February 29, 2021 Biden Administration Orders All Schools to Administer Assessment Tests in 2021 On February 22, 2021, the Biden Education Department decreed that states must administer federally required standardized tests this year. According to the Biden administration, “To be successful once schools have re-opened, we need to understand the impact Covid-19 has had on […]
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Fall 2020 NWEA/MAP Learning Loss Findings
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January 25, 2021 Assessment providers and education consultants have feared that the Covid-19 induced move to remote learning has caused a drop in student achievement. Initial findings from the fall of 2020 from a sample of 8,000 schools are in from the NWEA/MAP organization and have been discussed by the Brookings Institute. Here are the […]
TIGHT SQUEEZE PERSISTS AT TOP ACADEMIC CENTERS
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Apr
Contact: Matthew Greenberg (312) 409-8411 April 27, 2019 Chicago, IL –In the most recent round of Academic Center admissions, mean scores were steady, increasing overall by less than one point as shown in Figure 1. Academic Centers continue to be divided into three “groups” based on admissions scores: Whitney Young, Lane Tech and Taft at […]
HUGE SCORE GAPS EMERGE IN LATEST ADMISSIONS ROUND
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Apr
Contact: Matthew Greenberg (312) 409-8411 April 3, 2019 HUGE SCORE GAPS EMERGE IN LATEST ADMISSIONS ROUND Chicago, IL – In the most recent round of Selective Enrollment High School admissions, average Tier 1 scores at the top five schools dropped an average of 17 points while average Tier 4 scores, with little opportunity […]
BROOKS ACADEMIC CENTER GATHERS STEAM
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Apr
April 30, 2018 Chicago, IL –In the most recent round of Academic Center admissions, mean scores for Brooks Academic Center moved up an impressive 19 points as Brooks became the most competitive Academic Center on the south side. Brooks, just one year old, is the newest addition to Chicago’s Academic Center family. Last year, its […]
TOP SELECTIVE ENROLLMENT HIGH SCHOOL SCORES SIMMER – WHILE BOTTOM STAGNATES
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Apr
Contact: Matthew Greenberg (312) 409-8411 April 2, 2018 TOP SELECTIVE HIGH SCHOOL SCORES SIMMER WHILE BOTTOM STAGNATES Chicago, IL – In the most recent round of Selective Enrollment High School admissions, scores at the top five schools rose an average of 7 points while scores at the bottom three schools fell an average of […]
SelectivePrep Spring 2017 Newsletter
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Apr
Click here to view or download a copy of SelectivePrep’s Spring 2017 Newsletter.
LANE TECH SCORE SURGE SQUEEZES MIDDLE CLASS SELECTIVE ENROLLMENT APPLICANTS
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Mar
Contact: Matthew Greenberg (312) 409-8411 March 7, 2017 LANE TECH SCORE SURGE SQUEEZES MIDDLE CLASS SELECTIVE ENROLLMENT APPLICANTS Chicago, IL – In the most recent round of Selective Enrollment High School admissions, average scores at all eleven schools rose an average of 11 points as shown in Figure 1. Scores at the more competitive schools […]
SELECTIVE ENROLLMENT TEST SCORES STAGE A MODEST RECOVERY
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Mar
Contact:Matthew Greenberg (312) 409-8411 March 1, 2016 Chicago, IL – In the most recent round of Selective Enrollment High School admissions, average scores rose 8 points as they recovered from the hammering they took the previous year, when CPS replaced the ISAT with the far more rigorous MAP as the 7th grade score component. Use […]
OGDEN INTERNATIONAL GIFTED CENTER: SLATED FOR TERMINATION
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Contact:Matthew Greenberg (312) 409-8411 September 28, 2015 Chicago, IL –Over the summer the Chicago Board of Education “recommended” that Ogden close its International Gifted (IG) program since it is “redundant” with the International Baccalaureate (IB) middle years program and announced its intentions not to accept new student applications for the Ogden IG program. International Gifted […]