District 89 Test Scores Dip, Fail To Meet Expectations
The CCSD 89 Board of Education discussed the 2009 District Report Card Monday night and attributed the district's failure to meet goals to stringent No Child Left Behind requirements.
Even though 90 percent of Community Consolidated School District 89 students met or exceeded statewide testing standards for math, science and reading in 2009, officials said Monday that the district failed to meet all necessary criteria for adequate yearly progress (AYP) for the first time since federally-mandated achievement targets were set in 2003. "Black and Hispanic students are not performing at the same level as our White and Asian students and those are some areas we need to focus on and adjust," Assistant Superintendent for Learning, Emily Tammaru said at the CCSD 89 monthly meeting. Discussing the District's 2009 student achievement report, Tammaru said that while CCSD 89 test scores among all students dropped two percentage …
