Kindergarten/New Family Presentation
Podcast episode: May 6, 2011
Trisha Kocanda, Assistant Superintendent and Crow Island School Principal, Julie Pfeffer share their thoughts about children's education across the Winnetka Public Schools.
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2011 District Assessment Review
Slide Presentation - October 25, 2011
School Board Meeting
Trisha Kocanda, Assistant Superintendent
and Phil Ervolino, Wilmette
Assessment Review Presentation (PDF)

2011 ERB
Slide Presentation - February 28, 2012
Winnetka Public Schools District 36
School Board Meeting
Cathy Rosen, Principal
Carleton Washburne School
ERB Presentation (PDF)

2010 ERB
Slide Presentation, March 22, 2011
Winnetka Public Schools School Board Meeting
Cathy Rosen, Principal
Carleton Washburne School
ERB Presentation (PDF)

Myths and Facts about New Trier
Slide Presentation, March 8, 2011
Linda Yonke, Superintendent
New Trier Township High School District 203
Myths and Facts about New Trier (PDF)

ISAT Presentation 2010
This presentation provides an overview of the results of the 2010 Illinois Standards Achievement Test (ISAT) for The Winnetka Public Schools. The ISAT is mandated for all students in grades 3-8. The test is designed to see how a school’s curriculum is meeting state standards. Data is compared grade level to grade level by year, as well as longitudinally by cohort. Information is also shared relative to Township trends and National norms.
ISAT Presentation 2010 (PDF)

New Trier Freshman Survey
Curriculum Presentation - District Board Meeting, September 28, 2010
New Trier Freshman Survey Spring 2010 (PDF)

Presentation Terminology

• Township - New Trier feeder districts include Glencoe, Kenilworth, Sunset Ridge, Wilmette, Avoca, and Winnetka
• Cohort - a group of students followed by grade level
• Longitudinal Data - data generated by a group of students (a cohort) over a period of time
• Local School Districts - New Trier feeder districts as defined above in Township (see Township)
• Median - the middle number in a given sequence of numbers
• Stanine - a type of scaled score used in many norm-referenced standardized tests. There are nine stanine units (the term is short for "standard nine-point scale"), ranging from 9 to 1. Typically, stanine scores are interpreted as "above average" (9, 8, 7), "average" (6, 5, 4), and "below average" (3, 2, 1) (Pearson Educational Measurement Group). The normal distribution across stanines looks like a bell curve.