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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3Representatives wish to congratulate Highland Elementary
4School in Skokie School District 68 on being one of 2 Illinois
5schools recognized as National Title I Distinguished Schools;
6and
 
7    WHEREAS, The National Title I Association was established
8to help improve and implement programs under Title I of the
9Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA); it recognizes up
10to 2 schools per state as National Title I Distinguished
11Schools; Title I is the largest federally funded pre-college
12education program, providing funding to school districts that
13serve students from low-income families; and
 
14    WHEREAS, The National Title I Association allows each state
15to select one qualifying school in each of the following 2
16categories: (1) High Performing - A school that has exceeded
17its Adequate Yearly Progress, or alternative accountability
18criteria for those states with ESEA Flexibility Requests
19approved by the United States Department of Education, for 2 or
20more years; and (2) Achievement Gap - A school that has
21significantly closed the achievement gap between subgroups of
22students; and
 

 

 

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1    WHEREAS, Highland Elementary School's Illinois Standard
2Achievement Test composite score increased by 13.7 percentage
3points, growing from 60.8% of students meeting or exceeding
4standards in 2010 to 74.5% in 2013; the school has closed the
5racial/ethnic achievement gap from 33.7% in 2011 to 21% in
62013; additionally, the achievement gap has also narrowed
7between low-income and non-low-income students from 31.7% in
82010 to 23.7% in 2013; and
 
9    WHEREAS, Highland Elementary School will be honored for its
10academic gains at the upcoming National Title I Association's
11annual conference in Salt Lake City, Utah, and at the No Child
12Left Behind annual statewide conference in Chicago; therefore,
13be it
 
14    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
15NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
16congratulate Highland Elementary School on being one of 2
17Illinois schools recognized as National Title I Distinguished
18Schools and wish them many more years of academic success; and
19be it further
 
20    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
21presented to Highland Elementary School as an expression of our
22esteem and respect.