{"id":735,"date":"2017-02-28T22:17:00","date_gmt":"2017-02-28T22:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stand.org\/illinois\/?p=735"},"modified":"2022-07-08T23:42:27","modified_gmt":"2022-07-08T23:42:27","slug":"we-need-to-move-forward-not-backwards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stand.org\/illinois\/our-stories\/we-need-to-move-forward-not-backwards\/","title":{"rendered":"We Need to Move Forward, Not Backwards"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We usually write about developments in the legislature, but there is critical activity involving the State Board of Education with profound implications. Frankly, we\u2019re worried about the direction they are headed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We are worried the Board is about to take major steps backward for Illinois kids by undermining the system that lets parents and educators track school performance, instead of improving it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You\u2019ve probably heard about the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), the federal law that requires States to create plans for their accountability systems. ESSA replaced the well intended but poorly executed No Child Left Behind Act. In Illinois, responsibility for the accountability plan falls most heavily on the State Board of Ed and State Superintendent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We were so alarmed when we saw the latest draft plan that four Stand members spoke up at the Board meeting last week. The Governor voiced similar concerns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/action.stand.org\/page\/speakout\/get-essa-right\">We need your voice to join ours so that Illinois continues to move toward a smarter, informative accountability system, not one that lets schools hide poor performance under the rug.<\/a>&nbsp;We believe that:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Growth matters more than proficiency.<\/strong>&nbsp;We should measure how much our children learn in school, not how much they knew before they started.<\/li><li><strong>Students from historically underserved subgroups should count.<\/strong>&nbsp;Overall ratings need to take into account that&nbsp;<em>all<\/em>&nbsp;students matter. With one of the largest academic achievement gaps in the country, Illinois cannot afford a system that turns a blind eye to this.<\/li><li><strong>School rating labels should make sense to parents.<\/strong>&nbsp;Families deserve user-friendly information about how their children\u2019s schools are doing.<\/li><li><strong>Getting it right is more important than getting it done fast.<\/strong>&nbsp;ESSA plans are very complicated, and the state\u2019s draft has a long way to go. We aren\u2019t sure what the rush is to submit a flawed plan by April, when all states have until September.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/action.stand.org\/page\/speakout\/get-essa-right\">Tell ISBE that we need to improve this plan for all of our students!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We usually write about developments in the legislature, but there is critical activity involving the State Board of Education with profound implications. 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