Information for Illinois High Schools
Welcome to the Illinois State Board of Education web site
for Illinois High Schools. This site is focused on the issues,
challenges and experiences that Illinois high schools face
every day. The State Board along with other professional organizations
has tried to identify information that will support the work
of high school educators in their vision to enhance teaching
and increase learning.
For more information, please contact: Mark
Williams
 For
Information regarding the Interactive Report Card go to http://iirc.niu.edu
The
Education Commission of the States' High School database.
This
database examines the 50 states’ practices (and the
rationale behind those practices) in a number of areas related
to high school-level assessment.
Illinois 2007 High School Challenge Conference Rigor + Relevance + Relationships = Results End-of-Conference Evaluation Survey: Summary Report July 2007
Thinking About Illinois High Schools: Your Thoughts and Reflections - Participant Responses July 2007
Interim
Report from the Illinois Task Force on Re-Enrolling Students
Who Dropped Out of School
Videos from the 2nd Annual High School Challenge Conference
- 2007
- Ten
Components of Successful Schools -
Dr. Willard Daggett - June 14, 2007
- Creating
Conditions that Promote Student Achievement - Dr. Pedro
Noguera - June 14, 2007
- DeKalb
High School Guys Acappella Group Lunch Entertainment -
June 14, 2007
- Breakout
Session 1 - Mathematics & Literacy -
June 14, 2007
- Breakout Session 2 - Interconnecting
Tools for School Improvement - June 14, 2007
- Breakout Session 3 - Closing the Achievement
Gap for all Students - June 14, 2007
- Overview Day 1 - Dr. Willard Daggett -
June 14, 2007
- High
Schools Making Gains Tell Their Stories - June 15,
2007
- Lewistown
HS Tube Band - June
15, 2007
- Where
Do We Go from Here - Dr.
Willard Daggett - June 15, 2007
- Video
Shown at HSCC - June 14,
2007
Videos
from the June 2006 Conference
- Welcome
- State Superintendent Randy Dunn, Illinois State Board of Education
- General
Session 1 – Dr. Willard Daggett, President, International Center for Leadership
- General
Session 2 – Edward Rust, CEO, State Farm Insurance
- General
Session 3 - Honorable Deputy Secretary Ray Simon, U.S. Department of Education
- General
Session 4 – Craig Drennon, High School Turn Around Specialist; Barbara Glenn and Anne Sbrocchi, Woodland High School
- General
Session 5 - Kati Haycock, Director, Education Trust
- General
Session 6 - Debunking the Myths of the Prairie State – ISBE and ACT staff
- General
Session 7 - Ralph Martire, Executive Director, Center for Tax and Budget Accountability
- General
Session 8 - Dr. Frances Karanovich, Superintendent, Macomb Community School District; Jennifer Ross, President, School Data 4 All, Inc.; and Mark Twomey, Macomb High School
- General
Session 9 – Next Steps Session
Materials from the Conference
Final Session High School
Conference
Report for ISBE (February 2006): The
Context and Status of High School Reform in Illinois
Dr. Willard Daggett (2005): Preparing
Students for Their Future and Successful Schools: From Research
to Action Plans
ACT Study (2006): Ready
for College and Ready for Work: Same or Different?
IEA/NEA Report: Guiding
Principles for High School Reform - “The Way Forward”
Assessment for Grade 11
Debunking
the Myths of the PSAE 
Prairie State Achievement
Examination
Illinois Alternate Assessment
(IAA)
ACCESS for ELLs™
- English Language Proficiency Test |
