The Illinois State Board of Education has posted the results of the '5 Essentials' on its website. The five essentials are; effective leaders, collaborative teachers, involved families, supportive environments, and ambitious instruction. It goes without saying that schools that score high in these five areas are doing more for a child's education.
I tire of everything being ranked! Kids, schools, teachers and more. We, here in Illinois, have PARCC tests, other standardized exams, the ACT's and SAT's, the 5 Essentials and more. What's next the 10 most critical things a teacher is to say to each student each day? Don't laugh.
Education is sadly becoming standardized and homogenized to too large of an extent. It's as if we all have to be in the same place at the same time on the same day!!! Working with a variety of students isn't that neat and clean. It just doesn't work that way.
The rankings are a pecking order of sorts and it certainly doesn't take certain environmental and neighborhood factors into account. I am certain there are plenty of schools with 'low' ranking statistics that are doing their very best despite many obstacles. In fact, they may very well be putting forth more effort and progressing at a higher rate than schools ranked ahead of them.
I learned long ago that quantifying something isn't the end all or all that it's cracked up to be.
Dick
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