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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives of the |
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| State of Illinois are pleased to congratulate Riverview |
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| Elementary School of South Beloit on being honored by the |
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| Illinois State Board of Education and Northern Illinois |
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| University with an Academic Improvement Award; and
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| WHEREAS, Four years ago, Riverview Elementary School was on |
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| the State's academic watch list with only 30% of its third |
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| graders meeting State standards in reading and 40% meeting |
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| State standards in math; this year, about 90% of third graders |
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| met the State's standards in math and 70% in reading; and
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| WHEREAS, To receive an Academic Improvement Award, schools |
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| must make yearly progress, and their State test results must |
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| show a trend of at least 7.5% improvement in scores between |
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| 2002 and 2003 or at least 15% improvement in scores between |
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| 2001 and 2003; and
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| WHEREAS, Much of the school's success can be attributed to |
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| new programs initiated by Principal Scott Fisher; the teaching |
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| curriculum was changed under his leadership, new textbooks and |
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| computers were purchased, the student-teacher ratio was |
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| lowered to 17 or 18 students in a class, 2 reading tutors and 2 |
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| paraprofessionals were hired, and the 40% to 50% yearly |
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| turnover in teachers ended; and
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| WHEREAS, Riverview Elementary School was among 16 schools |
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| from the State to be nominated by the State Board of Education |
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| as a Blue Ribbon School; the nomination honors schools that |
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| have made significant progress in closing achievement gaps; |
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| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
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| NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we |