Over the next few weeks I will publish some of the ISAT scores for a number of the schools we work with in the city of Chicago. As you well know, for those of you who follow my blog, I am not a big fan of ISAT given the fact that education is represented by other more valuable and important concerns beyond testing.
Fuller Elementary is slated to be a turnaround school in the 2012-13 school year. In simple terms, this means that everyone on staff is being let go, replaced by an entirely new team.
Let me share some test scores with you that show progress being made at Fuller, indicating that the current principal, Ms. Young (and her staff) should be kept!!
Year 8th math 8th reading 4th reading 4th math 4th science
2010 39.4% 60.6% 23.3% 33.3% 13.3%
2011 50% 43.8% 24% 68% 16%
The percentages indicated show the percent of students at Fuller who meet state ISAT standards. Yes, some of the scores are low. But if you take a closer look at the results you will see that there was improvement in four of the five scores from 2010 to 2011. In my view, this is progress!!
I have been to Fuller Elementary, on a number of occasions, and can attest to the high quality of instruction taking place. The bottom line is this...the principal and staff are doing a terrific job and need to be kept in place in the coming years. It takes awhile to turn things around and that's what I see as taking place at Fuller.
For our part, we will continue to assist the students, staff and families of the school.
Dick
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