high school students. I wouldn't put much weight into the results. Average ACT/SAT scores much more relevant to college admission.

Illinois ends much-debated PARCC test for high school students - Chicago Tribune

Until next year's SAT scores are released, this is the only mandated measuring stick available.

[GoCUBS1]

PARCC is an invalid measurement... My H.S. kids and all their smart friends (like every single kid I spoke to) treated the test as a joke. Either they got out of taking it (via absence note from parent or counselor waiver - counselors gave waivers because they thought it was a joke too). Or, the students did the ABCABC approach and finished the hours long test in minutes. BTW, all these kids I spoke to are Honors/AP level college-bound students. They'd rather spend their time on more important things - like studying for AP Physics or the SAT. As a school indicator, this test is useless.

[GoCUBS1]

Originally Posted by holl1ngsworth

Until next year's SAT scores are released, this is the only mandated measuring stick available.

Yes, now that's a test that the students really care about.

[damba]

Originally Posted by GoCUBS1

PARCC is an invalid measurement... My H.S. kids and all their smart friends (like every single kid I spoke to) treated the test as a joke. Either they got out of taking it (via absence note from parent or counselor waiver - counselors gave waivers because they thought it was a joke too). Or, the students did the ABCABC approach and finished the hours long test in minutes. BTW, all these kids I spoke to are Honors/AP level college-bound students. They'd rather spend their time on more important things - like studying for AP Physics or the SAT. As a school indicator, this test is useless.

Ditto that

[chet everett]

Originally Posted by holl1ngsworth

Until next year's SAT scores are released, this is the only mandated measuring stick available.

...which I suspect is "by design"...

There are a whole of people that really really really DID NOT benefit from the emphasis on publishing uniform data about school performance. Both the very weak Prairie State / ISAT series of assessments as well as the "dreamed" PARCC tests that were SUPPOSED to allow state-to-state comparisons ended up shining spotlights on what a HUGE gulf exists between some of the well off areas where kids enter school well prepared and are encouraged to take advantage of challenging school work to embark on lucrative careers and the rather more dismal path that exists for kids from underprivileged backgrounds and schools that do too little to help kids succeed after compulsory schooling.

The lame efforts to "renorm" previous tests fits with the tendency of Illinois politicians to prefer obscuring data than taking action on an alarming trends and the decision to drop PARCC is motivated in equal parts by knowledge that even school kids now see that sham of the effort as well the ludicrous nature of test items dreamed up by ivory tower types that are clueless about the struggles of schools from either well off or impoverished areas...

I also cannot help but think that the fact the guy that used to head up PARCC now being part of the parent of SAT is yet another sick example of how Illinois LOVES to "take care of insiders"...

PARCC Dropped for Illinois High School Students

Incoming College Board Head Wants SAT to Reflect Common Core - Education Week

Folks who've spent even more of their careers looking at the mess of public education rightly understand that those in the "business of education" profit while kids and the status of the US workforce suffers -- https://dianeravitch.net/2015/08/10/...arcc-and-sbac/

[GoCUBS1]

Originally Posted by chet everett

...which I suspect is "by design"...



I also cannot help but think that the fact the guy that used to head up PARCC now being part of the parent of SAT is yet another sick example of how Illinois LOVES to "take care of insiders"...

PARCC Dropped for Illinois High School Students

Incoming College Board Head Wants SAT to Reflect Common Core - Education Week

Folks who've spent even more of their careers looking at the mess of public education rightly understand that those in the "business of education" profit while kids and the status of the US workforce suffers -- https://dianeravitch.net/2015/08/10/...arcc-and-sbac/

Wow... Have not been following this too closely. So let me see if I have this straight...

1. IL public high schools administer ACT free for years.

2. HS students then forced to take state-administered PARCC.

3. Head of PARCC then moves to College Board which administers SAT.

4. PARCC is dropped from IL HS.

5. IL public HS switch from administering ACT to administering SAT due to, what I heard, was a low bid.

Mr. PARCC, now Mr. SAT is doing alright.... Wonder who else is profiting?

[My Kind Of Town]

Originally Posted by holl1ngsworth

Until next year's SAT scores are released, this is the only mandated measuring stick available.

Better off using average ACT scores in the meantime. 2014 scores are still relevant as these scores rarely see drastic changes year over year.

Wheaton North High School -- Chicago Tribune 2014 Illinois School Report Cards