Abstract of Article In 1969, a lawsuit commonly known as the Contract Buyers League (CBL) case was filed in federal court in Chicago on behalf of about 2,600 Black families […]
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MAP Normative Data Shows Significantly Higher Achievement Levels for CPS Students than NAEP or PARCC
Each year, students in thousands of school districts throughout the nation take the Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) test. Many school districts use norm tables prepared by the Northwest Evaluation […]
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The Nature of the Achievement Gap at District 65, And the Scope of the Opportunity Gap
After Sean Reardon, Ph.D., Professor of Poverty and Inequality in Education at Stanford University, spoke at Evanston Township High School on May 4, several members of the District 65 School […]
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Erie Family Health Center Helps Build Young Minds Through Reach Out and Read Program
For the last nine years, Erie Family Health Center has been a partner with the Reach Out and Read program, a national program designed to encourage parents to read to […]
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Decline of City’s Affordable Housing Expected to Continue
The amount of affordable housing in Evanston has steadily declined in the last decade, making it difficult for low- and moderate-income households to locate here. In addition, 86% of the […]
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The ISAT Fiasco: ISBE Low-balls New Cut Scores, Where’s the Accountability?
The Illinois State Board of Education’s history in setting cut scores to “meet standards” on the Illinois Standard Achievement Test (ISAT) is a disturbing one. For many years the cut […]
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Early Childhood Experiences Have an Enormous Impact on How a Child’s Brain Develops
This article updates an article published in the RoundTable on Jan. 7, 2009. It focuses on the importance of early childhood experiences in forming the architecture of the brain, and […]
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ISBE Low-Balls New ISAT Cut Scores, Misalignment With PSAE and ACT College Readiness Continues
In February 2012, the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) filed with the U.S. Department of Education an application for a waiver from certain requirements of the No Child Left […]
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We Support District 65’s $48.2 Million Referendum to Establish a School in the Fifth Ward: Our Analysis and Views
Our editorial is available here.
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Foster School: Its Role in Desegregating School District 65 in 1967 and Its Closing in 1979
On Sept. 12, School District 65’s New School Committee recommended that the District establish a new K-8 school in the Fifth Ward west of Green Bay Road. The proposed attendance […]