Originally Posted by cycloneG 
For entertainment purposes, I took a look at the NCLB list from 05-06. There were two IC elementary schools and interesting enough, Ames Middle School as well! I don't see this as an indictment of either district; compliance with NCLB is a farce for many reasons.
EIU has a social work master's degree program and there are more social service agencies in IC than you can shake a stick at. This, of course, draws low-income families from neighboring areas. There is a direct correlation between standardized test scores and % of student population on subsidized lunch programs. There's also the fact that autistic, developmentally-disabled and behavior-discipline students from small towns take advantage of open-enrollment to enter into IC's school system (and their test scores count). Please do not use NCLB statistics as an indicator of a school district's quality!
