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Elementary schools garner high marks, others fall short.

Publication: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)
Publication Date: 31-OCT-07 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Elementary schools garner high marks, others fall short.(News)

Article Excerpt
Byline: Jameel Naqvi

jnaqvi@@dailyherald.com

From Carpentersville to Huntley, elementary schools exceeded state standards this year while high schools and, to a lesser extent, middle schools struggled to keep up.

All elementary schools in Community Unit District 300 and Huntley Unit District 158 received passing grades on this year's state report cards.

Many elementary schools didn't just pass but exceeded the passing threshold by double digits.

In 14 of the 20 elementary schools in the two districts, at least 75 percent of students met or exceeded state benchmarks for reading and math, well above the required 55 percent to be considered passing.

But at the high schools and middle schools, it was a different story...

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