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Easton, John Q.; Ponisciak, Stephen; Luppescu, Stuart – Consortium on Chicago School Research, 2008
This research report points to a "major misalignment" between the standards set by the state ISAT tests in elementary school and the college-readiness standards expected of all juniors in Illinois high schools as measured by the ACT, which is part of the state's PSAE exams. CCSR authors John Easton, Stephen Ponisciak and Stuart Luppescu…
Descriptors: High Schools, Public Schools, State Universities, Grade 11
White, Bradford R.; Mullin, Christopher M.; Brown, Kathleen Sullivan – Illinois Education Research Council, 2009
In 2001, Illinois began administering the ACT (American College Testing) test to all 11th graders in Illinois public schools as part of the Prairie State Achievement Exam (PSAE). For the first time, ACT scores and background information were available for most public-school students who would be completing high school one year later, rather than…
Descriptors: Family Income, High School Graduates, Associate Degrees, Grade 11
Illinois State Board of Education, Springfield. – 1983
This report summarizes the results of a study of the achievement of Illinois high school juniors in 1970 and 1981. The purposes were to provide a comparison of student performance over a period of time and to identify educational, social, and personal conditions that relate to performance on a test of Natural Science, Social Studies, English and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Records, Achievement Tests, Comparative Testing