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Rich Township High School District 227 6:170-AP2, E1

Instruction
DRAFT
Administrative Procedure - District Annual Report Card Required by Every Student
Succeeds Act (ESSA)

Districts must disseminate an annual report card that includes information on the District as a whole
and each school served by the District, with aggregate and disaggregated information for each
required subgroup of students, including: (a) student achievement on academic assessments
(designated by category), (b) graduation rates, district performance, teacher qualifications, and (c)
other required information required by 20 U.S.C. §6311(h)(2)(C) of ESSA.

District Annual Report Card
The Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) will ensure that the District:
1. Collects the appropriate data for its annual report card, including:

a. ISBE’s State Report Card Information (see ISBE Annual Report Card Requirements in 20
U.S.C. §6311(h)(1)(C) subhead, below) disaggregated in the same manner as ISBE is
required to present it, as that information applies to the District and each of its schools,
including:
i. Information that shows how students in the District achieved on the academic
assessments described in 20 U.S.C. §6311(b)(2) (high quality Illinois Assessments)
compared to students in the State as a whole (20 U.S.C. §6311(h)(2)(C)(i));
ii. Information that shows how each student in each of the District’s Schools achieved
on the academic assessments described in described in 20 U.S.C. §6311(b)(2) (high
quality Illinois Assessments) compared to students in the State as a whole (20 U.S.C.
§6311(h)(2)(C)(ii)); and
iii. Any other information that the District determines is appropriate and will best
provide parents, students, and other members of the public with information
regarding the progress of each school in the District, whether or not such information
is included in the annual ISBE report card (20 U.S.C. §6311(h)(2)(C)(iii)).

2. Excludes “results on the Illinois academic assessments in reading and mathematics in grades 4
and 8 of the National Assessment of Educational Progress, compared to the national average of
such results (20 U.S.C. §6311(h)(1)(C)(xii)).”
ISBE Annual Report Card Requirements in 20 U.S.C. §6311(h)(1)(C)
The following text is a direct copy of 20 U.S.C. §6311(h)(1)(C)(i)-(xiv), amended by Pub. L. 115-
224; it states that Illinois’ report card shall include the following information:
(i) A clear and concise description of the State's accountability system under subsection (c),
including--
(I) The minimum number of students that the State determines are necessary to be
included in each of the subgroups of students, as defined in subsection (c)(2), for
use in the accountability system;

(II) The long-term goals and measurements of interim progress for all students and for
each of the subgroups of students, as defined in subsection (c)(2);

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