Illinois Administrative Code
Title 23 - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL RESOURCES
Part 1 - PUBLIC SCHOOLS EVALUATION, RECOGNITION AND SUPERVISION
Subpart A - RECOGNITION REQUIREMENTS
Section 1.90 - System of Rewards and Recognition - The Illinois Honor Roll
Universal Citation: 23 IL Admin Code ยง 1.90
Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 38, September 20, 2024
The State Board of Education shall recognize schools for academic performance in three separate categories as provided in this Section.
a) Criteria for Spotlight Schools
1) The school made adequate yearly
progress in the two most recent school years;
2) At least 50 percent of the students
enrolled in the school in the most recent school year were classified as
low-income students;
3) At least 60
percent of the scores relevant to adequate yearly progress that were attained
by the school's students in the most recent school year were classified as
demonstrating proficiency (see Section
1.30(h)
of this Part); and
4) At least 50
percent of the scores relevant to adequate yearly progress that were attained
by the school's students in the two school years immediately prior to the most
recent school year were classified as demonstrating proficiency.
b) Criteria for the Academic Improvement Award
The school made significant academic improvement by showing, with respect to its students' scores that are relevant to adequate yearly progress and were classified as demonstrating proficiency, either:
1) at least a 7.5 percent increase for the
most recent school year when compared to the immediately preceding school year;
or
2) at least a 15 percent
cumulative increase for the most recent school year when compared to the school
year two years before that year, provided that during that time there has been
no decrease in the percentage from any one year to the next.
c) Criteria for the Academic Excellence Award
The school made adequate yearly progress in the two most recent school years and:
1) The school
served any of Grades 8 and below only and at least 90 percent of its students'
scores that are relevant to adequate yearly progress were classified as
demonstrating proficiency for the three most recent school years;
2) The school served any of Grades 9 through
12 only and at least 80 percent of its students' scores that are relevant to
adequate yearly progress were classified as demonstrating proficiency for the
three most recent school years; or
3) The school served one or more grades below
Grade 9 as well as one or more grades above Grade 8 and met the criteria stated
in both subsection (c)(1) and subsection (c)(2) of this Section.
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