ISAT Tests reshape Illinois school standards debate
Area educators discuss how ISATs, tied to state standards, affect instruction and student motivation. They note tests measure only part of learning, stress the need for broader districts support, and describe plan changes like April testing and added grade levels.
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Hernanez
High Point School
Orland Park
Lauren McGlynn
Gail Bodenheimer
Bodenheimer
Zmus
Dalton
Samantha Crofton
Laurel O'Neil
Bedenheimer
Edward Tatro
New Lenox Ool
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John
Blue Island
Crestwood
Bailey Shrader
Malee
Tony Stramaglia
Caitlin Fountas
Daniel Nicholas
Tinley Park
Flossmoor
Nicholas
Lockport High Opts Out of ISAT Testing
Lockport Township High School District 205 chose to opt out of the Illinois Standards Assessment Test for 10th graders citing the test as an accountability tool. The district plans to recover lost teaching days by focusing on deliberate learning for the Prairie State Achievement Exam which will expand to 11th grade next year and appear on transcripts.
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Tom Hernandez
Illinois State Board of Education
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Tatro
Sandra Eliason
Istant
Land
Mary Lous Malee
High Point School
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Malee
Orland
Elizeynolds
Park Forest
Chicago Heights
Blue Island
Crestwood
Lockport Township
Marion Haydn
Hoydn
Hoyda
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