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Urbana SD 116 leaders unpack Illinois School Report Card: new 'right‑sizing' norms, growth metric and mixed outcomes
Summary
District leaders told the board the state’s 2024–25 report‑card renorming changes proficiency thresholds and adds a high‑school growth metric; Urbana reported some gains in student growth and attendance but a drop in the 4‑year graduation rate to 80 percent.
District leadership presented the 2024–25 Illinois School Report Card and walked the board through how the state’s recalibration of proficiency thresholds — described by presenters as “right‑sizing” — changes comparisons across years while leaving academic standards unchanged. "We're still the expectations are the same. The standards still remain rigorous and unchanged," one presenter said.
The report card introduced a high‑school growth calculation for the first time; district staff said the 2025 cohort will serve as a baseline for future high‑school growth tracking. Using the pre‑2025 norms for internal comparison, the district…
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