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Online School Data Is Not Safe, Example #1,751,004

November 5, 2018 By Shane Vander Hart

Online data, whether it is employee data or student data, is not 100 percent safe which is why schools should be extremely limited in what they store online.

Filed Under: Privacy/SLDS Tagged With: Chicago Public Schools, data privacy

Elementary Students in Chicago Get to Double Down on Assessments

April 5, 2017 By Shane Vander Hart

3rd through 8th graders in the Chicago Public Schools will take the NWEA MAP assessment and the PARCC assessment required by the state of Illinois.

Filed Under: Common Core Assessments Tagged With: Chicago Public Schools, Illinois, NWEA MAP, PARCC

Chicago Public Schools Hindering Some Students From Opting Out

April 14, 2016 By Shane Vander Hart

Chicago Public Schools have hindered students from opting-out when state law is clear they have the right to refuse to take the PARCC assessment.

Filed Under: Common Core Assessments, Education at State Level Tagged With: assessment opt-outs, Chicago Public Schools, Illinois, PARCC

Chicago Sixth-Grader Testifies for Opting-Out of PARCC

March 30, 2016 By Shane Vander Hart

A Chicago sixth-grader says he will opt-out from PARCC because he hasn’t had a typing class or qualified math teacher. Will he be treated fairly?

Filed Under: Common Core Assessments Tagged With: Chicago Public Schools, Chicago Sun-Times, common core assessments, Dionte Chatman, Illinois, PARCC

Over 10% of Chicago Public Schools Students Skipped PARCC

December 15, 2015 By Shane Vander Hart

The Chicago Sun Times reports that 10% of Chicago Public Schools students skipped the PARCC assessment failing to meet the federally required 95% threshold.

Filed Under: Common Core Assessments Tagged With: Chicago Public Schools, common core assessments, PARCC

Arne Duncan Stays Out of CPS-Illinois Fight Over PARCC

November 25, 2014 By Shane Vander Hart

The Chicago Sun Times reports that U.S. Secretary of Education (and former CEO of Chicago Public Schools) Arne Duncan will stay out of the “tussle” between the state of Illinois and Chicago Public Schools are having over when the school district should start PARCC. Illinois wants to role it out this spring, CPS says not […]

Filed Under: Common Core Assessments Tagged With: Arne Duncan, Barbara Byrd-Bennett, Chicago Public Schools, Illinois Department of Education, Illinois Standards Achievement Test, PARCC, Prairie State Achievement Examination

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