Locally, Monmouth-Roseville Superintendent Ed Fletcher, ROWVA Superintendent Joe Sornberger, and Galesburg Superintendent Ralph Grimm all essentially say the preliminary results weren’t unexpected.
Grimm tells WGIL, that lower scores on a new standardized test is something he has seen before.
“Many years ago when we went from the IGAP to the ISAT, the first year scores for the ISAT were abyssal and everybody though the sky was falling,” says Grimm “Yet at the same time as educators we did what we always do and it’s what we are going to do with the PARCC exam. We said ok here is the bench mark, now let’s roll up our sleeves and figure out what we are going to do to improve these scores.”
Williamsfield Superintendent Tim Farquer adds that this years scores are not the determinant. He says it is where they go from here.