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State Report Card Is In: See How Winnetka-Glencoe Schools Rank

Scores remained steady compared to last year, as North Shore students tested well above state average on grade school and high school level standardized tests.

This year's Illinois School Report Card is in and New Trier High School, along with Winnetka school district 36 and Glencoe's district 35, showed test results meeting or exceeding state averages. 
 
The State Board of Education released its annual report card Thursday. Of the schools ranked in the report card, 600 passed while 3,169 were "deemed failures," according to a Daily Herald analysis of the State Report Card. 

Winnetka school district 36 showed 90 percent of its students met or exceeded standards on the Illinois Standards Achievement Test in 2013 while an average of 61.9 percent met that same benchmark statewide, according to the Illinois State Report Card website. In 2012, 89 percent met or exceeded standards within WSD 36, according to the Illinois Report Card.

Glencoe's school district 35 showed 89 percent of students met or exceeded ISAT standards, same as last year.

The scoring on the Prairie State Achievement Exam, which is given to 11th graders, did not change this year and statewide, the composite score increased from 51.3 percent to 51.9 percent statewide, according to the ISBE press release. The composite meets or exceeds percentage for math and reading was set at 53.3 on this year's State report Card. 

For New Trier students, 89 percent met or exceeded state standards on the PSAE, same as last year.

A new metric, “Ready for College Coursework,” on the Illinois State Report Card refers to the percent of students at each high school who earned a combined score of at least a 21 on the ACT college admissions test. Statewide, 45.7 percent of Illinois public school students from the Graduating Class of 2013 posted at least a 21 on the ACT.

At New Trier, 93 percent were listed as "ready for college coursework." 

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