According to the Chicago Sun-Times, a bill signed into law by Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn on Tuesday changes the amount of information given to parents on how schools rank in terms graduation rates, standardized test scores, teacher performance and more. These more detailed so-called “report cards” will be available to the public beginning next year with the goal of offering more transparency of the state education system.
Similarly, the law also details the State Board of Education will have to prepare extensive reports for each district, as well as every single school. With this major step towards offering more information on public education quality and access, here are some other recently enacted laws that also seek to reach this goal:
The Performance Evaluation Reform Act of 2010
In early 2010, Gov. Quinn signed the Performance Evaluation Reform Act of 2010, a law that improves on how teachers and principals are evaluated. It requires every school district in the state to use student performance as a large factor in these evaluations and also pushes for further cooperation between districts and teachers’ unions to meet these requirements. The Patch added the law has also led
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