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District 88 to add ELA and math college‑and‑career proficiency indicators to strategic dashboard
Summary
Staff proposed adding ISBE college‑and‑career ELA and math proficiency indicators to the district strategic dashboard, noting new dual‑credit and transitional courses could raise the district’s reported ELA proficiency from 33% to an estimated 57%. Board expressed no objections.
A district staff member proposed that DuPage HSD 88 add ELA and math college‑and‑career proficiency indicators — the ISBE “meta‑indicators” under Every Student Succeeds Act guidance — to the district’s strategic plan dashboard.
Staff explained the ISBE framework includes eight indicators used to illustrate college and career readiness (examples include GPA, attendance, ELA and math academic indicators, and career‑readiness measures). For the academic ELA indicator, students can meet proficiency via course grades in approved dual‑credit or AP coursework or via standardized exam scores. The presenter noted District 88 recently added English 12 dual‑credit and a transitional rhetoric course for 2024–25, which the district expects will increase the share of students meeting the ELA academic indicator.
Staff estimated the inclusion of newly approved courses would raise District 88’s reported ELA proficiency on that meta‑indicator from about 33 percent (previously reported) to roughly 57 percent; math proficiency estimates were expected to remain near current reported levels (about 69 percent), because the district’s math coursework has not materially changed. The presenter said the meta‑indicators currently appear on the state report card under the accountability tab but are not yet part of the summative designation.
Board members voiced no objections to adding the indicators to the local strategic dashboard and asked clarifying questions about how different indicators are calculated. Staff emphasized the additions reflect newly certified course options and externally validated measures such as dual‑credit agreements and AP/ACT/SAT exam thresholds.
