August 22 Board Meeting - ISAT and Looked at Class Scores and Sizes

District 3 Supt., Dr. Jackie Krause, reviewed the longitudinal ISAT test score results received. She noted that the district had only received initial results for the classes as compared to the State of Illinois; no individual scores were made available, nor were results ranked by County. Dr. Krause said that she is looking for the newspaper stories with the County rankings, as the press seems to get these results before the school districts do.

Here are the longitudinal results that were covered at the meeting:

Reading

Year of 8th Grade Graduation	3rd Grade Results	5th Grade Results	8th Grade Results
2005
Dist 3 Meets or Exceeds	66%	78%	84%
Dist 3 Gain		+ 12%	+ 6%
State Meets or Exceeds	62%	59%	54%
Dist 3 Compared to State	+ 4%	+ 19%	+ 30%
Year of 8th Grade Graduation	3rd Grade Results	5th Grade Results	8th Grade Results
2006
Dist 3 Meets or Exceeds	81%	73%
Dist 3 Gain		- 7%
State Meets or Exceeds	62%	60%
Dist 3 Compared to State	+ 19%	+ 13%
Year of 8th Grade Graduation	3rd Grade Results	5th Grade Results	8th Grade Results
2007
Dist 3 Meets or Exceeds	68%	74%
Dist 3 Gain		+ 6%
State Meets or Exceeds	63%	61%
Dist 3 Compared to State	+ 5%	+ 13%
Year of 8th Grade Graduation	3rd Grade Results	5th Grade Results	8th Grade Results
2008
Dist 3 Meets or Exceeds	84%	72%
Dist 3 Gain		- 12%
State Meets or Exceeds	62%	60%
Dist 3 Compared to State	+ 22%	+ 11%
Year of 8th Grade Graduation	3rd Grade Results	5th Grade Results	8th Grade Results
2009
Dist 3 Meets or Exceeds	78%
Dist 3 Gain
State Meets or Exceeds	65%
Dist 3 Compared to State	+ 13%
Year of 8th Grade Graduation	3rd Grade Results	5th Grade Results	8th Grade Results
2010
Dist 3 Meets or Exceeds	88%
Dist 3 Gain
State Meets or Exceeds	67%
Dist 3 Compared to State	+ 21%

Math

Year of 8th Grade Graduation	3rd Grade Results	5th Grade Results	8th Grade Results
2005
Dist 3 Meets or Exceeds	81%	81%	74%
Dist 3 Gain		0%	- 7%
State Meets or Exceeds	69%	68%	54%
Dist 3 Compared to State	+ 12%	+ 13%	+ 20%
Year of 8th Grade Graduation	3rd Grade Results	5th Grade Results	8th Grade Results
2006
Dist 3 Meets or Exceeds	86%	74%
Dist 3 Gain		- 12%
State Meets or Exceeds	74%	68%
Dist 3 Compared to State	+ 12%	+ 6%
Year of 8th Grade Graduation	3rd Grade Results	5th Grade Results	8th Grade Results
2007
Dist 3 Meets or Exceeds	87%	78%
Dist 3 Gain		- 9%
State Meets or Exceeds	74%	72%
Dist 3 Compared to State	+ 13%	+ 6%
Year of 8th Grade Graduation	3rd Grade Results	5th Grade Results	8th Grade Results
2008
Dist 3 Meets or Exceeds	98%	84%
Dist 3 Gain		- 14%
State Meets or Exceeds	76%	73%
Dist 3 Compared to State	+ 22%	+ 11%
Year of 8th Grade Graduation	3rd Grade Results	5th Grade Results	8th Grade Results
2009
Dist 3 Meets or Exceeds	97%
Dist 3 Gain
State Meets or Exceeds	79%
Dist 3 Compared to State	+ 18%
Year of 8th Grade Graduation	3rd Grade Results	5th Grade Results	8th Grade Results
2010
Dist 3 Meets or Exceeds	95%
Dist 3 Gain
State Meets or Exceeds	79%
Dist 3 Compared to State	+ 16%

Science

Year of 8th Grade Graduation	4th Grade Results	7th Grade Results
2001
Dist 3 Meets or Exceeds		86%
Dist 3 Gain
State Meets or Exceeds		72%
Dist 3 Compared to State		+ 14%
Year of 8th Grade Graduation	4th Grade Results	7th Grade Results
2002
Dist 3 Meets or Exceeds		85%
Dist 3 Gain
State Meets or Exceeds		72%
Dist 3 Compared to State		+ 13%
Year of 8th Grade Graduation	4th Grade Results	7th Grade Results
2003
Dist 3 Meets or Exceeds		87%
Dist 3 Gain
State Meets or Exceeds		73%
Dist 3 Compared to State		+ 14%
Year of 8th Grade Graduation	4th Grade Results	7th Grade Results
2004
Dist 3 Meets or Exceeds	85%	86%
Dist 3 Gain		+ 1%
State Meets or Exceeds	67%	74%
Dist 3 Compared to State	+ 21%	+ 12%
Year of 8th Grade Graduation	4th Grade Results	7th Grade Results
2005
Dist 3 Meets or Exceeds	85%	90%
Dist 3 Gain		+ 5%
State Meets or Exceeds	64%	74%
Dist 3 Compared to State	+ 21%	+ 16%
Year of 8th Grade Graduation	4th Grade Results	7th Grade Results
2006
Dist 3 Meets or Exceeds	88%	86%
Dist 3 Gain		- 2%
State Meets or Exceeds	74%	75%
Dist 3 Compared to State	+ 21%	+ 11%
Year of 8th Grade Graduation	4th Grade Results	7th Grade Results
2007
Dist 3 Meets or Exceeds	81%
Dist 3 Gain
State Meets or Exceeds	67%
Dist 3 Compared to State	+ 21%
Year of 8th Grade Graduation	4th Grade Results	7th Grade Results
2008
Dist 3 Meets or Exceeds	98%
Dist 3 Gain
State Meets or Exceeds	68%
Dist 3 Compared to State	+ 30%
Year of 8th Grade Graduation	4th Grade Results	7th Grade Results
2009
Dist 3 Meets or Exceeds	93%
Dist 3 Gain
State Meets or Exceeds	71%
Dist 3 Compared to State	+ 22%

For the Math test scores, Dr. Krause noted that the new Extended Response scores were not counted, due to a security breach with the test. Some of the questions got out to some school districts before the test was administered.

Board Member Bob Nunamaker asked if we knew which students fell short. Asst. Superintendent, Dr. Tim Mahaffy, said that this information was more important to teachers than the longitudinal data. Dr. Krause added that the district is eagerly awaiting the individual results.

Dr. Krause also talked about District 3 school enrollment. She said that if the current 4th Grade class goes above 30, she would like to talk to the Board about some additional teacher's aid support. She said she wants to assess the situation, because she wants to hold down costs. Board Member Steve Knar noted that the current class sizes in the 4th Grade are the result of budget cuts that were made in the wake of the passage of the last referendum. Board Member Pat Hughes said that if the referendum hadn't passed, every class would be the size of the current 4th Grade class.

Dr. Krause assured the Board Members and the people in attendance that she is looking hard at the situation. "I know some of you have children in the 4th Grade," she said.